Recent Updates
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Appeals Court Upholds Isley's Sentence
Court Alerts 02/12/2008An appellate court has upheld Ronald Isley's 37-month federal prison sentence for tax evasion.The three-judge panel rejected the 66-year-old R&B singer's argument that his sentence was unreasonable due to his age, poor health and lack of proof th...
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Lawyer accused of way-too-firm handshake
Court Alerts 02/11/2008A lawyer who allegedly shook a legal opponent's hand so fiercely she injured her shoulder is now facing physical assault charges in Florida. An attorney for private lawyer Brewer Rentas said her client never intended to harm a federal prosecutor in F...
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Illinois Court Upholds Free-Speech Right For Ad
Court Alerts 02/08/2008A newspaper advertisement harshly criticizing a competitor for a discount sale might have been distasteful and juvenile but also was constitutionally protected free speech, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.Chicago men’s clothing store Imperi...
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Disorder in the Court: Lawyer Punched
Court Alerts 02/07/2008[##_1L|1147570715.jpg|width="130" height="97" alt=""|_##]A public defender who was punched in court by a disgruntled client said Thursday he doesn't blame the man who gave him with two black eyes. The disorder in the court, captured on video, happene...
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Georgia loses major ruling on rights to Lanier water
Court Alerts 02/06/2008It would take an act of Congress to get more drinking water out of Lake Lanier for metro Atlanta, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday.Alabama and Florida immediately declared a major victory in the 18-year, tri-state water war, with Alabama Gov. ...
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NY broker in Cunningham scandal pleads guilty
Court Alerts 02/05/2008[##_1L|1112444944.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]A New York mortgage broker who was involved in the Randy “Duke” Cunningham bribery scandal pleaded guilty to two charges Monday in federal court. John Michael pleaded guilty to conspiracy to c...
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Jailhouse Lawyer Gets a Hearing
Court Alerts 02/05/2008While other prisoners are lifting weights or playing basketball, Michael Ray is working 40 hours a week, his head buried in legal texts and journals. Over the years, the jailhouse lawyer has helped dozens of fellow inmates file appeals, sometimes wit...
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Court: Elderly sisters must split lottery winnings
Court Alerts 02/03/2008The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other’s future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer speak to one another.The decision paves the way for a public family feud...
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Abortion provider must turn over files
Court Alerts 02/01/2008One of the nation's few late-term abortion doctors was ordered Wednesday to turn over about 2,000 patient medical records to a Kansas grand jury investigating his practice. Abortion opponents hope that the records will lead to further criminal charge...
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CA court to consider age discrimination claim against Google
Court Alerts 01/31/2008The California Supreme Court will hear Google Co.'s appeal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a 54-year-old manager who claims he was fired after a supervisor told him his opinions were "too old to matter." A court of appeal in October ruled that a...
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Doc's Liposuction Death Guilty Plea Nixed
Court Alerts 01/31/2008A Brazilian doctor charged with manslaughter in an immigrant's liposuction death tried to plead guilty Wednesday, but the judge instead set the case for trial after the doctor contradicted prosecutors.Luiz Carlos Ribeiro appeared in Superior Court to...
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Four Plead Guilty To Killing Runaway Teen
Court Alerts 01/31/2008Four young men and women, who authorities say suffer from profound psychiatric problems, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Superior Court in Hartford to working together to kill a teenage runaway and stuff her body into a cardboard box after an argument du...