Archive for the ‘US Supreme Court’ Category

Supreme Court to Hear Detainee Care Case

Monday, October 5th, 2009

A lawsuit filed by a now-deceased man over inappropriate medical care while he was in the custody of U.S. immigration officials in San Diego is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court. Franciso Castaneda, an immigrant from El Salvador, died in February 2008 after a battle with penile cancer. ...

Update on Widow Penalty Case

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied Ms. Osserritta Robinson’s petition for rehearing her case en banc. As our readers recollect couple of weeks ago, we ran a news snippet on our blog titled “Third Circuit on Spouse Definition.” This case already generated considerable public interest with most demanding an ...