Recent Updates
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Some Michigan counties pause jury trials amid COVID surge
Court Alerts 01/18/2022Jury trials have been paused in some western Michigan counties due to a surge in coronavirus cases, court officials said Monday. Chief Judge Mark Trusock said all jury trials in Kent County 17th Circuit Court, based in Grand Rapids, were on hold unti...
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Cobb County jury trials paused as COVID-19 spreads
Court Alerts 01/08/2022As COVID-19 cases continue rising across the state of Georgia, the court system in one of its counties has decided to pause jury trials. Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert D. Leonard issued an order Monday to cancel trial jurors through Jan. 21,...
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Judges send Tyson workers’ virus lawsuit back to state court
Court Alerts 01/03/2022A federal appeals court has ruled that Tyson Foods can’t claim it was operating under the direction of the federal government when it tried to keep its processing plants open as the coronavirus spread rapidly within them during the early days o...
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US Senate confirms Menendez as federal judge in Minnesota
Court Alerts 12/20/2021U.S. Magistrate Judge Kate M. Menendez has been confirmed by the Senate to fill Minnesota’s federal court vacancy, the state’s two senators announced over the weekend. Menendez was nominated by President Joe Biden in September. She appear...
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International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
Court Alerts 11/05/2021The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, the first time a country in Latin Am...
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Order: Mississippi judges have discretion for COVID safety
Court Alerts 08/07/2021Mississippi judges have the power to delay trials, limit the number of spectators in courtrooms or take other steps to try to slow the spread of COVID-19, the leader of the state Supreme Court says in an emergency order. Chief Justice Michael Randolp...
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Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates dissolved lower house
Court Alerts 07/12/2021Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstated the House of Representatives on Monday and upheld the leader of the opposition’s claim to be the new prime minister. The 167-page court order removes Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, who had been running ...
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Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline
Court Alerts 07/09/2021The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to extend the deadline for drawing new legislative and congressional maps despite a delay in census redistricting data. The Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, whose members have been m...
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Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
Court Alerts 07/06/2021The Ohio Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it would not consider an appeal over the firing of a white police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center in 2014. The appeal was filed in April by the Cleve...
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British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
Court Alerts 06/16/2021British lawyer Karim Khan was sworn in Wednesday as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, pledging to reach out to nations that are not members of the court in his quest to end impunity for atrocities and to try to hold trial...
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Supreme Court ruling gives immigrant facing deportation hope
Court Alerts 06/01/2021The Washington state Supreme Court this month unanimously rejected the notion that a man who skipped his court date could be presented as evidence that he felt guilty about the original crime. State Supreme Court justices agreed that criminalizing a ...
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Ruling: Missed court date in Washington does not imply guilt
Court Alerts 05/29/2021The Washington state Supreme Court this month unanimously rejected the notion that a man who skipped his court date could be presented as evidence that he felt guilty about the original crime. State Supreme Court justices agreed that criminalizing a ...