Recent Updates
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Court Maintains Ruling Against Spears
Court Alerts 01/15/2008Britney Spears went to a courthouse Monday but abruptly left amid a swarm of paparazzi without attending a hearing in her child-custody battle with her ex-husband, missing a chance to try to persuade a commissioner to restore her visitation rights to...
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High court to hear TV judge's case
Court Alerts 01/13/2008For 10 years, Judge Alex E. Ferrer decided criminal cases in the Florida courts. Now, as "Judge Alex," he arbitrates petty disputes on his syndicated television show -- and his decisions are final. Sometimes, though, people who agree to arbitrate dis...
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Britney in court for major hearing
Court Alerts 01/13/2008Britney Spears' effort to regain access to her two small children will go back to court on Monday for what a lawyer described as "the most significant hearing in the case so far".Police and emergency medical technicians who were summoned to the singe...
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Mars Chocolate Heir Loses Natural Gas Drilling Fight
Court Alerts 01/11/2008An attempt by the reclusive billionaire heir to the Mars chocolate bar fortune to ban drilling for natural gas on his Montana ranch was defeated in a court hearing late on Tuesday. A judge ruled that Forrest Mars Jr, the former chief executive of the...
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Not Guilty Plea in Nev. Sex Tape Case
Court Alerts 01/10/2008A man accused of raping a little girl after a videotape of the child being assaulted was found in the Nevada desert pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and a judge set a trial date for April.Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, stood next to his appointed lawyers an...
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Guilty plea in Middletown fatal shooting case
Court Alerts 01/09/2008A 28-year-old Hartford man has accepted a plea deal in a fatal shooting outside a Middletown barbershop in 2006. Angel DeThomas was one of four people in a car found speeding from the crime scene after Anthony Hall was shot and killed. Last year he r...
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Court Imposes Strict Deadline in Lawsuit
Court Alerts 01/08/2008The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a six-year deadline for suing the federal government in property disputes.The justices ruled 7-2 that a company waited too long to complain in court that the government took the firm's property.The decision came i...
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Minnesota Supreme Court denies Blom's third appeal
Court Alerts 01/03/2008[##_1L|1344592987.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]For the third time, an appeal by convicted killer Donald Blom has been turned back by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Blom was convicted in the 1999 kidnapping and killing of 19-year-old Moose Lak...
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Former Ski.com employee expected to plead guilty
Court Alerts 12/31/2007A former Ski.com salesman plans to plead guilty to reduced counts in a case in which he was accused of tampering with company computers, according to court documents. James M. DiBlasio, 38, of Carmel, Ind., worked for Aspen-based Ski.com from Septemb...
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Man Convicted in Parents' Death Set Free
Court Alerts 12/28/2007Martin Tankleff walked out of court a free man for the first time in the 17 years since he was convicted of murdering his parents. But his next step was less clear.Prosecutors have not said whether they will retry Tankleff, who was released on $1 mil...
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Court ruling spurs Genesco shares higher
Court Alerts 12/28/2007Shoe and hat retailer Genesco Inc on Friday said a Tennessee court has ordered The Finish Line Inc to complete its acquisition of the company for $54.50 a share, or $1.5 billion, sending Genesco shares up as much as 16 percent.Finish Line, whose stoc...
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America's Cup syndicates continue court fight
Court Alerts 12/27/2007The legal skirmish over the America's Cup showed no sign of ending, with the champion Swiss syndicate asking a judge to reconsider his decision to declare the Golden Gate Yacht Club the main challenger for the next race.Alinghi's lawyers contended th...