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  • ay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review

    ay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review

    Court Alerts 08/01/2012

    Backers of California's ban on same-sex marriages asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means the bitter, four-year court fight over Proposition 8 cou...

  • Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against Glock

    Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against Glock

    Court Alerts 07/27/2012

    A California appeals court has reinstated a now-retired paralyzed Los Angeles police officer's product liability lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock. Enrique Chavez was paralyzed from the waist down when his 3-year-old son accidentally shot him wi...

  • Miss Universe pageant fights back on rigging claim

    Miss Universe pageant fights back on rigging claim

    Court Alerts 06/11/2012

    The Miss Universe Organization says a former contestant should be made to pay for her "defamatory" claims that this year's Miss USA pageant was a sham. The New York-based organization made a filing with a dispute resolution company over the former Mi...

  • 2 men sentenced in Palin lawyer harassment case

    2 men sentenced in Palin lawyer harassment case

    Court Alerts 06/08/2012

    Two Pennsylvania men convicted of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers were sentenced Friday to time served and five years' probation, with the proceedings briefly halted after a short outburst in court by one of the defendants. During his sentenci...

  • Report: LAPD seeks Manson family member recordings

    Report: LAPD seeks Manson family member recordings

    Court Alerts 05/27/2012

    Police want to review audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney as detectives search for information about unsolved killings. Los Angeles detectives seeking the material are merely practicing due diligence afte...

  • 2nd campaign aide to DC mayor pleads guilty

    2nd campaign aide to DC mayor pleads guilty

    Court Alerts 05/23/2012

    For the second time in three days, a former campaign staffer to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has pleaded guilty to a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 mayoral bid. Howard Brooks pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the FBI about paym...

  • Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision

    Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision

    Court Alerts 05/19/2012

    A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law. The provision requires state, county and local governments with a history of discrimination t...

  • Top Pa. judge charged with campaign corruption

    Top Pa. judge charged with campaign corruption

    Court Alerts 05/19/2012

    State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin was charged Friday with illegally using her taxpayer-funded staff in her campaigns for a seat on the state's highest court in a scheme that ensnared her sister, a senator awaiting sentencing on similar cha...

  • Lawyer enters not guilty plea for shooting suspect

    Lawyer enters not guilty plea for shooting suspect

    Court Alerts 05/01/2012

    A California man accused of committing the nation's deadliest school shooting rampage since the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech pleaded not guilty Monday to murder charges. One L. Goh, 43, entered his plea through his lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Davi...

  • High court rejects Christian campus groups' appeal

    High court rejects Christian campus groups' appeal

    Court Alerts 03/19/2012

    The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Christian groups that challenged a discrimination policy at California state universities. The justices on Monday are leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the policy doesn't ...

  • Court allows Edwards to hire mistress's lawyers

    Court allows Edwards to hire mistress's lawyers

    Court Alerts 03/16/2012

    Former presidential candidate John Edwards got his wish Thursday and is changing his defense team ahead of his criminal trial on charges of campaign finance violations, hiring the same attorneys who once helped his mistress in a lawsuit over the coup...

  • Vegas woman skips court in scissors death case

    Vegas woman skips court in scissors death case

    Court Alerts 03/14/2012

    A mother accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter with scissors refused to leave her jail bed for her first court appearance Wednesday, drawing angry words from a Las Vegas judge and concern from her lawyer about her mental state. Las Vegas Justice...

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