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442 entries in 'Law Center' |
2024/11/03
What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
2024/10/15
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
2024/10/06
Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
2024/08/31
Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
2024/08/09
Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
2024/08/01
Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
2024/07/17
Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
2024/07/14
Boston lawyer once named ‘most eligible bachelor’ is sentenced to 5-10 years
2024/07/08
A US appeals court will review its prior order keeping banned books
2024/06/21
Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
2024/06/17
Court grapples with details on school shooter that were leaked to media
2024/05/07
Abortion consumes US politics, courts two years after SCOTUS draft leak
2024/04/15
Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers
2024/04/08
Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil
2024/03/28
Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling
2024/03/22
Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
2024/03/05
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
2024/02/23
Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
2024/02/20
Ken Paxton petitions to stop Dallas woman from getting an abortion
2024/02/13
Trump arrives in federal court in Florida for classified docs case
2024/01/08
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2024/01/02
Hong Kong activist publisher Lai pleads not guilty to sedition charges
2023/11/30
Panama’s high court declared a mining contract unconstitutional
2023/11/10
Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
2023/11/06
Donald Trump testifies in civil fraud trial. Follow the latest updates
2023/10/27
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
2023/10/23
Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
2023/10/20
Federal Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
2023/10/10
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
2023/09/19
Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony
2023/09/15
Polish director demands apology from justice minister for comparing her film
2023/09/12
McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry
2023/08/24
Some states reject federal money to replace dangerous lead pipes
2023/06/12
Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian
2023/04/20
Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
2023/04/14
Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
2023/02/03
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
2022/12/24
Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
2022/12/10
US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/12/06
Former Nazi camp secretary voices regret, seeks acquittal
2022/12/01
Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
2022/11/11
Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/10/27
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
2022/09/28
Appeals ruling leaves Trump fate in defamation suit in flux
2022/09/19
Iran faces US in international court over asset seizure
2022/09/06
Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/26
Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
2022/08/14
Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/01
Court denies request for emergency halt to Ohio abortion ban
2022/06/13
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/05/12
California governor backs plan to pay for some abortions
2022/05/09
California Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation
2022/04/27
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
2022/04/23
2nd Circuit denies Yanks request in letter unsealing case
2022/04/20
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/17
Supreme Court denies Penobscot appeal over namesake river
2022/03/29
Judge won’t halt execution over intellectual disability
2022/03/21
Nicholas C. Minshew, Attorney - Minshew & Ahluwalia LLP
2021/10/01
Arkansas court: State can’t enforce ban on mask mandates
2021/08/22
Judge tells prison to seize Nassar’s money for victims
2021/07/02
Ruling is final blow to New Hampshire voter registration law
2021/06/25
High court to rule whether to hear Maine school choice case
2021/06/22
Bankruptcy is Just Filling Out Some Forms, Right?
2021/06/21
High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case
2021/06/18
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
2021/06/06
New Hampshire high court lifting mask requirement; theater reopening
2021/05/26
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
2021/05/13
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
2021/04/15
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
2021/04/08
NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
2021/04/05
High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
2021/03/15
Colorado court: Speed-reading bills violates constitution
2021/03/11
High court orders full disability for worker whose lost limb
2021/02/16
European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/10
Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
2020/12/29
Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
2020/12/20
Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies
2020/11/29
Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
2020/11/17
Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
2020/11/10
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law
2020/11/02
Legal armies ready if cloudy election outcome heads to court
2020/09/20
White House lawyer in running for seat on the Supreme Court
2020/09/17
Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling
2020/09/09
WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
