Recent Updates
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Wis. court recount will cost hundreds of thousands
Court Alerts 04/26/2011County clerks say the Wisconsin Supreme Court recount will cost them at least a half-a-million dollars. The Associated Press asked clerks in all 72 counties for their anticipated costs. Twenty-two provided cost estimates ranging from $120 in Price Co...
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Md. court considering same-sex spousal privilege
Court Alerts 04/25/2011A court in Hagerstown is poised to consider whether a woman who legally married her lesbian partner in another jurisdiction can assert the spousal privilege of refusing to testify against her in Maryland, where same-sex marriage isn't allowed. Lawyer...
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Court denies Va. inmate's lawsuit over beard
Court Alerts 04/25/2011A federal court has denied a Muslim inmate's lawsuit claiming the Virginia prison system violated his religious rights by refusing to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard. William Couch challenged the Department of Corrections' grooming policy that ban...
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Court limits inmate lawsuits over religious rights
Court Alerts 04/20/2011The Supreme Court has ruled that a federal law intended to protect the religious rights of prison inmates bars most lawsuits that seek money from states that violate the law.The court said in a 6-2 decision Wednesday that inmates may file suit to for...
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Court denies appeal over inmate's long sentence
Court Alerts 04/18/2011The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a convicted insurance swindler who is protesting his 835-year prison term. The court did not comment Monday in turning away a plea from Sholam Weiss for his release from prison and return to Austria, wher...
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US court turns away new appeal from Uighurs
Court Alerts 04/18/2011The five remaining Chinese Muslims who are being held at Guantanamo Bay lost their latest bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to hear their case. The justices turned away a plea from the five detainees, who have been held at the U.S. naval base in Cu...
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Court turns down appeal in murder plot case
Court Alerts 04/18/2011The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal in a murder-for-hire plot after the star prosecution witness forged documents used at trial and lied about his military background. The court said Monday it will not review a divided appeals court ruling that,...
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Conn. doctor accused of hedge fund insider trading
Court Alerts 04/13/2011A Harvard-trained physician who became a health care investment analyst has been charged in New York with evading $30 million in losses for a hedge fund by obtaining inside information from a fellow doctor.Charges against Joseph Skowron III were anno...
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Media get jurors' names in Mass. mom's trial
Court Alerts 04/12/2011News organizations have argued successfully for the release of jurors names in the case of a Massachusetts woman who was convicted of attempted murder for withholding cancer medication from her autistic son. Lawrence Superior Court Judge Richard Welc...
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Court orders Pa. troopers to disclose moonlighting
Court Alerts 04/11/2011A court is ordering the Pennsylvania State Police to release records sought by The Associated Press about work that its employees perform while they are off-duty.The Commonwealth Court opinion filed Monday upholds an earlier decision by the state Off...
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Court ruling could mean NJ budget scramble
Court Alerts 04/10/2011Gov. Chris Christie is warning that if the state Supreme Court rules the way it usually does on a long-running school funding case, it could doom other state services. The build-up about the immediate consequences gives the chapter of the court case ...
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Lawyers for NFL, players talk mediation with judge
Court Alerts 04/09/2011The locked-out NFL players don't want to go back to collective bargaining with the league. They have now made a move to allow their former union boss to be present if court-supervised talks take place between the two sides.Attorneys for the NFL and t...