New Mexico law is more pro-defendant in such cases than the laws of many other states.
"Plaintiff is entitled ... to make his own judgment about whether disclosing his identity under seal to the Court would pose an inordinate risk to his personal safety. But he is not entitled ... to special dispensation from the well-established requirements of the law."
No, you can't do that.
even when he "adopted a controversial 'no punt' strategy."
"The Court has the power to resolve the question presented, and it must do so now."
No, said the Fifth Circuit, at least when the products were library books, and the questions were about whether the books included sexual content.
he has a right to know how and why the government took that action.”
But that’s not adequate reason to allow them to litigate pseudonymously, a district court rules.
Federal courts continue to be split on this question.
The court concludes that, because the plaintiff hadn't applied to be hired, he didn't have standing to challenge the policy.
that it’s probably not “‘trying to advance the public exchange of ideas’ essential to a healthy democracy.”
The lawyers also argue that the speech in the newspaper was “not made pursuant to its right of free speech, but to instead to advance the personal agendas of male faculty members at Notre Dame [and others].”
A good illustration of the strong policy of openness in American court cases, even when defendants argue that unfounded allegations in court records are intruding on their privacy and damaging their reputations.
The father had an earlier history of sexually assaulting children.
A system for encouraging cooperation by crime victims was allegedly turned into a means of producing visa fraud.
The trial court found that "Decker continued contacting Siewert after she had asked him to stop five times" and "Decker's intent was to impose his will on Siewert to make her write about certain issues and to cover those issues in the way that he wanted them covered."
A Florida appellate court just overturned the injunction on First Amendment grounds.
"С новым годом, с новым счастьем"—to the new year, to the new happiness!
As I've mentioned before, it's one of the public interest law firms that I admire most.