2020/09/06
Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional
2020/09/01
Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won’t order dismissal
2020/08/27
1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/25
California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
2020/08/18
Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death
2020/08/15
9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
2020/08/01
Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/27
Court hears testimony on whether Assange was spied on
2020/07/23
German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93
2020/07/07
Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban
2020/06/27
Supreme Court doesn’t wade into Texas mail-in voting battle
2020/06/25
Appeals court orders dismissal of Michael Flynn prosecution
2020/06/13
International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order
2020/06/04
Pandemic means a silent June at the Supreme Court
2020/05/28
USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services on June 4
2020/05/19
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
2020/05/17
Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
2020/05/14
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
2020/05/10
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
2020/04/26
Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
2020/04/16
Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
2020/04/09
Wisconsin’s pandemic election puts focus on state’s court
2020/04/07
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
2020/04/06
Court: UK shouldn’t give US evidence on pair of IS militants
2020/03/17
Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak
2020/03/11
International court approves Afghanistan investigation
2020/03/01
Ex-Phoenix area sheriff declares victory despite court loss
2020/02/20
Florida can’t bar felons who served their time from registering to vote
2020/02/20
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
2020/02/14
Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
2020/01/18
US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change
2020/01/11
Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
2020/01/09
US courts rule for border walls both public and private
2020/01/09
Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
2019/12/26
Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
2019/12/18
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
2019/12/02
Ohio court will hear case over bullying, teacher liability
2019/12/01
Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records
2019/10/25
Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
2019/10/11
Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
2019/09/19
Top UK court: Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was illegal
2019/09/07
Attorneys: Court seat puts Montgomery in far different role
2019/09/03
Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win
2019/08/30
Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition
2019/08/20
Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/08/11
Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder
2019/08/08
Puerto Ricans get their 3rd governor in 6 days
2019/08/01
Court rules against militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown
2019/07/28
Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/25
Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
2019/07/24
Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
2019/07/20
Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
2019/07/15
Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money
2019/07/10
US appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
2019/06/23
Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
2019/06/20
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/06/18
Option to undo some DUI convictions yet to be widely sought
2019/06/11
Kansas court OKs school funding law but keeps lawsuit open
2019/06/08
Supreme Court sides with Alabama company in patent dispute
2019/06/05
Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships
2019/06/03
Kevin Spacey appears at court for hearing in groping case
2019/05/21
San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’
2019/05/16
Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
2019/05/14
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
2019/05/07
A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts
2019/05/03
Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill ‘Obamacare’
2019/05/01
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/23
Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/15
6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
2019/04/04
Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/04/02
Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
2019/03/22
High court questions courts’ role in partisan redistricting
2019/03/11
Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/02/11
Opera singer, husband appear in court on sex assault charge
2019/01/12
Court: State, governor can't be sued over public defenders
2019/01/07
EU top court adviser: Google can limit right to be forgotten
2018/12/19
Dutch court upholds Amsterdam’s ban on new tourist stores
2018/12/18
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/16
Colorado baker returns to court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
2018/12/01
Supreme Court sends bar fees case back for further look
2018/11/28
High court seems to lean against West Virginia in tax cas
2018/11/15
Mixed rulings for Republicans from Kentucky Supreme Court
2018/11/03
Attorney files challenge to eastern Iowa judge appointment
2018/11/01
S. Korea court upholds conscientious objection to military
2018/10/29
Group asks court to reject Arkansas justice's ad lawsuit
