Recent Updates
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Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs
Court Alerts 08/12/2016A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Bill Cosby's effort to reseal his deposition testimony about extramarital affairs, prescription sedatives and payments to women, saying the documents are now a matter of public knowledge. The 3rd U.S. Circui...
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Court won't reinstate church official's conviction
Court Alerts 07/28/2016The first U.S. church official convicted over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon leave prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Tuesday that his conviction was flawed. Monsignor William Lynn, who served two cardinals at the ...
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Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents
Court Alerts 07/12/2016A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children — but not their parents — from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the border without documentation. The San Francisc...
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Court upholds net neutrality rules on equal internet access
Court Alerts 06/14/2016A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a win for the Ob...
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Police union defends ex-officer in black musician's death
Court Alerts 06/02/2016The police union defended a former officer charged in the fatal shooting of a legally armed black man, saying they believe the officer identified himself before the confrontation. Former Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja has been charged ...
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Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
Court Alerts 05/10/2016Attorneys for Kansas hope to persuade the state Supreme Court that recent changes in the state's education funding system are fair enough to poor districts that the justices can abandon a threat to shut down public schools. The high court was set to ...
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Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry
Court Alerts 04/11/2016Mississippi's attorney general can resume an investigation into whether Google facilitates illegal behavior, an appeals court ruled. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a district judge who had sided with Google. U.S. District ...
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Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront
Court Alerts 03/28/2016Hillary Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump might do to shape the Supreme Court. Clinton planned to use in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday to argue that Trump could roll back the rights of individuals,...
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Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking
Court Alerts 03/23/2016A federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to allow states to have their inmates' death penalty appeals expedited through federal court. Legal organizations that challenged the DOJ's criteria for certifying...
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Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial
Court Alerts 03/22/2016A Russian court has begun reading a verdict for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The judge began reading the verdict Monday morning. He quoted arg...
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Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case
Court Alerts 02/25/2016A federal magistrate in Chicago last November ordered Apple to help federal prosecutors access data on an iPhone in a personal bankruptcy and passport fraud case, one of more than a dozen cases around the country similar to the legal battle over the ...
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German court ends fight over estate of Iran shah's 2nd wife
Court Alerts 02/22/2016A German court has ruled that the estate of the former shah of Iran's second wife, Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, belongs to her late brother's ex-chauffeur. The ruling announced Tuesday by the Cologne state court comes nearly 15 years after Soraya's d...