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  • Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds 2011 union law

    Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds 2011 union law

    Court Alerts 08/05/2014

    The fight over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's signature policy achievement, a law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public employees, ended Thursday with the state Supreme Court declaring it to be constitutional. Passage of the law in ...

  • Detroit bankruptcy judge opens court to critics

    Detroit bankruptcy judge opens court to critics

    Court Alerts 07/15/2014

    A judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy is getting an earful from retirees who are opposed to the city's plan to get back on its feet. Judge Steven Rhodes is giving dozens of people five minutes each to air their objections Tuesday. He held a similar...

  • US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand

    US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand

    Court Alerts 06/30/2014

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't hear an appeal from credit bureau Equifax Inc. involving what it considered an adverse tax ruling in Mississippi. The appeal was a reaction to a 2013 Mississippi Supreme Court decision that Equifax had...

  • US appeals court upholds new Texas abortion rules

    US appeals court upholds new Texas abortion rules

    Court Alerts 03/28/2014

    A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas' tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of about 20 clinics around the state, saying the new rules don't jeopardize women's health. A panel of judges at the New Orleans-based 5th Circ...

  • Coast Guardsman guilty in sexual misconduct case

    Coast Guardsman guilty in sexual misconduct case

    Court Alerts 03/10/2014

    Coast Guard officials in New Orleans say a petty officer has been convicted and sentenced on charges involving sexual assault and possession of child pornography. Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher C. Bush's court martial was held in Norfolk, Va. A ...

  • High court climate case looks at EPA's power

    High court climate case looks at EPA's power

    Court Alerts 02/24/2014

    Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration's sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming. As President Barack Obama pled...

  • Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe'

    Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe'

    Court Alerts 02/20/2014

    Argentina filed a long-shot appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asking the justices in Washington to avert an "economic catastrophe" by overturning lower court rulings that could force the South American government to default on billions of d...

  • Jacksonville man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting

    Jacksonville man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting

    Court Alerts 02/17/2014

    A 47-year-old software developer was convicted Saturday of attempted murder for shooting into a carful of teenagers after an argument over what he called their “thug music,” but jurors couldn’t agree on the most serious charge of first-degree murder....

  • N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track

    N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track

    Court Alerts 11/11/2013

    A northern Indiana judge is helping troubled veterans get their lives back in order. Porter Superior Judge Julia Jent started the Veterans Treatment Court slightly more than two years ago. Case managers, mental health professionals, prosecutors and p...

  • High court wrestles with prayer in government

    High court wrestles with prayer in government

    Court Alerts 11/08/2013

    The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate role for religion in government in a case involving mainly Christian prayers at the start of a New York town's council meetings. The justices began their day with the marshal's customary plea ...

  • German Court Begins Hearing Afghan Airstrike Case

    German Court Begins Hearing Afghan Airstrike Case

    Court Alerts 11/03/2013

    A court in Germany has begun hearing a civil case brought by relatives of some of the 91 Afghans killed in a NATO airstrike four years ago. Bonn regional court spokesman Philipp Prietze said Wednesday that the court reviewed video recorded by two U.S...

  • Appeals court moves BP forward in settlement dispute

    Appeals court moves BP forward in settlement dispute

    Court Alerts 10/04/2013

    The April 2010 blowout of BP's Macondo well off the Louisiana coast triggered an explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and led to millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf. Shortly after the disaster, BP agree...

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