2018/10/20
Maldives court overturns prison term for ex-president
2018/10/07
Polish leader appoints top court judges, against ruling
2018/09/27
Bill Cosby's day of reckoning arrives in court
2018/09/23
Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemption
2018/09/17
Belgian court rules out extradition for Spanish rapper
2018/09/10
Indiana high court to consider city rental registration fee
2018/09/03
Rancorous, partisan start for Kavanaugh high court hearing
2018/09/01
Blankenship ballot bid denied by West Virginia Supreme Court
2018/08/22
Sen. Collins, potential swing vote, meets with Kavanaugh
2018/08/17
Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
2018/08/13
Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
2018/08/04
High court gives mixed verdict on Burgum-Legislature spat
2018/08/01
N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle
2018/07/22
Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
2018/07/19
Trump finds it 'inconceivable' lawyer would tape a client
2018/07/12
Supreme Court enjoys relatively high public confidence
2018/07/08
Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report
2018/07/04
Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes
2018/07/02
California high court: Yelp can't be ordered to remove posts
2018/06/25
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/18
Court makes no ruling in resolving partisan redistricting cases
2018/06/11
Seals can keep using San Diego children's beach, court says
2018/06/09
Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/07
UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws
2018/06/05
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/06/03
Spanish court nixes terrorism accusation in Basque incident
2018/06/02
Romania: Court tells president to fire anti-graft prosecutor
2018/04/25
Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
2018/04/18
Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
2018/04/16
Court: Man can't be retried for murder after mistrial ruling
2018/04/12
Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
2018/04/03
Ex-Missouri governor urges court to allow wind-energy line
2018/04/02
Expensive, partisan Wisconsin high court race nears end
2018/03/29
Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
2018/03/24
Lohan fails to convince court her image is in video game
2018/03/21
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
2018/03/16
California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims
2018/03/15
Utah teen appears in court in school backpack bomb case
2018/03/08
Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
2018/02/26
Supreme Court declines to take up 'Dreamers' case for now
2018/02/13
Specialist prosecutor for Kosovo court standing down
2018/02/11
Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
2018/02/11
Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
2018/02/08
Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
2018/01/12
Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/12/01
Arkansas judge blocks state from issuing birth certificates
2017/11/07
Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
2017/10/20
Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law
2017/10/12
NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife
2017/10/02
Ohio taxpayers lose right to take disputes to high court
2017/09/26
Pakistan ex-PM criticizes judiciary for his disqualification
2017/09/22
Kenya Supreme Court says why it annulled presidential poll
2017/09/20
Toys R Us files for Chapter 11 reorganization
2017/09/16
3 bank customers in Germany fined for ignoring collapsed man
2017/09/13
Justices allow Trump administration ban on most refugees
2017/09/10
Ohio Supreme Court hears dispute on abortion clinic closure
2017/09/03
Trump nominates White House lawyer to important court seat
2017/08/30
Court: Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
2017/08/27
Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
2017/08/22
UAE prison time dropped for transgender Singaporean, friend
2017/08/19
Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
2017/08/17
French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
2017/08/11
A Supreme Court pharma case deals consumers a big loss
2017/08/08
NJ Supreme Court Reverses Decades-Old Divorce Law
2017/07/20
North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov's Elections Role
2017/06/26
Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship
2017/06/11
Court records outline hours before Virginia shooting
2017/06/10
With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
2017/06/07
The Latest: Suspect in 36 fire deaths appears in court
2017/06/05
Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
2017/06/04
Court sides with towns over utilities in tax dispute
2017/06/02
In one state, abused animals get a legal voice in court
2017/05/22
Supreme Court strikes down 2 NC congressional districts
2017/05/20
Ohio Supreme Court justice backs legalizing marijuana
2017/05/13
South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court
2017/05/02
Indiana high court to take up police unreasonable force case
2017/04/17
Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings
2017/04/06
US court ruling could bring more suits over Nazi-looted art
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/03/26
Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
2017/03/04
NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/03/02
Ohio court considers privacy rights in backpack search
2017/02/24
South African court rules against ICC withdrawal
2017/02/18
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/10
Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
2017/02/10
Kenya court blocks closing of world's biggest refugee camp
2017/01/07
Supreme Court won’t hear Giordano appeal in child-sex case
