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  • Texas man charged in killing of 8 set for court appearance

    Texas man charged in killing of 8 set for court appearance

    Legal News Center 08/13/2015

    A man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a family of six children and two parents at their Houston home is set to make his first court appearance. David Conley, who authorities say was previously in a contentious relationship with t...

  • Appeals court won't reconsider ex-Virginia governor's case

    Appeals court won't reconsider ex-Virginia governor's case

    Court Alerts 08/12/2015

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to review the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, letting his convictions on public corruption charges stand. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had unanimously upheld McDo...

  • Penn State ex-officials' case heads to appeals court hearing

    Penn State ex-officials' case heads to appeals court hearing

    Business Law 08/11/2015

    The criminal case against three former high-ranking Penn State administrators is headed to a Pennsylvania appellate courtroom, nearly four years after two of them were first charged. A decision against them could clear the way for trial. The group of...

  • Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case

    Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case

    Court Alerts 08/10/2015

    A pivotal decision is due this week in the case of two 13-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please online horror character Slender Man — keep them in adult court or move them into the juvenile system. The stakes are enormous...

  • Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed

    Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed

    Court Alerts 08/07/2015

    A federal appeals court said Thursday the family of a 67-year-old man shot to death after two off-duty police officers entered his Little Rock apartment without a warrant or an invitation can move forward with a lawsuit. Eugene Ellison died Dec. 9, 2...

  • Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court

    Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court

    Court Alerts 08/03/2015

    Tom Brady's lawsuit against the NFL in which he wants his four-game suspension overturned will be heard in New York instead of Minnesota. Brady and the players' union filed their suit Wednesday in Minnesota. But the NFL already had filed papers Tuesd...

  • Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court

    Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court

    Law & Politics 08/01/2015

    The U.S. Department of Justice released a report critical of the St. Louis County Family Court on Friday, finding that black youths are treated more harshly than whites, and juveniles are often deprived of constitutional rights. Though unrelated to t...

  • Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court

    Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court

    Court Alerts 07/29/2015

    Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a protected lion named Cecil were in court on Wednesday as anger at the kill by an American dentist escalated. "If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food...

  • Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial

    Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial

    Criminal Law 07/28/2015

    A Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial over a letter she sent to a Wichita doctor saying someone might place an explosive under the doctor's car, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.   The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned lat...

  • Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age

    Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age

    Headline News 07/26/2015

    A federal appeals court on Friday revived a legal challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal office created to protect consumers in financial dealings with banks, lenders and credit card companies. The federal appeals court in...

  • NY state Sen. Sampson found guilty of obstruction

    NY state Sen. Sampson found guilty of obstruction

    Court Alerts 07/24/2015

    A once-powerful New York politician was convicted Friday on charges he lied to the FBI in an attempt to obstruct a corruption investigation targeting him for embezzlement. A federal jury in Brooklyn reached the verdict after deliberating for about a ...

  • Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial

    Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial

    Criminal Law 07/22/2015

    A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in a Russian jail for more than a year on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism. Critics have dismissed Oleh Sentsov's prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian position in Russi...

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