Recent Updates
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RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
Legal World 03/19/2016The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks. A task force...
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Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
Legal World 10/12/2015Actor Randy Quaid is expected to be arraigned in Vermont in connection with a California vandalism case. The 65-year-old Quaid was taken into custody Friday night while trying to cross into the United States from Canada. He was detained by troopers i...
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Ginsburg back at home, expected at court next week
Legal World 12/04/2014Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned home after undergoing an operation to implant a heart stent to clear a blocked artery and is expected to hear oral arguments on Monday. Ginsburg, 81, experienced discomfort during exercise with a...
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Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court
Legal World 05/27/2014A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy, semiofficial news agency ISNA repor...
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Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request
Legal World 02/03/2014A Pakistani court hearing the case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of high treason rejected Friday a request that he be allowed to go abroad for treatment, his lawyer and a court official said. Instead, they said, it issued ...
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Texas Supreme Court limits insurance exclusions
Legal World 01/20/2014The Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling Friday that should boost consumer confidence in the liability insurance coverage that builders and general contractors carry. Writing for the court, Justice Phil Johnson denied an insurance company's attemp...
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Tenino man pleads guilty to child pornography
Legal World 12/30/2013The U.S. attorney's office says a Tenino man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Tacoma to possession of child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors are recommending a four-year prison term when 47-year-old James Donald Mobley i...
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Indian gay activists protest top court's ruling
Legal World 12/16/2013Hundreds of gay rights activists gathered in India's capital and other cities across the country on Sunday to protest a decision by India's top court to uphold a law that criminalizes gay sex. India's Supreme Court last week reversed a landmark 2009 ...
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Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
Legal World 11/22/2013A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions. The justices voted 5-4 to leave in effect a provisi...
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Spain court rejects handing pedophile to Morocco
Legal World 11/18/2013Spain's National Court has ruled against extraditing back to Morocco a convicted Spanish pedophile whose release triggered protests in the North African country. A court statement Monday said Daniel Galvan Vina would not be handed back because under ...
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Ride Operator Due in Court Over NC Fair Injuries
Legal World 10/29/2013A ride operator is due in court Monday to face criminal charges after five people were injured at the North Carolina State Fair. Ride operator Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, 46, of Quitman, Ga., faces three criminal counts of assault with a deadly weapon ...
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Petters returning to court, seeks less prison time
Legal World 10/23/2013Convicted Minnesota businessman Tom Petters returns to federal court this week to try to shorten his 50-year prison term. The attempt to get 20 years removed might be Petters' last chance to go after a lighter sentence for a $3.65 billion Ponzi schem...