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Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept.

Home > This Week's News > Free Breaking News: Panel Finds Canadian Has No Standing to Sue Government Over Alleged Rendition to Syria By Mark Fass November 03, 2009 A split en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that a Canadian citizen who alleges that U.S. officials "rendered" him to Syria to be tortured in 2002 ...

Federal judges are usually, well, judicious in choosing their words. So the rebuke that a panel of judges from the U.S. Second Circuit of Appeals aimed at the plaintiffs' bar in a recent decision was, in judicial terms, sharp and stinging.

COLIN FREEZE From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

"Extraordinary rendition" is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar.

An American appeals court says Maher Arar cannot sue the U.S. goverment. freephotosbank Canadian citizen Maher Arar cannot sue the U.S. for sending him to Syria to be tortured an American appeals court ruled on Monday.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Maher Arar in his extraordinary rendition and torture lawsuit against the Government.

As attorneys in the Robie J. Drake murder case sought another postponement of the retrial, they continued to wrangle Monday over which of the surviving witnesses must testify in person.

A federal appeals court in New York ruled on Monday that Maher Arar , a Canadian man who claimed that American officials sent him to Syria in 2002 to be tortured, cannot sue for damages because Congress has not authorized such suits.

Hoping to protect local residency discounts for Staten Islanders crossing the borough's four bridges, Rep.

In a surprising decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that private property owners in Mississippi can continue with their global warming lawsuit against oil, coal and chemical companies.

NEW YORK a ' A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik's appeal of a ruling forcing him to await his corruption trial in jail.

Bernie Kerik, the NYPD's former top cop and jail boss, will be staying in the joint - as an inmate.

Five defendants convicted last year of engaging in a scam to inflate AIG's loss reserves have filed papers asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn their convictions.

Polanksi's victim wants media to buzz off LOS ANGELES - Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.

The delayed federal corruption trial of Bernard B. Kerik , the city's former police commissioner, will begin Nov.

Fox News anchor Gerald Rivera continued his one-man crusade against the jailing and prosecution of former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik Sunday night, describing Kerik's imprisonment without bail last week as a 'cynical ploy by a runaway judge.' Rivera, who has been virtually alone among major media figures covering Kerik's ...

After all, both judges are lawyers, trained in a similar matter. Why wouldn't they reach the same result? But the fact is that the law is rarely so obvious.

Bernard Kerik, in an undated photo released Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 by the Westchester county executive's office.

Parents from the Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School, frustrated that their children are being denied school bus service, are rallying in front of Mayor Bloomberg's campaign office at 2205 Hylan Blvd., Grant City.