2016/12/21
Ohio's high court dismisses media lawsuit over bodycam video
2016/12/04
Supreme Court takes up cases about race in redistricting
2016/12/04
UK Supreme Court hears landmark challenge to Brexit plans
2016/11/13
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/11/04
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/10/18
As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate
2016/09/26
Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
2016/09/22
California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review
2016/09/11
Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
2016/09/08
High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
2016/08/28
Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
2016/08/14
Court again says New Jersey can't legalize sports betting
2016/08/12
Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
2016/07/27
Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/21
Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case
2016/07/20
Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing
2016/07/18
Philippine court clears Arroyo of plunder, orders her freed
2016/05/31
Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence
2016/05/25
Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida
2016/05/08
Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/04/26
High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
2016/04/26
Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
2016/04/16
Democrats push McConnell, GOP on Supreme Court nomination
2016/03/21
White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/02/08
Court rejects AG Kane's request to reinstate law license
2015/12/20
Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors
2015/12/02
Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/11/27
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman names 2 chief deputies
2015/11/19
Perry's indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court
2015/11/03
Supreme Court considers if Pistorius guilty of murder
2015/10/19
US appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre
2015/10/18
Britain's High Court rules that Uber app is lawful
2015/10/14
Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M
2015/09/12
Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals
2015/09/04
Appeals court overturns county's longest-ever drug sentence
2015/08/18
Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/08/17
Pistorius prosecutors file appeal at Supreme Court
2015/08/05
Texas attorney general accused of lying to investors
2015/07/28
Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court
2015/07/23
Court agrees with tossing strict North Dakota abortion law
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/07/08
Peterson returns to court in murder-for-hire trial
2015/07/01
High court won't hear Nevada patient dumping case
2015/06/13
Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law
2014/12/31
US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing
2014/10/27
Former Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor
2014/05/20
Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal
2014/03/14
Inmate pleads guilty in prison guard's stabbing
2013/11/03
Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer
2013/06/10
ID court rules man can face felony stalking charge
2013/06/02
Court Upholds Rifle Sales Reporting Requirement
2013/05/21
Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
2012/10/26
Retail group against revised card settlement
2012/10/22
Minn. Supreme Court to hear suicides case appeal
2012/10/10
High court looks at race in college admissions
2012/09/20
MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
2012/09/12
Outgoing NC Sen. Stevens resigns, joins law firm
2012/08/31
Superior court rejects appeal in Pa. double-murder
2012/08/17
Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
2012/08/08
Ga. court ruling could tighten foreclosure rules
2012/07/25
Court rejects Florida prison privatization appeal
2012/07/18
Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action
2012/07/09
Md. appeals court chief judge nearing retirement
2012/07/03
Report: Okla. court shooting suspect delusional
2012/06/07
Appeals court knocks out Job Corps drug tests
2012/05/26
Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law
2012/05/16
German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court
2012/05/01
Court to decide if deportation ruling retroactive
2012/02/07
Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
2012/01/13
Priest with gambling habit facing prison in Vegas
2012/01/10
Nevada Supreme Court reaches 60,000th case
2011/12/08
Political aide to former Md. governor found guilty
2011/12/01
NY court hears hedge fund boss' bail arguments
2011/11/16
Missouri Supreme Court upholds strip club restrictions
2011/11/11
Court says nothing about health care appeal
2011/11/08
Court to look at life in prison for juveniles
2011/11/06
MF Global faces class-action suits after bankruptcy
2011/11/05
Court: Fla. must weigh arbitration in Madoff case
2011/10/28
Man pleads guilty to Picasso theft at SF gallery
2011/10/27
PETA lawsuit seeks to expand animal rights
2011/10/21
Court orders new trial for convicted Cass County killer
2011/10/20
Mom pleads guilty to forcing beer on children
2011/10/17
US House group files motion in gay marriage suit
2011/09/28
Rentech Announces Final Court Approvals of Settlements
2011/09/28
Ex-workers at Fla. foreclose firm get class action
2011/09/26
Wis. Supreme Court takes payday loan case
2011/09/09
Guilty plea for Va. man in $318K Social Security fraud
2011/09/06
Calif. gay marriage ban faces next legal hurdle
2011/08/16
2 enter guilty pleas in GOP corruption case
2011/08/14
Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
