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  W.Va. woman admits stealing from law firm

  Court Alerts 03/31/2011

  A Morgantown woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $140,000 from the law firm where she worked.Forty-year-old Lisa Buttermore pleaded to three counts Wednesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court.Each embezzlement charge carries a possible ...

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  Ind. high court hears Evansville dog bite suit

  Court Alerts 03/30/2011

  The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether southern Indiana officials should be held liable for a dog that bit a 6-year-old Evansville boy. The court heard oral arguments in the case Wednesday. Misty Davis sued the city of Evansville on behalf of ...

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  Court throws out NYC officer's $5M award .

  Court Alerts 03/28/2011

  An appeals court has thrown out a verdict that awarded $5 million to a former New York City police officer who accidentally shot himself in the knee.Anderson Alexander had sued the city, claiming he accidentally shot himself in 2002 while leaning bac...

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  Court to decide if teacher can sue church school

  Court Alerts 03/28/2011

  The Supreme Court will decide whether a teacher at a church-run school is a religious or secular worker when it comes to the Americans with Disabilities Act.The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Chu...

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  Neb. high court OKs lawsuit against Omaha tribe

  Court Alerts 03/25/2011

  The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled the Omaha Tribe can be subject to a lawsuit over payment for work on its casinos, racetrack and other facilities.The tribe was sued in 2009 by Omaha-based building contractor StoreVisions for breach of contract. T...

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  Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem

  Court Alerts 03/24/2011

  A court has overturned a decision granting a new trial to a convicted rapist who claimed his rights were violated when a poem written by the victim was kept out of evidence during trial in Wayne County. The poem expressing regret about alcohol and se...

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  NY court to hear case of missed police evidence

  Court Alerts 03/23/2011

  New York's top court will hear arguments whether a New York Police Department sergeant's failure to get statements from two witnesses to a stabbing in a Times Square theater means a man's assault conviction should be overturned.The trial judge refuse...

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  Court: Can officials be sued for false testimony?

  Court Alerts 03/21/2011

  The Supreme Court will decide whether government officials who testify falsely while acting as a complaining witness have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits.The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Charles Rehberg, who sent faxes cri...

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  Court-appointed lawyer denied for torture suspect

  Court Alerts 03/21/2011

  A judge has denied a court-appointed attorney for a Texas man accused of torturing a woman for two weeks on a device used for skinning deer.The judge said Monday during Jeffrey Allan Maxwell's initial court appearance that the 58-year-old wasn't indi...

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  Woman Charged in Maryland Yoga Shop Death Due in Court

  Court Alerts 03/21/2011

  An employee at a yoga clothing shop in Bethesda makes her first court appearance since being charged in the death of a co-worker.Brittany Norwood was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Jayna Murray, her c...

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  Millionaire fights Mohegan Sun over gambling debt

  Court Alerts 03/18/2011

  A Florida millionaire accused of walking out on a $1.2 million gambling debt is fighting Mohegan Sun in court, arguing that the state judicial system cannot decide the case because the casino is run by a sovereign American Indian tribe.Jerome Powers,...

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  Court dismisses historic Mississippi prison cruelty case

  Court Alerts 03/17/2011

  A federal court in Mississippi has permanently dismissed a 1971 lawsuit filed against the state over prison conditions.The case found that a range of corporal punishment practices used against prisoners at Parchman violated the Eighth Amendment, whic...