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Judge allows Arizona to continue casino suit
A federal judge says Arizona can proceed with its lawsuit against an Indian casino planned near Glendale.
Former Bush solicitor general to head up SB1070 defense at Supreme Court
Gov. Jan Brewer has picked a prominent Washington lawyer to argue Arizona's U.S. Supreme Court appeal of lower court rulings blocking implementation provisions of an illegal immigration law.
Brewer announces U.S. Supreme Court appeal for SB1070
Rather than prolong the case by more than a year, Gov. Jan Brewer will appeal an injunction against major components of the state’s controversial immigration law directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Injunction blocks changes in Ariz. casino dispute
A judge says the legal landscape in a dispute over a southern Arizona Indian tribe's casino-project planned in the Phoenix area will remain the same pending a ruling by an appeals court.
Appeals court hears arguments on Arizona law removing same-sex partner benefits
An Arizona law removing domestic partner benefits for state employees discriminates against same-sex couples because they can’t get married to qualify, an attorney argued Monday before an appeals court panel.
Tohono O’odham sues over annexation bill
The Tohono O’Odham Nation filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Arizona and the City of Glendale over a law designed to block the tribe from building a casino.
Since Carter years, judicial confirmations have slowed
Quick and lasting relief in the form of more judges for an overburdened federal court in Arizona appears doomed by Washington, D.C., politics.
California judge to hear case against Loughner
Judge Larry A. Burns of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has been designated to oversee United States v. Jared Lee Loughner, in Arizona's U.S. District Court, said David Madden, a spokesman for the Ninth Circuit Office of the Circuit.
No need to worry, says Kanefield
Brewer's attorney Joe Kanefield said he wasn't at all concerned about yesterday's ruling by a Virginia federal judge's decision to throw out a private law school's lawsuit against the individual mandate in the federal health care reform package.
‘Tea party’ T-shirts OK at Maricopa County polls
A federal judge in Phoenix has ruled that Maricopa County voters can wear "tea party" T-shirts into polling places in Tuesday's general election.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments Dec. 8 over employer sanctions
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 8 in an appeal by business and civil rights groups that are trying to overturn a 2007 Arizona law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
Lawsuit filed over Arizona’s ethnic studies law
A lawsuit has been filed by opponents of a new Arizona law aimed at eliminating the ethnic studies program at the Tucson Unified School District.
