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  • Court dismisses lawsuits in power plant deaths

    Court dismisses lawsuits in power plant deaths

    Legal Events 05/14/2013

    The Colorado Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits against three companies in the deaths of five workers at a power plant in 2007. The appeals court agreed Thursday with a judge that there was no evidence that the companies violated duties or faile...

  • Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser

    Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser

    Legal Events 01/18/2013

    A longtime heroin addict whose complaint helped imprison a Philadelphia archdiocese official came under attack Wednesday, as jurors in a priest-abuse trial learned that he had given three different locations for one alleged rape.Defense lawyers quest...

  • Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

    Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

    Legal Events 01/09/2013

    The Supreme Court is considering whether police must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving suspect. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving a disputed blood test from Missouri. Police stopped a ...

  • Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay

    Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay

    Legal Events 10/27/2012

    A convicted mass killer from the 1970s is again scheduled for execution Tuesday after an appeals court lifted a last-minute stay that was based on his mental illness. His attorneys sought a last-minute reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. The execut...

  • Supreme Court views not 'liberal or conservative'

    Supreme Court views not 'liberal or conservative'

    Legal Events 10/19/2012

    U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that people shouldn't think the high court's justices make decisions in terms of a liberal or conservative agenda. Roberts told a crowd of nearly 4,800 people at Rice University in Houston ...

  • Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges

    Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges

    Legal Events 10/08/2012

    Former NFL receiver Sam Hurd pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new indictment accusing him of trying to obtain cocaine and marijuana while he was out on bond awaiting trial on charges of trying to start a drug ring in the Chicago area. The indictment...

  • Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law

    Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law

    Legal Events 09/29/2012

    A federal appeals court has upheld Texas' open meetings law as constitutional, rejecting a lawsuit that argued it stifled free speech for government officials. The 1967 Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits a quorum of members of a governmental body from...

  • MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case

    MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case

    Legal Events 09/20/2012

    Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance to try proving his innocence — more than four decades after the nation was gripped by his tales of Char...

  • W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    Legal Events 09/05/2012

    Whether West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry receives additional public funds for his campaign hinges on whether the U.S. Supreme Court sees a difference between elections for the judiciary and races for other political posts, the stat...

  • Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Legal Events 08/29/2012

    An Ohio man charged with conspiracy for allegedly claiming to be part of the computer hacking group "Anonymous" and posting a YouTube threat to release confidential computer information belonging to the University of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on ...

  • Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules

    Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules

    Legal Events 08/22/2012

    Oil companies operating in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast will have a negligible effect on polar bears and walrus, according to a federal Appeals Court ruling Tuesday that backed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules on harassment of the...

  • Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport

    Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport

    Legal Events 08/08/2012

    A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a U.S. District Court decision against Quinnipiac University. In a decision released Tue...

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