Recent Updates
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Neville keeps seat in crowded primary for Supreme Court
U.S. Court Watch 03/19/2020Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. has won the primary election to keep his seat on the state’s highest court, emerging from a field of a six other Democrats. No Republicans ran, making him the presumed winner in November for t...
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Georgia high court election cancellation headed for appeal
National Legal News 03/17/2020A would-be candidate for a seat on Georgia's highest court on Wednesday asked the state's lower appeals court to step in after a judge this week said the governor had the right to fill the position even though a judge who's resigning won't leave unti...
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Ex-Phoenix area sheriff declares victory despite court loss
National Legal News 03/02/2020Former Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio lost a bid to erase his criminal conviction for disobeying a 2011 court order, but claimed victory Thursday after an appeal's court said the verdict no longer has any legal consequence because of President Donal...
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Arkansas candidate's political ties targeted in court race
U.S. Court Watch 02/22/2020The race for a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court is technically nonpartisan, but the close ties of one of the two main candidates to the state Republican Party. Barbara Webb, chief administrative law judge for the Arkansas Workers Compensation Commi...
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Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign
National Legal News 02/20/2020For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues.The court is poised to issue campaign-season decisions in the full bloom of spring in cases dealing with President Donald Trump’s ta...
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Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos
Legal Compliance 02/17/2020In a major legal defeat for the Russian government, a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday reinstated an international arbitration panel’s order that it should pay $50 billion compensation to shareholders in former oil company Yukos.The ruling overtu...
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Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso
U.S. Court Watch 02/04/2020A Spanish court has raised the sentence against a former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of the country.The Madrid court announced the decision Tuesday to raise the sentence against fined ex-Bankinter ...
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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
U.S. Court Watch 02/01/2020A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.Under the new policy, immigration officials...
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Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
Legal Compliance 01/31/2020The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal.Jack Phillips' memoir, currently untitled, will be released this summer by Salem Bo...
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Arizona AG wants ballot harvesting decision placed on hold
U.S. Court Watch 01/31/2020Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has asked the Supreme Court to keep in place an Arizona law that prohibits voters from delivering other people’s mail ballots to the polls.Political organizations and Native American tribes would previo...
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Man Stirs the Pot by Lighting Joint in Court
National Legal News 01/25/2020The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in the courtroom, authorities said.Spencer Alan Boston, 20, was arres...
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Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
U.S. Court Watch 01/22/2020A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a second look Wednesday from a federal appeals court in New Orleans.A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit...