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U.S. Courts

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Feds Dismiss Medical Marijuana Lawsuits Without Hearings "Because They Know They're Wrong"

    ​Medical Marijuana Fight May End Up At Supreme Court ... By The Time We Are All Really Old.San Francisco attorney Matthew Kumin was defeated this week, when his lawsuit that challenged the feds' recent crackdown on state-legal medical marijuana dispensaries was dismissed by a federal judge in Sacr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Hawaii Governor Refuses to Defend Gay Marriage Ban in Court

    ​As the battle over the constitutionality of California's ban on gay marriage wends its way through the federal courts, the challenge to a similar law in Hawaii has taken a surprising turn.Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii's Democratic governor, said this week he will refuse to fight a lawsuit in U.S. Dist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Prop. 8 Backers to Ask Appeals Court to Rehear Same-Sex Marriage Case

    ​As some predicted, Proposition 8 backers are saying they will ask a larger group of judges from the liberal-leaning Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel's decision to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage, rather than appealing the ruling directly to the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Former Hells Angels President Sentenced to Jail for Pot-Growing Mortgage Scheme

    ​Raymond Foakes, a former Hells Angel, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in state prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup also ordered Foakes, 48, to pay $1,085,000 in restitution. On Oct. 25, 2011, Foakes, the former president ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Lawsuit Against Sheriff Who Jailed Village Voice Media Executives

    Joe Arpaio​The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments tomorrow in a lawsuit filed against Arizona law-enforcement officials who falsely arrested two Village Voice Media executives as retaliation for stories printed in the Phoenix New Times in 2007.All 11 judges of the appe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Husband and Wife Charged with Sex Trafficking Teens

    Husband and wife busted​A Federal Grand Jury indicted a Bay Area couple, charging the pair with conspiring to traffic teenage girls and force them to provide sex acts to customers in exchange for money and drugs.According to United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Mahendar "Mike" Singh, 40, and his w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Lawyers Challenge Feds to Bust All Pot Dispensaries or Bust None

    Pretty sure Hamilton was a pot head ​It's rarer these days, but you can still find some medical marijuana purveyors fond of saying how much they welcome the federal government throwing them in prison for decades. Each dispensary in San Francisco, for example, violates the Controlled Substances Act ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Oakland Cops Illegally Strip-Searched Black Men in Traffic Stop, Must Pay $205,000

    ​A federal judge has ruled that Oakland police officers performed unconstitutional strip-searches of two black men they pulled over as part of an unnecessary traffic stop, and must pay $100,000 to each victim as a result.U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel found that Ofc. Ingo Mayer, in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Sanford Wallace, Facebook Spam King, Surrendered to FBI

    Spam King​Sanford "Spamford" Wallace, the notorious social-networking spammer, self surrendered to FBI agents today, nearly a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of electronic mail fraud. The 43-year-old Wallace spam artist appeared in federal court today where h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    It Doesn't Matter That Judge Vaughn Walker Is Gay

    You can be gay and impartial​At least that's what a federal judge decided today. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware ruled on Tuesday that there is no proof that Judge Vaughn Walker, who last year struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, would benefit from his own ruling. Walker only recently ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2011

    List: What Isn't Working in San Francisco

    You can be gay and impartial​At least that's what a federal judge decided today. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware ruled on Tuesday that there is no proof that Judge Vaughn Walker, who last year struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, would benefit from his own ruling. Walker only recently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Kamala Harris Files Brief Supporting Federal Health Care Reform

    This won't hurt a bit...​California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit seeking to aid the defense of President Barack Obama's landmark health care legislation.The so-called Affordable Care Act, perhaps Obama's most significant legisla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Judge Says TSA Doesn't Have to Turn Over Body Scan Images to Civil Liberties Group

    TSA Doesn't Want to Reveal What It's Revealing​As it turns out, when Big Brother is watching he doesn't have to reveal what he sees.In the latest chapter of TSA v. The rest of America, a federal judge ruled that the Transportation Security Administration doesn't have to turn over the 2,000 images ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Obama to DADT: Please Don't Go!

    ​The Week in GayThe week started with a federal judge in California pulling the plug on "Don't Ask Don't Tell" -- the military policy that bans open service by gay. It ended with the Obama administration asking for a stay on the decision.Let me repeat that summary: President Barack Obama -- who sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Judge Smacks Down Challenge to San Francisco's Ranked-Choice Voting

    ​A federal judge has rejected a legal challenge to San Francisco's system of "ranked-choice voting," in which voters can select their three preferred candidates in a race. The lawsuit, filed by failed supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum, had asserted that the system was flawed insofar as it did not ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Jeff Greene, Senate candidate in Florida, linked to alleged Bay Area con man

    ​A federal judge has rejected a legal challenge to San Francisco's system of "ranked-choice voting," in which voters can select their three preferred candidates in a race. The lawsuit, filed by failed supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum, had asserted that the system was flawed insofar as it did not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    DA Kamala Harris' Challenge to Crime Lab Ruling Rejected

    Kamala -- you've been judged.​Prosecutors in the office of District Attorney Kamala Harris have failed in their efforts to prove a bias claim against the judge who reprimanded the DA's office for its handling of a scandal at the San Francisco Police Department's drug-testing lab. In May, San Franc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Supreme Court Won't Hear Challege to Healthy San Francisco

    ​The U.S. Supreme Court this morning delivered a major victory for gun ownership rights -- and also denied to hear a challenge to San Francisco's universal health care plan. So if you're uninsured and shot within city limits, this is your lucky day.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Did Elena Kagan Shill for Monsanto on GMOs?