2011/08/12
Lawyer: NJ student didn't mean to spy on roommate
2011/08/05
Calif. court hears appeal on gay juror dismissals
2011/08/03
Appeals court overturns rare Mich. death sentence
2011/08/01
Ex-Schuyler teacher seeks OK to plead guilty
2011/06/13
NY lawyers: Affair with boss led to inside trades
2011/06/13
Court orders reconsideration of parole judgment
2011/06/07
Senate confirms Obama lawyer as solicitor general
2011/06/02
Ark. court upholds conviction in TV anchor slaying
2011/05/23
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty
2011/05/21
Maine lawmaker due in court on gun-threat charges
2011/05/19
SD Supreme Court disciplines circuit judge
2011/05/15
Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
2011/05/13
LimeWire settles out of court with major record labels
2011/05/07
Disabled lawyer cranks out lawsuits
2011/05/05
4 guilty in $5.2M Medicare fraud scheme in Houston
2011/04/28
Ohio man pleads guilty in abortion-gunpoint case
2011/04/28
Iowa court reverses child endangerment conviction
2011/04/23
Court denies Va. inmate's lawsuit over beard
2011/04/04
Pa. bus firm in deadly NJ crash is taken off road
2011/03/03
Delaware court upholds Barnes Noble ruling
2011/03/02
Ark high court upholds dismissal of gas lease suit
2011/02/03
Dick's settles with former Neb. worker over pay
2011/02/03
Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit
2011/01/18
Court won't hear appeal from NY couple
2011/01/12
SEC charges 4 with insider trading
2011/01/04
Calif. high court refuses appeal of no-burn rule
2010/12/19
Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
2010/08/30
Utah court rejects appeal from polygamous sect
2010/07/20
NY man gets 19 years to life in wife's poisoning
2010/06/28
Bankruptcy judge approves Visteon disclosure plan
2010/06/14
NY woman sentenced for taking $700K from law firm
2010/06/03
US court weighs school discipline for Web posts
2010/05/17
High court rules out life sentences for juveniles
2010/05/10
DA opposes Polanski's request for sealed testimony
2009/12/23
Judge rejects mandatory condoms on LA porn sets
2009/11/15
LV Law firm sues state over mortgage modification licensing
2009/10/19
2 Hudson residents sue General Mills over Cheerios cholesterol claims
2009/08/03
Workplace Bullying Worse Than Sexual Harassment: Study
2009/08/01
Supreme Court Overturns 75 Mil Malpractice Suit Verdict In NJ
2009/04/20
Court to weigh state's duty to English learners
2009/04/13
Davis Polk Recruits Ex-SEC Aide
2008/12/28
Judge: 2 adoptive dads belong on birth certificate
2008/12/18
Appeals court rejects DC missing pants case
2008/12/16
Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder
2008/12/14
Court sides with NY Times in anthrax libel case
2008/10/01
Ex-Attorney Loses Bid to Access Legislator's Records
2008/09/30
Homeowner Get 122K in Hidden Cash, Court Says
2008/09/29
Court Clears Microsoft in $1.5 Billion Patent Action by Lucent
2008/09/24
Attorney's Letter To Jurors Questioned
2008/09/15
Reputation Battle Tied to 4th Circuit Nominee
2008/09/11
'We're Not Cougars,' Women Say In Suit
2008/09/08
EU Court Unfreezes Assets of Saudi Charity
2008/09/08
NY Judge dismisses challenge to gay marriage recognition
2008/09/03
Court Chides Judiciary for Relying on Wikipedia
2008/09/02
Landlord Can Demand Gold Coins, Court Says
2008/08/19
Sixth Circuit Upholds Nudity Ban in Ohio
2008/08/14
Truck Driver Sues For Bridge Collapse
2008/07/29
Coalition Opposes Canyon Granite Removal
2008/07/25
New York AG files complaint
2008/07/22
Monkey See, Monkey Sue
2008/07/18
Jr. College Fired Her For Answering A Student's Question
2008/07/16
New Jersey court strikes down sex offender residence laws
2008/07/14
Ibuprofen Strip Search Violated Student's Rights
2008/07/09
Court Shields Bloggers From Disclosing Names
2008/07/02
'Reality' Show Host Sued For Assault
2008/06/19
Court sides with employee in benefits case
2008/06/17
ACLU files suit against Texas juvenile prison system
2008/06/16
Ginsburg Reverses FOIA Denial
2008/06/11
Class Claims Steak House Knowingly Hires Illegals
2008/06/10
Judge Removed From Office For Phone Rage
2008/06/05
Black Public Defenders Sue Atlanta
2008/05/15
9th Circuit Halts Logging In Sierra Nevada Forest
2008/05/15
Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside
2008/04/25
Makers of Paxil, Zoloft Win
2008/04/21
Paper Wins Dismissal Of Libel Suit
2008/04/16
Court Won't Hear Young Killer's Appeal
2008/04/08
9th Circuit Declines Serial ADA Plaintiff's Appeal
2008/04/04
Ohio Settles Lawsuit Over Youth Prisons
2008/03/25
9th Circuit: County Can't Use RICO
2008/03/20
Man Pleads Guilty After Verdict Tossed
2008/03/18
Court Rules in Favor of Wash. Primary
2008/03/11
Miami appraiser pleads guilty to fraud scheme
2008/03/07
US court dismisses suit on Barr's Plan B pill
2008/03/06
Judge Rejects Murtha Deposition Request
2008/03/05
District judge given probation in gun incident
2008/03/05
Supreme Court to Release Same-Day Tapes
2008/03/05
Ex-Westar execs want charges dismissed
2008/03/04
Judge won't dismiss charges against Haditha commander
2008/03/03
N.Y. man guilty of killing family, burning home
2008/03/03
Venezuelan pleads guilty in suitcase scandal
2008/03/03
Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Battery
2008/03/03
Court Leaves Diabetes Drug Case Intact
2008/03/01
Court Looks At Internet Limits
2008/03/01
Law firm violated debt collection statute, federal suit alleges
2008/02/08
U.S. Appeals Court sets deadlines in Peel case
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What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
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2024/11/03 06:16
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In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses. Many died and thousands of livelihoods were shattered.
