Recent Updates
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Court turns down challenge to jury's use of Bible
Court Alerts 04/21/2009The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from a death row inmate in Texas who claimed his constitutional rights were violated by jurors who consulted a Bible during deliberations. Jurors reviewed a biblical passage relating that a murderer who u...
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Ole Miss coach makes plea deal in Ohio
Court Alerts 04/20/2009Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct in his cab driver assault case. Kennedy avoided trial and possible jail time with the plea deal Monday in Hamilton County Municipal Court in Cincin...
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Appeals court wants medical records on Demjanjuk
Court Alerts 04/20/2009A U.S. appeals court has asked the government to provide medical records in the deportation case of John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk), who faces charges in Germany that he was a guard at a Nazi death camp. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the ...
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Appeals Court: Marine can't sue Murtha
Court Alerts 04/16/2009A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rep. John Murtha cannot be sued for accusing U.S. Marines of murdering Iraqi civilians "in cold blood," remarks that sparked outrage among conservative commentators. The appeals court in Washington dismissed...
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Texas court upholds $42.4M verdict in prison death
Court Alerts 04/09/2009A Texas appeals court has upheld a multimillion dollar civil verdict against a Florida private prison company in the beating death of an inmate. The 13th Court of Appeals ruled last week that Wackenhut Corrections Corp., now known as The GEO Group, a...
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Investors ask court to free funds in Stanford case
Court Alerts 04/08/2009Investors unable to access $1.7 billion connected to companies owned by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford asked a federal appeals court Monday for access to their money. The holders of about 4,000 accounts had their constitutional rights violated w...
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Court to decide if good lawyers can get more money
Court Alerts 04/06/2009The Supreme Court will decide whether a judge can award more money to winning lawyers because the judge thought they did a good job. The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from the state of Georgia over attorney fees for lawyers who sued t...
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N.Y. Court Ruling Goes to U.S. Club in America's Cup Battle
Court Alerts 04/03/2009The lengthy legal tussle between America’s Cup sailing teams BMW Oracle Racing and Alinghi over who has the right to challenge Alinghi for the next Cup appears to have taken a decisive tack in BMW Oracle's favor. On Thursday, the New York State Court...
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Judge freezes assets of Madoff sons, executives
Court Alerts 04/02/2009A judge froze the assets of disgraced Wall Street legend Bernard Madoff's two sons and five executives who ran hedge fund portfolios that funneled money into his Ponzi scheme. The order by Connecticut Superior Court Judge Arthur Hiller, issued Monday...
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Court refuses to throw out murder conviction
Court Alerts 03/31/2009The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to throw out a man's murder conviction even though a judge seated a juror that his lawyer wanted dismissed. In a unanimous opinion, the high court refused to reverse the conviction of Michael Rivera, who was found gu...
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Hundreds of Pa. juvenile convictions reversed
Court Alerts 03/27/2009The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned likely hundreds of juvenile convictions issued by a corrupt judge. The high court on Thursday voided the convictions of many youth offenders who appeared before former Luzerne (loo-ZURN') County Judge Mar...
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Montana court rules against credit-card issuer
Court Alerts 03/20/2009The Montana Supreme Court says a credit-card issuer cannot amend a cardholder agreement to add an arbitration clause, merely by enclosing a "bill stuffer" notice with the cardholder's monthly bill.The court in a 5-1 ruling said the practice "does not...