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Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial
Court Alerts 03/22/2016A Russian court has begun reading a verdict for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The judge began reading the verdict Monday morning. He quoted arg...
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Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case
Court Alerts 02/25/2016A federal magistrate in Chicago last November ordered Apple to help federal prosecutors access data on an iPhone in a personal bankruptcy and passport fraud case, one of more than a dozen cases around the country similar to the legal battle over the ...
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German court ends fight over estate of Iran shah's 2nd wife
Court Alerts 02/22/2016A German court has ruled that the estate of the former shah of Iran's second wife, Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, belongs to her late brother's ex-chauffeur. The ruling announced Tuesday by the Cologne state court comes nearly 15 years after Soraya's d...
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Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash
Court Alerts 02/15/2016It only took one man's death to give Congress an opening to permeate its dysfunction throughout the rest of government. Republican opposition to letting President Barack Obama replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia quickly sparked a constitutional c...
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Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold
Court Alerts 02/10/2016A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. The surprising move is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coalit...
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High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit
Court Alerts 01/20/2016The Supreme Court will decide whether Microsoft Corp. must face a class action lawsuit by disgruntled owners of the Xbox 360 video-game system who say the console has a design defect that scratches game disks. The justices agreed Friday to hea...
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Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
Court Alerts 12/24/2015The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's attorney for two months over a series of ethics violations tied largely to an attempt to help a client recover money spent on fake John Lennon memorabilia. The justices...
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Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors
Court Alerts 12/23/2015A Japanese court gave the go-ahead for the restart of two nuclear reactors Thursday after its operator said in an appeal they were safe. The Fukui District Court in western Japan lifted an April injunction that was filed by a group of residents who s...
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US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
Court Alerts 12/03/2015A federal appeals court has rejected a Virginia death row inmate's appeal of his murder-for-hire conviction. Ivan Teleguz was sentenced to death in 2006 for hiring a man to kill his former girlfriend, Stephanie Sipe, in Harrisonburg. After two key pr...
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Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
Court Alerts 12/02/2015A witness's statement and photo identification led to the arrest of a man accused in a playground shootout that wounded 17 people, court papers show. Joseph "Moe" Allen, 32, faces 17 counts of attempted murder in the Nov. 22 gunfight at Bunny Friend ...
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Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses
Court Alerts 11/21/2015A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses. Karl Knutson pleaded guilty Fri...
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Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood
Court Alerts 11/13/2015The Supreme Court has rejected an anti-abortion group’s bid to force disclosure of confidential Planned Parenthood and federal government records about a contract for family planning services in New Hampshire. The justices on Monday let stand a rulin...