Showing posts with label federal appeals court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label federal appeals court. Show all posts

Monday, 23 August 2010

Court Decides Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations Are Cool

A federal appeals court ruled that the covert recording of a phone conversation using a mobile phone is not a violation of the Wiretap Act if done for legitimate purposes.

Source:
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/08/21/covert-iphone-audio-recording-ok-under-certain-circumstances/

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Federal appeals court highway crosses are unconstitutional

Memorial crosses erected along Utah public roads to honor fallen state highway troopers have been found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.

Source:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/18/utah.highway.crosses/index.html?hpt=Sbin#fbid=aRviAtqBLDn&wom=false

Monday, 19 July 2010

Fifth Circuit upholds religious rights of American Indian ki

AUSTIN A federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court ruling that the Needville Independent School District violated Texas state law by punishing a 5-year-old American Indian kindergarten student for wearing his hair in traditional braids as a form of expressing his family';s religious beliefs.

The case was brought by the ACLU

Source:
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/98609619.html