JURIST

MAY 27, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the Minister for Environment, Sussan Ley, and the wider government, has a duty of care to protect Australia’s youth from the climate crisis.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled against a petition from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Friday, seeking to challenge a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union that held Hungary’s asylum policies broke European law.

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MAY 1, 2025

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an air traffic controller who was called up to serve on active duty in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, seeking differential pay which he had not received for most of the time that he was on active duty. How might we choose between these two rules?

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JURIST

JANUARY 7, 2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Greece violated multiple provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the treatment of a Turkish national, identified as A.R.E., The post Europe rights court rules Greece immigrant pushback violated human rights appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2025

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered a recall of parliament on April 8, 2025, to debate a motion of no confidence on Monday. The court decided that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional. We will comply with the court decision.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka declared Tuesday that several former politicians, including former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, breached the public trust and violated Article 12 (1) of the Sri Lankan Constitution in their management of the economy.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Administrative Court of Paris on Wednesday held that the French state is “responsible” for failing to take sufficient measures to halt climate change and for failing to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Azerbaijan violated the freedom of expression of a lawyer that was disbarred for filing a corruption complaint against the director of a legal consultancy. Regarding this, the court ruled that the applicant’s complaint was not a baseless accusation.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot keep the profits of properties sold to pay off tax debts. The court reached this decision in the case of Tyler v. wherein a local Minnesota government sold off a woman’s condo to satisfy her tax bill. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2024

A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. The claim failed on all three of its grounds, with the court concluding that the secondary legislation banning puberty blockers for under eighteens was in fact, lawful. risks and no or very limited clear benefits.”

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2025

A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Congress does not have to provide Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico. The decision impacts the residents of Puerto Rico and other US territories who are applying for government benefits. ” The appeals court affirmed.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday against the Russian Federation for violating the right to freedom of expression through fines, prosecution of individuals and blockage of news outlets. Apart from mass media, the court’s judgment included 161 individual applications.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to pursue their claims in Rwanda. Conservative MPs who voted against the bill include Jenrick and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by a 5-2 majority Friday that the federal government’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its accompanying regulations are partially unconstitutional, as they empower the federal government to create environmental regulations that should have been within provincial jurisdictions.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The High Court in sustaining the plaintiff’s submissions reopened and overruled its own precedent set out within Dickenson’s Arcade Pty Ltd v. Motor vehicle owners were required to submit photographs of their odometer to the Victorian State Government each year. Non-plug-in Hybrid vehicles were exempt.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday vacated a previous ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who challenged the construction of a casino in Alabama on land they claim is sacred. US Circuit Court Judge William Pryor Jr.,

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held Thursday that several provisions in the country’s Federal Climate Change Act of 2019 were insufficient and violate freedoms in the Basic Law. The court described the idea of climate change having severe impacts that affect virtually all aspects of human life.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the seizure of 700 safety deposit boxes under the process of civil asset forfeiture went beyond the warrant issued and violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. The case has been remanded back to the district court for further proceedings.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2024

A court in Quito, Ecuador ruled that the Machángara River, which runs through the city, possesses rights making the municipal government of Quito responsible for pollution that occurs, a local civic advocacy group reported on Friday. The municipality has filed an appeal with the Provincial Court.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty to an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. Because of this, the Court reasoned that the Blood Tribe could be entitled to declaratory relief.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The rent cap was enacted in February 2020 as an attempt by the local government to stifle rent hikes and gentrification.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

A federal US judge struck down Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) on Friday, ruling it unconstitutional under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. He stated: “The Government may not deprive law-abiding citizens of their guaranteed right to self-defense as a means of offense.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The court also held that DACA failed the first step in Chevron USA v Natural Res.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (NYSCOELIG) that NYSCOELIG violates the New York State Constitution due to its statutorily prescribed independence. But it is for the people to decide and only the people.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court held Thursday in Gonzalez v. The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. The Supreme Court found that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously applied these principles.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“The Wealth Tax You May Already Owe; If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Moore v. The post “The Wealth Tax You May Already Owe; If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Moore v. all unrealized gains will be taxable under existing law” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) ruled Monday that the governments of Canada and Ontario have broken a pair of 1850 treaties with the Anishinaabe peoples by capping the annual payment at a few dollars per year in exchange for a large area of the northern part of Ontario.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Hong Kong High Court ruled against Jimmy Lai in his challenge against the court’s jurisdiction to hear the charge of conspiracy to sedition on Friday. The court rejected both arguments. The court held that the limitation period for conspiracy only started running at the end of the alleged continuing act.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court of India ruled Friday that if the fundamental right to education under “Article 21A of the Constitution has to become a reality,” then the needs of underprivileged children “to receive adequate access to online education cannot be denied.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that multiple provisions of the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office Act (BKA Act) are unconstitutional because they infringe upon citizens’ privacy rights. It is responsible for the coordination of police investigations between federal and state governments.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Munch criticized what he called “unilateral actions” from the government of Kosovo that attempt to reopen the Ibar bridge in Mitrovica, which connects the Serb-dominated north and the Albanian-dominated south. Ultimately, the Constitutional Court ruled the agreement unconstitutional, nullifying it.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2024

The UK’s High Cout of Justice on Tuesday ruled that recent amendments to protest laws enacted by the Secretary of State were unlawful. The court’s judgment comes as a result of a legal challenge to the amendments brought by the National Council of Civil Liberties.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that tribal police officers have the authority to detain and search non-Indigenous persons on federal highways within their territories. The decision quiets what some feared would be a further infringement on the inherent sovereignty tribes possess to govern themselves.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

The Constitutional Court of Italy Wednesday ruled Italian children should be given the surname of both parents. But in Wednesday’s decision, the court described the practice as “discriminatory and harmful to the identity” of the child.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on Monday ruled that the country’s national pledge was an unconstitutional violation of school children’s right to freedom of conscience and parental rights. The application called for the court to suspend the mandatory recitation of the pledge in schools.

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