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  • High court rejects appeal in Arizona execution

    High court rejects appeal in Arizona execution

    Legal News Center 01/18/2011

    The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Arizona death row inmate Daniel Wayne Cook, convicted of strangling two men in 1987.The justices did not comment on their order Tuesday. Cook says his death sentence should be reversed because he has post...

  • US Supreme Court lets Alabama execution proceed

    US Supreme Court lets Alabama execution proceed

    Legal News Center 01/17/2011

    The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for a convicted killer in Alabama.Justice Clarence Thomas had issued a temporary stay shortly before the execution of Leroy White was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday.A temporary stay gives t...

  • Hearing set for Black as he bids to remain free

    Hearing set for Black as he bids to remain free

    Legal News Center 01/13/2011

    Will former media mogul Conrad Black end up going back to prison?A status hearing Thursday in Chicago isn't expected to answer that question definitively. But it could provide clues about what U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve's inclined to do.After se...

  • Case of the wrong door opens at Supreme Court

    Case of the wrong door opens at Supreme Court

    Legal News Center 01/12/2011

    Hollis King and his two friends might be the unluckiest pot smokers in Kentucky.The three men were sitting around King's apartment in Lexington, Ky., on a Thursday night in October 2005, when police officers knocked on the front door, then kicked it ...

  • Lawmakers rethink security after Arizona shooting

    Lawmakers rethink security after Arizona shooting

    Legal News Center 01/09/2011

    Lawmakers are weighing the benefit of accessibility with the necessity of security in the aftermath of a shooting at a political meet-and-greet outside an Arizona supermarket.Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained in critical condition Sunday af...

  • Female guard search of man ruled unconstitutional

    Female guard search of man ruled unconstitutional

    Legal News Center 01/06/2011

    A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that a strip search of a male inmate by a female guard was unconstitutional. In a 6-5 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said the search of the inmate Charles Byrd at a mini...

  • Court backs Uniloc in case against Microsoft

    Court backs Uniloc in case against Microsoft

    Legal News Center 01/05/2011

    A federal appeals court reinstated a 2009 jury verdict Tuesday that Microsoft Corp. infringed on patents held by software maker Uniloc Inc., reversing a judge's decision to the contrary, but it also granted Microsoft a new trial on damages.The U.S. C...

  • Nevada court dismisses anti-abortion petition case

    Nevada court dismisses anti-abortion petition case

    Legal News Center 01/01/2011

    The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a group that tried to pass a constitutional ban on abortions this year because the election is over.The court ruled in a decision filed Thursday that Personhood Nevada's fight to rewrite the state c...

  • Court: Couple Can't Have Adult Child's Records

    Court: Couple Can't Have Adult Child's Records

    Legal News Center 01/01/2011

    An Iowa couple cannot have access to their adult child's physical and mental health records after being denied visitation with their grandson, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The court issued its ruling in the Plymouth County case between Jerry...

  • Judge strikes down NYC's gruesome tobacco ads

    Judge strikes down NYC's gruesome tobacco ads

    Legal News Center 12/31/2010

    The city's campaign to scare smokers with grotesque images of decaying teeth or a diseased lung wherever tobacco products are sold was struck down Wednesday by a federal judge who concluded that only the federal government can dictate warnings that m...

  • UGA to screen documentary on civil rights lawyer

    UGA to screen documentary on civil rights lawyer

    Legal News Center 12/29/2010

    The University of Georgia is hosting a screening of a documentary about the lawyer who helped the first two black students gain admission in the early 1960s."Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice" will premiere Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. in Mast...

  • New law forces pet stores to share health details

    New law forces pet stores to share health details

    Legal News Center 12/27/2010

    A new state law that will take effect on New Year's Day requires pet stores to give potential buyers the details of every animal's health history. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the new law will require that stores provide an animal's va...

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