    arcticpenguin/FlickrIs the Supreme Court nominee Roundup Ready?​Over at The Atlantic's online presence, Barry Estabrook, a former contributing editor for Gourmet, has a bone to pick with President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Some critics may question Elena Kagan's position on battlefield ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Federal Judge Skeptical About S.F. Fishermen's Oil Spill Lawsuit

    Next year's catch?​U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston has expressed some misgivings about the strength of a class-action lawsuit against the owners and operators of the Dubai Star, a Panamanian tanker that leaked up to 800 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay last October.In a written decis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Federal Judge Supports Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco

    ​A federal judge has rejected efforts by former supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum to put a halt to San Francisco's "ranked-choice" system of voting, dismissing the argument by Dudum and other plaintiffs that the process is unconstitutional.In a 19-page written ruling delivered Friday, U.S. Distric ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Immigration: Defending juvie probation chief proves expensive

    ​A federal judge has rejected efforts by former supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum to put a halt to San Francisco's "ranked-choice" system of voting, dismissing the argument by Dudum and other plaintiffs that the process is unconstitutional.In a 19-page written ruling delivered Friday, U.S. Distric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Obama 'Even Worse' Than Bush On Secret Wiretapping Case, Says S.F. Lawyer

    Is 'Mr. Change' listening?​San Francisco attorney Jon Eisenberg thinks he's learned a thing or two about Barack Obama over the past 15 months. Eisenberg, who won a landmark decision against the government in Northern California's U.S. District Court Wednesday on a wiretapping case, says that when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    It Ain't 'Brave New World' Yet: Federal Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents

    ​The Center for Genetics and Society, a Berkeley-based nonprofit that watchdogs bioethics issues nationwide, is trumpeting a ruling from a New York-based federal court that squashed a biotech company's efforts to patent human genes ... YOURS!Just kidding. Well, sort of -- central to the arguments ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    A Higher Court

    The legal tussle between SF Weekly and the Bay Guardian rises to a new level.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Judge Dismisses NSA Spying Lawsuit, Asserting Too Many People Were Spied On

    You read that right. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker has dismissed a lawsuit in San Francisco's federal courthouse against the U.S. government, stating in his ruling that the plaintiffs' complaint that they were illegally monitored under the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap pr ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Feds complain that S.F.'s sanctuary city policies impeded investigation of Latino gang

    You read that right. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker has dismissed a lawsuit in San Francisco's federal courthouse against the U.S. government, stating in his ruling that the plaintiffs' complaint that they were illegally monitored under the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Campaign for California Families Motions to Butt Into Prop. 8 Lawsuit

    Just in time for pride weekend, the good ol' nemesis of California gay folk, Campaign for California Families, is trying to butt into the latest lawsuit against Proposition 8. In order to give you an idea of the company the organization keeps, the campaign is represented by Liberty Co ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    Chessmasters take their fight to S.F. courts

    Just in time for pride weekend, the good ol' nemesis of California gay folk, Campaign for California Families, is trying to butt into the latest lawsuit against Proposition 8. In order to give you an idea of the company the organization keeps, the campaign is represented by Liberty Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Fame, Fortune, and Premature Antifascism

    Just in time for pride weekend, the good ol' nemesis of California gay folk, Campaign for California Families, is trying to butt into the latest lawsuit against Proposition 8. In order to give you an idea of the company the organization keeps, the campaign is represented by Liberty Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Illustrious S.F. Rock Photographer Profoundly -- and Profanely -- Glad to Settle Lawsuit Over Million-Dollar Archive

    Late last month, we wrote about how San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall -- whose cry of "Hey, Johnny, how 'bout one for the warden?" resulted in the above iconic shot of the Man in Black -- filed suit in S.F. federal court against Bill Graham Archives to recover 656 of his prints of rock and jaz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Gay Marriage: Next Stop, U.S. Supreme Court

    Late last month, we wrote about how San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall -- whose cry of "Hey, Johnny, how 'bout one for the warden?" resulted in the above iconic shot of the Man in Black -- filed suit in S.F. federal court against Bill Graham Archives to recover 656 of his prints of rock and jaz ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2008

    Ka-Ching!

    The Guardian hits the jackpot — but don't count the money yet, Bruce.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Bill Protects Employment Rights of Medical Marijuana Users

    The Guardian hits the jackpot — but don't count the money yet, Bruce.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Ticketmaster Sues Alleged Maker of Roboscalper

    The Guardian hits the jackpot — but don't count the money yet, Bruce.

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Frankovich: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Disables Wheelchair Access Attorney

    The Guardian hits the jackpot — but don't count the money yet, Bruce.

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    "I Do" Redux

    Do you subconsciously oppose gay marriage? Take our quiz and set your id free!

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Harsh Judgment

    An epic child-custody case, pitting California against Texas, takes another twist when an appeals court labels the proceedings "nonsense"

  • Culture

    February 14, 2001

    Cough It Up

    The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    Battle Belli

    The international soap opera that surrounds the crumbling San Francisco landmark that was center stage for the incomparable "King of Torts," Melvin Belli

  • News

    January 26, 2000

    "Fairfield Wives" Saga Continues

    Mormon doctor's conviction for sexual penetration with foreign object upheld; allegation of juror misconduct headed for court

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Payday for Charlie Walker

    Why did the school district give $12,000 to the mayor's buddy?

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    The New Nuclear Age

    Livermore protest is mere theater, but lab's research raises real questions

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