A week later, authorities have recovered 218 bodies — with 213 of them in the eastern Valencia region. Police, firefighters and soldiers continued to search Tuesday for an unknown number of missing people.
In many of the 69 devastated localities, mostly located in the southern outskirts of Valencia city, people still face shortages of basic goods. Water is back to running through pipes but authorities say it is only for cleaning and not fit for drinking. Lines form at impromptu emergency kitchens and food relief stands in streets still covered with mud and debris.
Thousands of volunteers are helping soldiers and police reinforcements with the gargantuan task of cleaning up the mire and the countless wrecked cars. At least 46,000 insurance claims for totaled vehicles had been filed, according to Spain’s Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo.
The ground floors of thousands of homes have been ruined. Inside some of the vehicles that the water washed away or trapped in underground garages, there were still bodies waiting to be identified.
The frustration over the crisis management boiled over on Sunday when a crowd in hard-hit Paiporta hurled mud and other objects at Spain’s royals, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and regional officials when they made their first visit to the epicenter of the flood damage.
The storms concentrated over the Magro and Turia river basins and, in the Poyo canal, produced walls of water that overflowed riverbanks, catching people unaware as they went on with their daily lives on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday.
In the blink of an eye, the muddy water covered roads and railways, and entered houses and businesses in towns and villages on the southern outskirts of Valencia city. Drivers had to take shelter on car roofs, while residents took refuge on higher ground.
Spain’s national weather service said that in the hard-hit locality of Chiva, it rained more in eight hours than it had in the preceding 20 months, calling the deluge “extraordinary.” Other areas on the southern outskirts of Valencia city didn’t get rain before they were wiped out by the wall of water that overflowed the drainage canals.
When authorities sent alerts to mobile phones warning of the seriousness of the flooding and asking people to stay at home, many were already on the road, working or covered in water in low-lying areas or underground garages, which became death traps.
Scientists trying to explain what happened see two likely connections to human-caused climate change. One is that warmer air holds and then dumps more rain. The other is possible changes in the jet stream — the river of air above land that moves weather systems across the globe — that spawn extreme weather.
Climate scientists and meteorologists said the immediate cause of the flooding is called a cut-off lower-pressure storm system that migrated from an unusually wavy and stalled jet stream. That system simply parked over the region and poured rain. This happens often enough that in Spain they call them DANAs, the Spanish acronym for the system, meteorologists said.
And then there is the unusually high temperature of the Mediterranean Sea. It had its warmest surface temperature on record in mid-August, at 28.47 degrees Celsius (83.25 degrees Fahrenheit), said Carola Koenig of the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience at Brunel University of London.
The extreme weather event came after Spain battled with prolonged droughts in 2022 and 2023. Experts say that drought and flood cycles are increasing with climate change.
“Climate change kills, and now, unfortunately, we are seeing it firsthand,” Sánchez said Tuesday after announcing a 10.6-billion-euro relief package for 78 municipalities. |
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
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2024/10/15 08:56
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A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May.
In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop mogul’s immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel weighs his bail request.
Combs’ lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 30 after two judges rejected his release.
Combs, 54, has been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since his Sept. 16 arrest on charges that he used his “power and prestige” as a music star to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges alleging he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
At a bail hearing three weeks ago, a judge rejected the defense’s $50 million bail proposal that would’ve allowed the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer to be placed under house arrest at his Florida mansion with GPS monitoring and strict limits on visitors.
Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., who has since recused himself from the case, said that prosecutors had presented “clear and convincing evidence” that Combs is a danger to the community. He said “no condition or set of conditions” could guard against the risk of Combs obstructing the investigation or threatening or harming witnesses.
In their appeal, Combs’ lawyers argued that the judge had “endorsed the government’s exaggerated rhetoric” and ordered Combs detained for “purely speculative reasons.”
“Indeed, hardly a risk of flight, he is a 54-year-old father of seven, a U.S. citizen, an extraordinarily successful artist, businessman, and philanthropist, and one of the most recognizable people on earth,” the lawyers wrote.
Combs’ lawyers have not asked the new trial judge, Arun Subramanian, to consider releasing him on bail. At a hearing Thursday, as Combs sat alongside his lawyers in a beige jail jumpsuit, Subramanian suggested he would at least be open to taking up the issue.
After setting a May 5 trial date, Subramanian briefly questioned Combs’ lawyers about his treatment at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which has been plagued by violence and dysfunction for years.
