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Colleagues: Judge in gay court case not 'activist'
Lawyer Blogs 10/15/2010The federal judge who halted the military's ban on openly gay troops is known for working at court well past closing time, typing her own court orders and doting on two terriers who themselves are no strangers to the halls of justice.U.S. District Ju...
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Man charged in airline bomb attempt back in court
Lawyer Blogs 10/14/2010A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas has represented himself at a quick hearing in Detroit federal court.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO'-mahr fah-ROOK' ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'-lahb) was accompanied at Thursday's 15...
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Supreme Court hears convict's appeal in DNA case
Lawyer Blogs 10/13/2010A Texas death row inmate found with the blood of murder victims on his clothing is seeking the Supreme Court's help in getting access to other evidence for DNA testing that might implicate someone else.Hank Skinner was convicted of pummeling his girl...
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High court hears case about vaccine side effects
Lawyer Blogs 10/12/2010The Supreme Court is trying to sort out whether drug companies can be sued for claims of serious side effects from childhood vaccines without driving vaccine makers from the market and risking a public health crisis.The court heard argument Tuesday i...
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Court seems skeptical on $14 million judgment
Lawyer Blogs 10/07/2010The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of a $14 million judgment given to a former death row inmate who accused New Orleans prosecutors of withholding evidence to help convict him of murder.John Thompson, who at one point was only weeks away...
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Court won't get into battle between 2 USCs
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2010The Supreme Court won't decide who really owns the initials "SC" when it comes to college sports: the University of Southern California or the University of South Carolina.The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from South Carolina, which ...
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Court won't speed challenge to MN disclosure law
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2010A federal appeals court has declined to fast-track a challenge against a Minnesota law requiring disclosure of corporate political spending.In an order Monday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to expedite the case, and it scheduled or...
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California calls off murderer's execution
Lawyer Blogs 10/01/2010The execution of a convicted rapist-murderer in California has been called off after rulings in state and federal courts, officials said Wednesday.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation removed Albert Greenwood Brown's execution ...
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High court looks at military funeral protests
Lawyer Blogs 09/30/2010One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution."It's an insult to myself, my family and the vete...
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Pfizer stock sold, Roberts to hear company's cases
Lawyer Blogs 09/29/2010Chief Justice John Roberts has sold his shares of Pfizer Inc., a move that allows him to participate in two pending Supreme Court cases involving the pharmaceutical maker.Federal law requires judges to sit out cases if they own even a single share of...
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High court takes case on corporate privacy
Lawyer Blogs 09/28/2010The Supreme Court is getting involved in an unusual freedom of information dispute over whether corporations may assert personal privacy interests to prevent the government from releasing documents about them.The court on Tuesday agreed to a request ...
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Calif. inmate asks federal court to halt execution
Lawyer Blogs 09/26/2010A death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to halt his execution and has refused to choose a method of lethal injection.Lawyers for Albert Greenwood Brown filed court papers Sunday saying he is appealing a federal court judge's refusal to b...