Recent Updates
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Court considers whether ex-sheriff targeted 2 men
Court Alerts 04/07/2011A federal appeals court is set to consider a lawsuit that claims that a former Forsyth County sheriff used his office to harass and intimidate them after they supported a referendum that would have reduced the office's powers. The 11th Circuit Court ...
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Louisiana to get $12M in Health Net case
Court Alerts 04/06/2011The Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered Health Net Inc., a major health maintenance organization, to cover more than $180 million in claims by consumers, health care providers and creditors in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.Louisiana Insurance Commiss...
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Appeals court in NYC reinstates wiretaps lawsuit
Court Alerts 04/05/2011A lawsuit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas communications more widely and with less judicial oversight than in the past was reinstated Monday by a federal appeals court that said new rules regarding surveillance had...
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Wis. judge to look at how union law was passed
Court Alerts 04/01/2011Having declared that Wisconsin's divisive union law isn't really a law yet, a judge was set to return to one of the underlying questions dogging the measure — whether Republicans violated the state's open meetings law during the frenzied run-up to pa...
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Abuse cases against Santa Rosa diocese withdrawn
Court Alerts 03/31/2011A lawyer for four men who claim they were molested by a priest at their Northern California parish says he has temporarily withdrawn his clients' lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa. Attorney Joseph George said Wednesday that he...
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W.Va. woman admits stealing from law firm
Court Alerts 03/31/2011A Morgantown woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $140,000 from the law firm where she worked.Forty-year-old Lisa Buttermore pleaded to three counts Wednesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court.Each embezzlement charge carries a possible ...
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Ind. high court hears Evansville dog bite suit
Court Alerts 03/30/2011The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether southern Indiana officials should be held liable for a dog that bit a 6-year-old Evansville boy. The court heard oral arguments in the case Wednesday. Misty Davis sued the city of Evansville on behalf of ...
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Court throws out NYC officer's $5M award .
Court Alerts 03/28/2011An appeals court has thrown out a verdict that awarded $5 million to a former New York City police officer who accidentally shot himself in the knee.Anderson Alexander had sued the city, claiming he accidentally shot himself in 2002 while leaning bac...
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Court to decide if teacher can sue church school
Court Alerts 03/28/2011The Supreme Court will decide whether a teacher at a church-run school is a religious or secular worker when it comes to the Americans with Disabilities Act.The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Chu...
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Neb. high court OKs lawsuit against Omaha tribe
Court Alerts 03/25/2011The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled the Omaha Tribe can be subject to a lawsuit over payment for work on its casinos, racetrack and other facilities.The tribe was sued in 2009 by Omaha-based building contractor StoreVisions for breach of contract. T...
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Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem
Court Alerts 03/24/2011A court has overturned a decision granting a new trial to a convicted rapist who claimed his rights were violated when a poem written by the victim was kept out of evidence during trial in Wayne County. The poem expressing regret about alcohol and se...
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NY court to hear case of missed police evidence
Court Alerts 03/23/2011New York's top court will hear arguments whether a New York Police Department sergeant's failure to get statements from two witnesses to a stabbing in a Times Square theater means a man's assault conviction should be overturned.The trial judge refuse...