Arizona Republic: “The legal challenge to Arizona’s private-school tax-credit program went before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, and justices confronted attorneys on both sides about whether it violates separation of church and state. In hourlong arguments in the nationally watched case, justices focused heavily on the structure of the tax-credit program, which [...]
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Arizona Republic: “A case to be argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court could settle once and for all the legal bounds of Arizona’s private-school tuition tax-credit program. More than setting a school-choice precedent, however, the case could also shape the rights of taxpayers to sue the government over policies they dislike that [...] Arizona Republic: “A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Arizona’s requirement that residents provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that a federal voter-registration law supersedes Arizona’s requirement.” Arizona Republic: “Maricopa County taxpayers have spent more than $1 million over the past three fiscal years to defend attorneys against complaints about their ethical conduct, an Arizona Republic analysis of financial records from the County Attorney’s Office shows. Most of the expense is tied to run-of-the-mill complaints filed by defendants or their [...] Institute for Justice: “On November 3, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments in the case Garriot v. Winn. Arizona, like many states, offers tax credits to individuals and businesses for donations to fund scholarships for students to attend private schools. The goal of these programs is to give as many students [...] Arizona Republic: “Cannon & Wendt must pay back wages in discrimination suit. A federal judge ordered a Phoenix firm to comply with an earlier agreement to pay $20,000 in back wages to a former employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit, federal officials announced on Thursday.” Arizona Republic: “A former Gilbert police officer who was demoted for shooting a shoplifting suspect during an off-duty confrontation has accused the town’s police chief and some of his commanders of trying to get him fired by withholding information from a panel reviewing his case. The allegations are part of Officer Andrew “Chad” [...] Arizona Republic: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday that it filed lawsuits against a Peoria car dealership and a Bullhead City Mexican restaurant.” Arizona Republic: “Arizona’s Probate Courts need better-trained judges and a better way to monitor the costs and care of people who can’t manage their own money or affairs because of advanced age or illness. These are among the dozen initial recommendations by an Arizona Supreme Court committee” Goldwater Institute: Wickberg vs. Owens - “On Sept. 20, 2010, the Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Flagstaff resident Diane Wickberg to defend her right to vote at her polling place while wearing a T-shirt for the Flagstaff Tea Party. Poll workers have twice threatened to block Mrs. Wickberg from [...] Arizona Republic: “Glendale today sued the federal government over its decision to turn 54 acres near the city’s sports and entertainment district into a reservation. The city’s legal challenge is an attempt to stop the Tohono O’odham Nation’s plans to build a casino and resort on land near 95th and Northern avenues.”
Arizona Republic: “The Gila River Indian Community began a legal fight Thursday to stop the Tohono O’odham Nation from building a casino and 300-room resort near Glendale.” On December 8, 2010, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chamber of Commerce v. Candelria, the case that questions the constitutionality of Arizona’s 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act. The law provides that the employer that knowingly hire illegal aliens can lose their licenses. Arizona Republic: “A dismissed Department of Public Safety officer [named Geoff Jacobs sued DPS and] alleges he lost his job after his romance with the daughter of DPS Director Robert Halliday went badly.” Washington Examiner: “September 2008, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, did its own investigation of Arpaio’s office — and gave it a clean bill of health. . . .officials from the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Investigation (OI), along with officials from the Detention and Removal Operations office (DRO), concluded [...] Arizona Republic: “The U.S. Department of Justice filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for refusing to provide full access to records and facilities for a civil-rights investigation” Arizona Republic: “”There’s no way Andy McDonel is taking down his ‘Don’t Tread on Me‘ flag. The homeowners association in McDonel’s Laveen neighborhood told him to remove the yellow banner with the coiled snake from the front of his house.” See the New York Times story on this subject called “Homeowner’s [...] A class action lawsuit was filed in federal district court alleging that Apollo Group, Inc., violated securities laws. See “Apollo hit with fraud suit from investor.” Arizona Republic: “The parents of a student who drowned in the Ironwood High School pool filed a wrongful death claim Wednesday seeking more than $26 million from Glendale and the Peoria Unified School District.” Arizona Republic: “Data storage company SanDisk Corp. has sued Shea Integration Solutions, an Arizona data security firm it says contacted SanDisk and some of its customers with accusations that SanDisk was infringing on a patent.” Arizona Republic: “The parent of Grand Canyon University [Grand Canyon, Inc.] has settled a whistle-blower lawsuit over recruiter-pay practices for $5.2 million.” The lawsuit was filed by a former employee on behalf of the federal government under the False Claims Act. Arizona Republic: “A district court ordered a Phoenix internet marketer [Central Coast Nutraceuticals, Inc.] of weight loss pills and colon cleansers to temporarily halt business, after hearing Federal Trade Commission allegations of deceptive advertising and unfair billing practices that scammed consumers out of $30 million or more in 2009. . . . [The [...] The Phoenix based Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to find that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is unconstitutional. Here is the text of the Goldwater Institute’s August 12, 2010, press release: The Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit today to strike down the 2010 federal health [...] Phoenix Business Journal: “A jury has awarded a Phoenix developer $110 million in connection with a stymied high-end apartment project near the CityNorth development in North Phoenix. Gray Development and its principal, Bruce Gray, were awarded $110,650,000 on Tuesday by a jury at Maricopa County Superior Court, which found against the defendant, Northeast [...] Arizona Republic: “The Valley’s bankruptcy situation improved for a third straight month in June, with filings now showing their lowest year-over-year increase since the recession began. Metro Phoenix recorded 2,656 consumer and business filings, down 3.9 percent from May, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix.” Arizona Republic: “Seven political activists claiming their civil rights were violated after they were arrested and cited for protesting against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration policies recently were awarded nearly $475,000 by Maricopa County,” Arizona Republic: “Owners of more than 100 cars are suing an auctioneer and tent contractor over damage to their vehicles when winds blew down a tent at a January auction in Scottsdale. Two separate groups of owners are suing Phoenix-based Russo and Steele LLC and Tri-Rentals Inc., a subsidiary of Classic Party Rentals [...] Arizona Republic: “An Appeals Court reinstated a jury’s estimated $275 million securities-fraud verdict against University of Phoenix parent Apollo Group on Wednesday in a 6-year-old case that has taken several turns.” See “Appeals court reinstates higher jury award in University of Phoenix case.” Phoenix Business Journal: “The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a temporary stop to matching funds for publicly financed candidates for Arizona’s 2010 elections.” |
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