Recent Updates
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Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water
Court Alerts 08/31/2010A judge removed a juror from a trial in suburban Detroit after the young woman wrote on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over. Hadley Jons, of Warren just north of Detroit, could be found in contempt when she retu...
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Appeals court OKs warrantless GPS tracking by feds
Court Alerts 08/30/2010The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this month declined to schedule an en banc hearing, or a hearing before all judges in the ninth circuit, as requested by the defendant in a drug-related case. The defendant was seeking to suppre...
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Judge to rule whether 3M age-bias suit is class action
Court Alerts 08/26/2010A long-running age discrimination suit against 3M Co. is back in Ramsey County District Court, and an attorney is once again seeking to turn it into a class action on behalf of as many as 5,000 3M employees.The suit was originally filed in 2004 on be...
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Okla. court hears arguments on new Medicaid fee
Court Alerts 08/24/2010An attorney for Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland's office asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court Monday to strike down a new law designed to raise revenue for the state's Medicaid program.Attorney Michael Ridgeway told the high court state lawmakers did ...
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Doctor charged in Jackson's death due in court
Court Alerts 08/23/2010The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is due back in court for a scheduling hearing that will determine when prosecutors will publicly present some of their evidence.Dr. Conrad Murray is required to attend Monday's hearing, during which a Los...
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Ex-NASA official pleads guilty in contracts case
Court Alerts 08/20/2010NASA's former chief of staff has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a case stemming from a $600,000 contract for Mississippi State University, a client of his consulting firm.Sheila Wilbanks, a U.S. Attorney's office spokeswoman, said Courtney Stadd ple...
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Appeals court rules against Utah memorial crosses
Court Alerts 08/19/2010The 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers convey a state preference for Christianity and are a violation of the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.The ruling reverses a 2007 dec...
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Rapper Juvenile pleads guilty in La. drug case
Court Alerts 08/16/2010New Orleans rapper Juvenile has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Louisiana.The St. Bernard Parish sheriff's office says the 34-year-old, whose real name is Terius Gray, entered the plea Thursday. The rapper and an aquain...
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Titanic salvage company wins award from Va. court
Court Alerts 08/13/2010A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a company is entitled to the value of about 5,900 artifacts it salvaged during six expeditions to the Titanic.U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk granted a salvage award to RMS Titanic Inc. la...
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Former Colorado postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft
Court Alerts 08/11/2010A former Denver-area postal worker has pleaded guilty to stealing DVDs, CDs, and iPods that he sold for over $85,000 over two years.Former Highlands Ranch U.S. postal worker David Schmauder pleaded guilty Monday to two federal counts of theft by mail...
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Families of Philly duck boat victims file lawsuit
Court Alerts 08/10/2010The families of two Hungarian tourists killed in a duck boat accident on the Delaware River last month have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Philadelphia.Sixteen-year-old Dora Schwendtner and 20-year-old Szabolcs Prem were killed July 7 when a barge...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over Geronimo's remains
Court Alerts 08/10/2010A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by descendants of the Apache warrior Geronimo, who claimed some of his remains were stolen in 1918 by a student society at Yale University.The lawsuit was filed last year in Washington by 20 descendants who wan...