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  • Judge orders feds to pay $2.5M in wiretapping case

    Judge orders feds to pay $2.5M in wiretapping case

    Court Alerts 12/22/2010

    A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. government to pay more than $2.5 million in attorney fees and damages after he concluded investigators wiretapped the phones of a suspected terrorist organization without a warrant.U.S. District Court Judge...

  • Arizona, Nevada sue BofA over loan modifications

    Arizona, Nevada sue BofA over loan modifications

    Court Alerts 12/19/2010

    Attorneys general in Arizona and Nevada filed civil lawsuits Friday against Bank of America Corp., alleging that the lender is misleading and deceiving homeowners who have tried to modify mortgages in two of the nation's most foreclosure-damaged stat...

  • Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench

    Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench

    Court Alerts 12/15/2010

    The retention vote in which three Iowa Supreme Court justices were ousted was illegal, according to a lawsuit seeking to keep the three justices from being tossed from the bench. The lawsuit claims the vote violated the Iowa Constitution, which requi...

  • Band members plead not guilty in LA traffic jam

    Band members plead not guilty in LA traffic jam

    Court Alerts 12/15/2010

    Members of a rock band that performed on a Los Angeles freeway and blocked traffic for hours have pleaded not guilty to various charges. Christopher Wright, David Hale and Keith Yackey entered pleas Wednesday to conspiracy, creating a public nuisance...

  • Fired Montana tourism director files lawsuit

    Fired Montana tourism director files lawsuit

    Court Alerts 12/13/2010

    Montana's former tourism director who was fired last summer has filed a lawsuit in federal court contending her civil rights were violated.Betsy Baumgart filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Missoula, arguing the state's Commerce Departm...

  • Hearing on Texas death penalty stopped by court

    Hearing on Texas death penalty stopped by court

    Court Alerts 12/08/2010

    An unusual court hearing on the constitutionality of the death penalty in Texas was put on hold Tuesday after the state's highest criminal court granted a request by prosecutors to stop it.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered that the hearing ...

  • Kan. court won't hear case involving casino site

    Kan. court won't hear case involving casino site

    Court Alerts 12/08/2010

    The Kansas Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge involving a site for a proposed state-owned casino south of Wichita.Iowa-based developer Peninsula Gaming said Wednesday the Kansas court's ruling resolves legal questions surrounding the compan...

  • High court turns down federal death row inmate

    High court turns down federal death row inmate

    Court Alerts 12/06/2010

    The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a federal death row prisoner who wants the courts to consider evidence that one federal judge said "is virtually guaranteed" to show the inmate is mentally retarded and thus barred from being executed....

  • Indians question Colo. firm's motives in vote case

    Indians question Colo. firm's motives in vote case

    Court Alerts 12/06/2010

    The Mountain States Legal Foundation has built a reputation as an influential behind-the-scenes player over the years on conservative legal causes.It has waged battles against affirmative action and protections for endangered species while being bank...

  • Man who targeted Iran critics skips LA court date

    Man who targeted Iran critics skips LA court date

    Court Alerts 12/03/2010

    Mohammad Reza Sadeghnia, a purported Iranian government agent who pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hitman to kill a broadcaster critical of the Iranian regime, is a fugitive from justice after missing a Los Angeles court date.Sadeghnia, 43, was gra...

  • Colo. lawyer sues over TSA airport screening

    Colo. lawyer sues over TSA airport screening

    Court Alerts 11/30/2010

    A Colorado attorney has asked a federal judge to order the Transportation Security Administration to abandon its airport screening procedures for United States citizens. Gary Fielder filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver last week, more ...

  • Elizabeth Smart defendant suffers seizure in court

    Elizabeth Smart defendant suffers seizure in court

    Court Alerts 11/30/2010

    A former street preacher on trial for kidnapping and assaulting Elizabeth Smart suffered an apparent seizure in the courtroom Tuesday and was rushed to a hospital.The judge adjourned the case for the day after defendant Brian David Mitchell was remov...

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