Recent Updates
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Court tells man to stay away from Facebook founder
Court Alerts 02/09/2011Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has obtained a temporary restraining order against a California man accused of stalking him, his girlfriend and his sister.A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Feb. 1 ordered 31-year-old Pradeep Manukonda of M...
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Court filing offers rare look at Milwaukee archdiocese
Court Alerts 02/08/2011A filing in bankruptcy court is providing a rare look at the finances of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.Financial statements filed Monday show the archdiocese has nearly $41 million in assets and $24 million in liabilities. The archdiocese filed for Ch...
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Lawyers for Jackson doctor have date in LA court
Court Alerts 02/07/2011Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor are due in court to discuss pretrial matters, but Dr. Conrad Murray has waived his right to be present.Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor has scheduled the hearing for Monday afternoon to discuss such issues as w...
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Court orders military veteran reinstated to police force
Court Alerts 02/07/2011A Tennessee court has ordered an Iraq war veteran reinstated to a police force, two years after he was dismissed for having post-traumatic stress disorder.The Hamilton County Chancery Court ordered Chattanooga to give Mickel Hoback his job back with ...
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NY appeals court upholds terrorism conviction .
Court Alerts 02/04/2011A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a doctor accused of offering to treat injured al-Qaida fighters.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued its 2-to-1 decision on Friday.It came in the case of...
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Judge raises questions about Voting Rights Act
Court Alerts 02/03/2011A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether a key component of the landmark Voting Rights Act is outdated, expressing skepticism about using evidence of racial discrimination from 40 or 50 years ago to justify continued election monitoring for a ...
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Trenton voids law firm contract for contributions
Court Alerts 02/02/2011Trenton's city attorney has found pay-to-play problems with a $50,000 contract that the city recently awarded to an Atlantic City law firm with ties to Mayor Tony Mack.Acting Law Director Marc McKithen voided the contract because he says Cooper Leven...
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Court puts Emanuel back in Chicago mayor's race
Court Alerts 01/28/2011With Rahm Emanuel back in the race for Chicago mayor thanks to a ruling from Illinois' highest court, the question now is what effect the legal dispute had on the race.A lower court threw the former White House chief of staff off the ballot earlier i...
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Court revives N. Calif. town's pollution lawsuit
Court Alerts 01/28/2011An appeals court revived a class-action lawsuit Thursday for 160 residents of a Northern California town who claim an industrial plant's pollution severely sickened them. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a trial judge was wrong to dismiss ...
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Decide in court if bingo machines legal
Court Alerts 01/27/2011Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has told operators of closed electronic bingo casinos that he has no problem with going to court to determine if their machines are legal.Operators of casinos closed by former Gov. Bob Riley's gambling task for...
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Ill. high court mulls Rahm Emanuel's mayoral run
Court Alerts 01/26/2011With Chicago election officials printing mayoral ballots that include Rahm Emanuel's name, it's up to the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether voters will actually see him among their choices during next month's election.The state's highest court...
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Emanuel appeals ruling booting him off ballot
Court Alerts 01/25/2011Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel asked Illinois' highest court Tuesday to overturn a ruling that knocked him off the ballot for Chicago mayor, calling the decision "squarely inconsistent" with previous rulings about the state's election...