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Appeals court won't block ruling on candidate party label
Law Firm Blogs 08/22/2018North Carolina Republicans have been dealt another setback in their efforts to remove a state Supreme Court candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.The state Court of Appeals declined Monday to hear the request of GOP legislative leaders to blo...
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Iran goes to UN's highest court over re-imposed US sanctions
Legal World 08/21/2018Iran went to the United Nations' highest court Monday in a bid to have U.S. sanctions lifted following President Donald Trump's decision earlier this year to re-impose them, calling the move "naked economic aggression."Iran filed the case with the In...
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EU steps up action against Poland over supreme court law
Court Alerts 08/14/2018The European Union is increasing pressure on Poland over what it sees as flaws in the country's Supreme Court law, and has given Warsaw a month to act before facing possible court action.Tuesday's move centers on Polish legislation that forces the ea...
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Nevada high court gets flurry of filings in execution case
Legal News Feed 08/11/2018Two drugmakers asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday to let a state court judge hear arguments before justices take up an appeal about whether the state can use their products for an execution.The companies "and the citizens of Nevada have a subst...
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SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
Headline News 08/09/2018Clarke Stearns has been working as sheriff for more than 18 months in McCormick County, but it's still up in the air whether he is qualified to be the county's top lawman.Stearns' Democratic opponent in the 2016 election, J.R. Jones, sued him within ...
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Illinois high court: Woman can sue city over sidewalk fall
Lawyer Blogs 08/04/2018The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was injured after tripping on a poorly maintained sidewalk can move forward with a lawsuit against the city of Danville.The Champaign News-Gazette reports the state's high court ruled 7-0 on Thurs...
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Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
Labor & Employment 08/03/2018The filing period has begun for a special election for the West Virginia Supreme Court.The filing period for the unexpired seat of former Justice Menis Ketchum started Monday and runs through Aug. 21. The special election will be held concurrently wi...
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The Latest: Zimbabwe's president welcomes court challenge
Law & Politics 08/02/2018Zimbabwe's president says people are free to approach the courts if they have issues with the results of Monday's election, which he carried with just over 50 percent of the vote.President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke to journalists shortly after opposit...
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N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law
Headline News 08/02/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate has made good on his threat to sue Republican legislators to challenge a law finalized over the weekend preventing him from having his party designation next to his name on the November ballot.Chris Anglin fil...
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Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court
Legal News Feed 08/01/2018A U.S. judge determined Friday that a lawsuit the state of Oklahoma filed against the makers of opioids does not "necessarily rise" to a federal issue.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange in Oklahoma City sends the matter back to st...
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US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon
Criminal Law 07/29/2018An Oregon state employee and a labor union have reached a settlement over her lawsuit seeking payback of obligatory union fees, marking the first refund of forced fees since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late June that government workers can't be r...
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N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle
Legal News Feed 07/27/2018The repeatedly altered composition of North Carolina's elections board returned to court Thursday as a proxy for the lengthy power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature.A panel of three trial judges list...