Topic - Court Of Appeals In San Francisco

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  PETERSEN: Washington doesn't need to regulate rain

  If the Supreme Court declines to review it, a recent ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will put federal courts into the business of managing every acre of privately owned timberland in America. Farmers beware. You could be next. In May, the 9th Circuit determined that rainwater draining from forest roads into local streams, rivers and lakes is "point source pollution." As such, it must be regulated in the same way effluent from sewage-treatment plants is regulated. To make a long story short, rainwater that accumulates alongside logging roads has become a new target of environmental litigators.

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  Court bars sex-bias case against Wal-Mart

  The Supreme Court blocked the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history on Monday, siding with Wal-Mart and against up to 1.6 million female workers in a decision that makes it harder to mount large-scale bias claims against the nation's other huge companies, too.

• Immediate end to 'don't ask, don't tell' urged

  Gay rights advocates on Monday filed a challenge to a request by the Obama administration to keep the repealed "don't ask, don't tell" policy in place while the Pentagon prepares for an end to the ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the military.

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  Supreme Court won't hear challenge to 'In God We Trust'

  The Supreme Court won't hear an atheist's latest challenge to the U.S. government's references to God.

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  Court won't hold 'don't ask, don't tell' lawsuit

  A federal appeals court has denied the government's request to suspend a lawsuit challenging the military's ban on openly gay service members.

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  Quiet deal moves Obama's judicial nominees through Senate

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  Deal on judges allows nominees to be confirmed

  After a lengthy blockade this year, Senate Republicans have agreed to let at least 19 of President Obama's judicial nominees win confirmation in the waning days of the congressional session, in exchange for a commitment by Democrats not to seek votes on four other, more controversial picks, according to officials familiar with the deal.

• Appeals court reverses McAfee CFO's conviction

  A federal appeals court on Friday tossed out the securities fraud conviction of the former chief financial officer at McAfee Inc.

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  High court to look at Wal-Mart sex bias suit

  The U.S. Supreme Court will consider throwing out a massive lawsuit that claims Wal-Mart pays women less than men and promotes women less frequently.

• Political Scene

  A "tea party" favorite is dropping her bid for a leadership position in the upcoming Republican-controlled House.

• Feds defending law against fake military heroes

  The Justice Department is battling to save a federal law that makes it illegal to lie about being a war hero, appealing two court rulings that the statute is an unconstitutional muzzle on free speech.

• Conviction for 2008 Super Bowl threats overturned

  A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of an Arizona man accused of planning to kill people at the 2008 Super Bowl.

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  Chipotle in violation of disabilities act

  A federal appeals court in California ruled that Chipotle Mexican Grill's "distinct interior design" is illegal because the counters where the staff prepared tacos and burritos were too high and blocked the view for people in wheelchairs.

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  Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling

  Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that put most of the state's immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Lawmaker ends support for boycotts after judge's ruling

  Wednesday's ruling on Arizona's immigration law, which went into effect in limited form Thursday, has caused some cities and lawmakers to reconsider their boycotts against the state, but Hispanic and other activist groups say they will continue their protests until the law is entirely struck down.

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