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Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
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2024/10/06 11:41
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The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.
The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Sept. 30 that privacy rights under Georgia’s state constitution include the right to make personal healthcare decisions.
The state Supreme Court put McBurney’s ruling on hold at the request of Republican state Attorney General Chris Carr, whose office is appealing.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John J. Ellington argued that the case “should not be predetermined in the State’s favor before the appeal is even docketed.”
“The State should not be in the business of enforcing laws that have been determined to violate fundamental rights guaranteed to millions of individuals under the Georgia Constitution,” Ellington wrote. “The `status quo’ that should be maintained is the state of the law before the challenged laws took effect.”
Clare Bartlett, executive director of the Georgia Life Alliance, called high court’s decision “appropriate,” fearing that without it, women from other states would begin coming to Georgia for surgical abortions.
“There’s no there’s no right to privacy in the abortion process because there’s another individual involved,” Bartlett said. She added: “It goes back to protecting those who are the most vulnerable and can’t speak for themselves.”
Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, said the state Supreme Court had “sided with anti-abortion extremists.” Her group is among the plaintiffs challenging the state law.
“Every minute this harmful six-week abortion ban is in place, Georgians suffer,” Simpson said in a statement. “Denying our community members the lifesaving care they deserve jeopardizes their lives, safety, and health — all for the sake of power and control over our bodies.”
Leaders of carafem, an Atlanta abortion provider that had planned to expand its services after McBurney’s ruling, expressed dismay at the law’s reinstatement.
“Carafem will continue to offer abortion services following the letter of the law,” said Melissa Grant, the provider’s chief operating officer. “But we remain angry and disappointed and hope that eventually people will come back to a more sensible point of view on this issue that aligns with the people who need care.”
Georgia’s law, signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019, was one of a wave of restrictive abortion measures that took effect in Republican-controlled states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended a national right to abortion. It prohibited most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” was present. At around six weeks into a pregnancy, cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in an embryo’s cells that will eventually become the heart.
Georgia has a separate criminal law that makes illegal abortions punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providers, but not for women having abortions. In addition, the 2019 ban puts physicians at risk of losing their medical licenses if they perform unpermitted abortions.
The Georgia Supreme Court’s one-page order Monday exempted one specific provision of the state’s abortion law from being reinstated.
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
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2024/08/31 13:38
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
The justices rejected an administration request to put most of it back into effect. It was blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In an unsigned order, the court said it expects the appeals court to issue a fuller decision on the plan “with appropriate dispatch.”
The Education Department is seeking to provide a faster path to loan cancellation, and reduce monthly income-based repayments from 10% to 5% of a borrower’s discretionary income. The plan also wouldn’t require borrowers to make payments if they earn less than 225% of the federal poverty line — $32,800 a year for a single person.
Last year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority rejected an earlier plan that would have wiped away more than $400 billion in student loan debt.
Cost estimates of the new SAVE plan vary. The Republican-led states challenging the plan peg the cost at $475 billion over 10 years. The administration cites a Congressional Budget Office estimate of $276 billion.
Two separate legal challenges to the SAVE plan have been making their way through federal courts. In June, judges in Kansas and Missouri issued separate rulings that blocked much of the administration’s plan. Debt that already had been forgiven under the plan was unaffected.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that allowed the department to proceed with a provision allowing for lower monthly payments. Republican-led states had asked the high court to undo that ruling.
But after the 8th Circuit blocked the entire plan, the states had no need for the Supreme Court to intervene, the justices noted in a separate order issued Wednesday.
The Justice Department had suggested the Supreme Court could take up the legal fight over the new plan now, as it did with the earlier debt forgiveness plan. But the justices declined to do so.
“This is a recipe for chaos across the student loan system,” said Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy group.
“No court has decided on the merits here, but despite all of that borrowers are left in this limbo state where their rights don’t exist for them,” Pierce said.
Eight million people were already enrolled in the SAVE program when it was paused by the lower court, and more than 10 million more people are looking for ways to afford monthly payments, he said.
Sheng Li, litigation counsel with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group funded by conservative donors, applauded the order. “There was no basis to lift the injunction because the Department of Education’s newest loan-cancellation program is just as unlawful as the one the Court struck down a year ago,” he said in a statement.
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
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2024/08/09 11:21
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Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.
Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowstorm in January 2022. Her two-month trial ended when jurors declared they were hopelessly deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial on the fifth day of deliberations. A new trial is set to begin Jan. 27.
In several motions since the mistrial, the defense contends four jurors have said the jury unanimously reached a not guilty verdict on second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly accident and were deadlocked on the remaining manslaughter charge. Trying her again on those two charges would be unconstitutional double jeopardy, they said.
They also reported that one juror told them “no one thought she hit him on purpose or even thought she hit him on purpose.”
The defense also argues Judge Beverly Cannone abruptly announced the mistrial without questioning jurors about where they stood on each of the three charges Read faced and without giving lawyers for either side a chance to comment.
Prosecutors described the defense’s request to drop charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly accident as an “unsubstantiated but sensational post-trial claim” based on “hearsay, conjecture and legally inappropriate reliance as to the substance of jury deliberations.”
But in another motion, prosecutors acknowledged they received a voicemail from someone who identified themselves as a juror and confirmed the jury had reached a unanimous decision on the two charges. Subsequently, they received emails from three individuals who also identified themselves as jurors and wanted to speak to them anonymously.
Prosecutors said they responded by telling the trio that they welcomed discussing the state’s evidence in the case but were “ethically prohibited from inquiring as to the substance of your jury deliberations.” They also said they could not promise confidentiality.
As they push against a retrial, the defense wants the judge to hold a “post-verdict inquiry” and question all 12 jurors if necessary to establish the record they say should have been created before the mistrial was declared, showing jurors “unanimously acquitted the defendant of two of the three charges against her.”
Prosecutors argued the defense was given a chance to respond and, after one note from the jury indicating it was deadlocked, told the court there had been sufficient time and advocated for the jury to be declared deadlocked. Prosecutors wanted deliberations to continue, which they did before a mistrial was declared the following day.
“Contrary to the representation made in the defendant’s motion and supporting affidavits, the defendant advocated for and consented to a mistrial, as she had adequate opportunities to object and instead remained silent which removes any double jeopardy bar to retrial,” prosecutors wrote in their motion.
Read, a former adjunct professor at Bentley College, had been out drinking with O’Keefe, a 16-year member of the Boston police who was found outside the Canton, Massachusetts, home of another Boston police officer. An autopsy found O’Keefe died of hypothermia and blunt force trauma.
The defense contended O’Keefe was killed inside the home after Read dropped him off and that those involved chose to frame her because she was a “convenient outsider.” |
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Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
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2024/08/01 21:53
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A corrections officer who helped carry out the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution said in a court document that the inmate had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected before the numbers suddenly plummeted.
Another court document indicated that the nitrogen gas was flowing for at least 10 minutes during the execution. The documents filed last month in ongoing litigation provided additional details of the execution of Kenneth Smith, who was the first person put to death using nitrogen gas.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office maintains the high oxygen readings indicate that Smith held his breath as the nitrogen gas flowed, causing the execution to take longer than expected. But attorneys for another inmate said the state has no proof to back up that claim and is trying to “explain away” an execution that went horribly awry.
As the state of Alabama plans additional nitrogen gas executions, questions and disagreements continue over what happened at the first one. A federal judge on Tuesday will hear arguments in a request to block the state from executing Alan Miller by nitrogen gas in September in what would be the nation’s second nitrogen execution.
Media witnesses to Smith’s execution, including The Associated Press, said that Smith shook on the gurney for several minutes before taking a series of gasping breaths. Alabama had assured a federal judge before the execution that the new execution method would quickly cause unconsciousness and death.
A pulse oximeter showed that Smith had oxygen levels of 97% to 98% for a “period of time that was longer than I had expected,” the corrections captain said in a sworn statement. The corrections captain said he did not observe Smith make any violent or convulsive movements, but he did tense up and raise his body off the gurney. After “he released a deep breath,” the oxygen levels began dropping, the corrections captain said.
“The best explanation of the testimony is that Smith held his breath and lost consciousness when he breathed nitrogen gas — not that the mask did not fit or that the nitrogen was impure,” the Alabama attorney general’s office wrote in a court filing.
Attorneys for Miller responded that the state has no evidence to back up that claim and said it would be impossible for someone to hold their breath for as long as the execution took. Instead, they suggested other problems with the mask accounted for the delay.
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