Recent Updates
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14 suspected pirates plead not guilty in Va. court
Court Alerts 03/16/2011Thirteen Somalis and a man from Yemen pleaded not guilty to piracy, kidnapping and firearms charges Tuesday in the February hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead.They entered their pleas in federal court in Norfolk, where five other men ...
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Utah city police chief facing misdemeanor charges
Court Alerts 03/15/2011A mayor in Utah says misdemeanor charges against the police chief appear to stem from a dog slaying last summer.Parowan Mayor Donald Landes tells the Deseret News of Salt Lake City he believes the charges against Chief Preston Griffiths related to th...
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Court blames LA County for ocean pollution
Court Alerts 03/11/2011A California appeals court has sided with environmentalists in a decision that blames Los Angeles County and its flood control district for sending polluted runoff into the Pacific Ocean.The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the county...
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Man loses appeal of flood suit against Mason City
Court Alerts 03/10/2011The owner of a Mason City home damaged in 2008 flooding has lost an appeal of his lawsuit against the city. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment for the city in the lawsuit filed by William Plymat. He alleged the city's neglig...
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Court throws out $1.8M award to man hit by NYC bus .
Court Alerts 03/09/2011An appeals court says a man hit by a New York City bus shouldn't get a $1.8 million jury award because he stepped into a street without looking.Tuesday's ruling orders a new trial in Claude Williams' case. His lawyer didn't immediately return a telep...
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Suspect in case of kids left in canal due in court
Court Alerts 03/09/2011A man boasted of his parenting skills to a judge more than two years before being investigated in the killings of two young children whose bodies were found stuffed in luggage and dumped into a canal and in the death of their mother.Clem Beauchamp's ...
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Appeals court to consider tri-state water dispute
Court Alerts 03/07/2011A tri-state dispute threatening metro Atlanta's water supply is heading to an appeals court.A three-judge panel on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta plans to hear arguments Wednesday as Georgia seeks to overturn a judge's order that s...
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Court won't hear challenge to 'In God We Trust'
Court Alerts 03/07/2011The Supreme Court won't hear an atheist's latest challenge to the U.S. government's references to God. The court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michael Newdow, who says government references to God are unconstitutional and infringe on his r...
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Ark high court upholds dismissal of gas lease suit
Court Alerts 03/04/2011The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the state Game and Fish Commission's authority to lease public land to natural gas companies so they can drill.The Thursday ruling affirmed a circuit court ruling turned...
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ICE official accused of travel fraud due in court
Court Alerts 03/02/2011A 63-year-old U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement analyst accused of misusing his diplomatic passport to travel to Jordan and filing bogus expense reports is due in a West Texas courtroom.Ahmed Adil Abdallat is scheduled to appear for a detentio...
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Supreme Court orders drug industry to pay overtime
Court Alerts 02/28/2011The U.S. Supreme Court refused to insulate the drug industry from having to pay overtime to thousands of sales representatives, turning away appeals from units of Novartis AG and Merck & Co.The companies sought to overturn a federal appeals court...
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Justices: Court no place to fight SSAC rulings
Court Alerts 02/25/2011The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that West Virginia courts aren't the place to challenge most decisions the Secondary School Activities Commission makes about high school sports, from calls on the field to the application of rules.The SSAC's po...