Recent Updates
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Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court
National News 02/04/2015The brother of a murder victim has been arrested after authorities say he attacked his sister's killer in Onslow County court. Authorities say 26-year-old Alfonso Law of Acworth, Georgia, has been charged with contempt of court, assault on a governme...
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Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider
National News 02/04/2015Two Supreme Court justices who once seemed open to the idea of cameras in the courtroom said Monday they have reconsidered those views, dashing even faint hopes that April's historic arguments over gay marriage might be televised. In separate appeara...
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Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president
National News 01/30/2015Panama's Supreme Court voted Wednesday to open a corruption probe against former President Ricardo Martinelli, a move likely to rally popular support in a nation where the politically powerful rarely face justice for misdeeds. A statement from the co...
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Supreme Court halts 3 upcoming executions in Oklahoma
Headline Legal News 01/30/2015The Supreme Court has ordered Oklahoma to postpone lethal injections executions using a controversial sedative until the court rules in a challenge involving the drug. The court's order Wednesday came as little surprise after both the state and the l...
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Arizona sheriff could face civil contempt hearing in court
Law Firm Marketing 01/20/2015An Arizona sheriff could face a civil contempt hearing in federal court for his office's repeated violations of orders issued in a racial-profiling case. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow held a telephonic conference Thursday and told Maricopa County S...
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High court rejects military contractors appeals
National News 01/20/2015The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away three appeals from military contractor KBR Inc. that seek to shut down lawsuits over a soldier's electrocution in Iraq and open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The justices offered no comment in allowin...
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Gay marriage bans in South will be heard in federal court
Headline Legal News 01/13/2015Bans on gay marriage in three staunchly conservative Southern states were to get a hearing in a federal appeals court Friday — the latest legal battle over an issue expected to be settled by the nation's highest court. A three-judge panel of the 5th ...
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Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping
National News 01/13/2015A New Delhi court charged an Uber cab driver on Tuesday with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed a national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities are still investigating whether Uber should also be ...
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Argentine court says US fugitive can be extradited
Headline Legal News 01/05/2015Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that an American who took refuge and started a new life in the South American country can be extradited to face charges that he killed his wife over a decade ago, a court spokeswoman confirmed Saturday. Kurt Sonnen...
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Suspect in trooper shooting case heads to court
National News 01/05/2015A man who eluded police for 48 days after allegedly shooting to death a state trooper and wounding another is due in court for a preliminary hearing which could decide whether his case goes to county court for trial. A Pennsylvania district judge mus...
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US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing
National News 12/31/2014When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something...
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Court sides with POM Wonderful in beverage fight
National News 12/31/2014A federal appeals court has sided with juice maker POM Wonderful in a lawsuit over another beverage company's use of the term "pom." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that denied POM Wonderful's request fo...