All articles tagged with #appeals court
Alaska prosecutors are dropping felony voter-misconduct charges against 11 Whittier residents after an appeals court ruled prosecutors must prove conscious wrongdoing; the decision followed findings of flawed police questioning and grand-jury proceedings in the Tupe Smith case, and notes that American Samoa residents are US nationals, not automatic citizens, a factor in how the forms were filled out.
Egyptian TV host Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death in a synthetic-drug case and plans to appeal under Egypt’s 2024 felony-appeal reforms. The prosecution accuses her of funding and coordinating the operation (which involved MDMB-4en-PINACA), while she denies involvement. The appeals process can lead to upholding, reducing, or overturning the sentence, with further review by higher courts and potential ministerial/presidential mercy stages.
A three-judge 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling that Starbucks violated workers’ rights at a Manhattan store by banning union shirts and multiple pins, saying the board failed to properly balance employees’ rights with the company’s image and safety concerns; the case is remanded for a new, more evenly weighed assessment.
A federal appeals court ruled that a judge did not have the power to overturn Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction, leaving his desertion and misbehavior charges intact after he was captured by Taliban-linked forces, repeatedly tortured, and released in 2014. Bergdahl pleaded guilty in 2017 and was dishonorably discharged; prosecutors had sought 14 years in prison.
A federal appeals court in the D.C. Circuit ruled a judge lacked jurisdiction to vacate Bowe Bergdahl’s 2009 desertion conviction, effectively reinstating his punishment, including a 2017 dishonorable discharge.
A federal appeals court halted a district ruling that had granted thousands of 2022 graduates an extra year of NCAA eligibility, underscoring that the policy dispute is far from over and that more appeals are likely as the NCAA defends similar lawsuits. The piece also notes several players who have benefited from rulings in football and basketball, including Indiana defenders Kellan Wyatt and Stephan Daley, Ole Miss alums Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris and Wydett Williams, and Gonzaga’s Javon Bennett alongside Florida State’s Chauncey Wiggins.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit stayed a nationwide injunction that would have allowed NFL players to use a fifth year of college eligibility, pending full appeal, effectively delaying the Colorado court’s earlier ruling and adding to the legal uncertainty surrounding players’ college eligibility ahead of the 2026 season.
An appellate court lifts the stay on New York City's pied-à-terre luxury-home tax rollout, allowing the surcharge to proceed while the homeowners' challenge continues; a lower court had blocked the program, but the city argues that filing an appeal triggers an automatic stay and seeks permission to move forward, with Aug. 31 set for permanent relief and projected revenue of at least $500 million through FY 2028 from about 17,000 potentially affected properties.
An appellate court temporarily lifts the lower court’s restraining order, allowing City Hall to proceed with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax rollout while the full appeals panel reviews the case, keeping the tax in effect despite ongoing homeowner lawsuits that accuse the rollout of being botched and harassing. The city argues the pause would create headaches for taxpayers and threaten essential revenues, as the legal battle involving homeowners including Randy Mastro continues to unfold.
Trump posted AI-generated images of a fortified White House “DronePort” atop the ongoing 90,000-square-foot ballroom project after a federal appeals court ordered construction stop and congressional approval. The court described the East Wing demolition as an unprecedented “Executive self-help,” while Trump argued the setup would safeguard national security. The privately funded project, begun in Sept. 2025, faces further legal challenges and awaits Congressional input.
A US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered a temporary halt on construction of the White House ballroom, granting a two-week pause to allow a possible Supreme Court review and ruling that Congress—not the President—must authorize such a project, with a Trump-appointed judge dissenting.
Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, spent 18 months in prison after investigators chasing a Wisconsin child-exploitation case followed a misspelled Kik username—omitting one underscore—and wrongly identified him. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, ruling the case should never have gone to trial and that the evidence was based on a simple username error.
A Halifax man, Brandon Klayme, was convicted in 2023 of child‑luring and possession of child pornography based on a Kik username linked to a Skyrim dragon shout. Police pursued fus_ro_dah instead of the correct fus__ro_dah (with a double underscore), a mix-up that went unnoticed at trial. He served 18 months in prison before his lawyers uncovered the error, and an appeals court later overturned the conviction, ruling that he is factually innocent and should never have been charged.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling and reinstated Act 10, the 2011 anti-union law that largely ended public-sector collective bargaining; the law remains in effect as unions plan further appeals to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with political debate and potential repeal continuing alongside the legal fight.
An appeals court upheld an injunction blocking the Trump administration’s effort to create a federal voter list, maintaining the legal challenge and delaying any national registry.