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  • Wis. union fight could carry over to court race

    Wis. union fight could carry over to court race

    Legal News Center 03/16/2011

    Gov. Scott Walker scored the biggest victory of his political career last week when he signed his contentious collective bargaining bill into law. Now his opponents are itching for payback, and it appears they're going to start taking out their frust...

  • Supreme Court to hold March sessions in Vermillion

    Supreme Court to hold March sessions in Vermillion

    Legal News Center 03/15/2011

    The South Dakota Supreme Court will hold its March sessions at the University of South Dakota Law School.The high court will hear oral arguments in three cases each day on March 21, 22 and 23.Justices traditionally hold 1 of their spring terms at the...

  • Govt: Galleon founder wanted edge in stock trading .

    Govt: Galleon founder wanted edge in stock trading .

    Legal News Center 03/14/2011

    The U.S. government claims a one-time billionaire wanted an edge in the trading of stocks for his hedge funds and was willing to break the law to get it.The trial resumes Monday in Manhattan federal court for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam (rah...

  • Mississippi high court upholds price-gouging law

    Mississippi high court upholds price-gouging law

    Legal News Center 03/11/2011

    The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the state's price-gouging law.The justices Thursday unanimously overturned a Winston County judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutionally vague.Chancellor J. Max Kilpatrick's ruli...

  • Supreme Court won't hear UW-Madison appeal

    Supreme Court won't hear UW-Madison appeal

    Legal News Center 03/08/2011

    The U.S. Supreme Court says it won't hear an appeal of a lower court decision to grant a Catholic student group funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The decision by the high court effectively ends UW-Madison's appeal process. The univers...

  • Appeals court backs ruling on Ind. alcohol permits

    Appeals court backs ruling on Ind. alcohol permits

    Legal News Center 03/07/2011

    The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that denied some retailers' claim that the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission was issued too many alcohol permits. The Indianapolis Star reported Saturday that a three-judge appeal pane...

  • Disgraced Pa. judge wants convictions tossed

    Disgraced Pa. judge wants convictions tossed

    Legal News Center 03/04/2011

    A former Pennsylvania juvenile court judge convicted in a $1 million kickback scheme involving privately-owned juvenile detention centers wants his conviction on racketeering charges overturned.Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella (shiv-uh-REL...

  • Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed

    Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed

    Legal News Center 03/03/2011

    The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outra...

  • W.Va. appeals court bill heads to Senate vote

    W.Va. appeals court bill heads to Senate vote

    Legal News Center 03/01/2011

    A second Senate committee has endorsed adding an intermediate appeals court to West Virginia's judicial system.The three-judge court would hear both criminal and civil cases under the version advanced Monday by the Senate Finance Committee. It heads ...

  • Court to announce media coverage decision

    Court to announce media coverage decision

    Legal News Center 02/28/2011

    The South Dakota Supreme Court will announce Monday whether it will allow expanded media coverage of trial courts.The Supreme Court has allowed electronic recording equipment and cameras when it hears appeals, but those devices are not allowed in oth...

  • Lawyer seeks to stop Ky. from using execution drug

    Lawyer seeks to stop Ky. from using execution drug

    Legal News Center 02/25/2011

    Kentucky appears to have violated a judge's order stopping all executions and preventing the state from taking any action to carry out a lethal injection by purchasing a key drug used in the process, an attorney for several death row inmates said Thu...

  • Maine court rules against counties in access suit

    Maine court rules against counties in access suit

    Legal News Center 02/24/2011

    A Superior Court justice has ruled that six Maine counties overcharged a Cumberland businessman who requested public records under the state's Freedom of Access law.Justice Thomas Warren ruled that fees charged by Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland,...

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