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  • Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront

    Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront

    Court Alerts 03/28/2016

    Hillary Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump might do to shape the Supreme Court. Clinton planned to use in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday to argue that Trump could roll back the rights of individuals,...

  • Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking

    Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking

    Court Alerts 03/23/2016

    A federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to allow states to have their inmates' death penalty appeals expedited through federal court.   Legal organizations that challenged the DOJ's criteria for certifying...

  • Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial

    Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial

    Court Alerts 03/22/2016

    A 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...

  • Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case

    Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case

    Court Alerts 02/25/2016

    A 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 ...

  • German court ends fight over estate of Iran shah's 2nd wife

    German court ends fight over estate of Iran shah's 2nd wife

    Court Alerts 02/22/2016

    A 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...

  • Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash

    Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash

    Court Alerts 02/15/2016

    It 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...

  • Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold

    Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold

    Court Alerts 02/10/2016

    A 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...

  • High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit

    High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit

    Court Alerts 01/20/2016

    The 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...

  • Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court

    Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court

    Court Alerts 12/24/2015

    The 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...

  • Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors

    Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors

    Court Alerts 12/23/2015

    A 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...

  • US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal

    US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal

    Court Alerts 12/03/2015

    A 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...

  • Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting

    Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting

    Court Alerts 12/02/2015

    A 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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