Published: May 24, 2012
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antonia Scalia, Justice Antonia Scalia, mortgage, Quicken Loans Inc., SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.
Published: June 9, 2010
Tags: Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Obama, Small Business Environmental Conference, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court
By Jim Abrams AP Writer Washington (AP) — White House officials have raised the stakes on the Senate’s first major climate change vote of the year, threatening to veto a Republican-led effort to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from carrying out regulations controlling greenhouse gases. White House officials, citing the environmental damage caused by the [...]
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: City of Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2874, eminent domain, Gideon Kanner Manatt, Hagopian, Maharishi Vedic University, Phelps & Phillips, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Sean Ryan National organizations that focus on eminent domain law are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit over the vacant property at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee acquired the property in 2001 from Maharishi Vedic University Inc. by declaring the [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: advertisements, election, issue ads, Pommer, special interest, U.S. Supreme Court
By Matt Pommer Remember when your parents or your teachers wanted to know where you got that wacky idea. The source was important to them. Seeking the source seems relevant in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision opening wide the floodgates of corporate and union cash during election campaigns. While the ruling came [...]
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Chicago, Chicago River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan, locks, Minnesota, National Resources Defense Council, New York, Ohio, Ontario, preliminary injunction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin
By John Flesher AP Environmental Writer Traverse City, Mich. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order immediate closure of shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes. The court rejected a request by Michigan for a preliminary injunction to close the locks temporarily while a long-term solution [...]
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration opposes closing shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. In a memo filed Tuesday, Solicitor General Elena Kagan asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by Michigan and several other states to order [...]
Published: November 6, 2009
Tags: newspapers, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Matt Pommer Newspapers’ watchdog role has been reinforced by a proposal adopted by a sharply divided state Supreme Court. On a 4-3 vote, the high court — which is under increasing charges of bias — ruled campaign contributions and independently run ad campaigns are not enough to force a judge off a case. The [...]
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