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BofA's Countrywide loses court ruling on mortgages
Lawyer Blogs 08/24/2009A federal judge has ruled that Bank of America Corp cannot have a lawsuit by investors seeking to force it to buy back mortgages heard in federal court, saying he lacks jurisdiction to decide the case. Tuesday's ruling by Judge Richard Holwell of the...
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Trial of Texas judge over death-row appeal ends
Lawyer Blogs 08/21/2009The misconduct trial of a Texas judge who refused to keep her court open for lawyers trying to stop an execution that night ended Thursday with her attorneys insisting she did nothing wrong. Judge Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of the Texas Court...
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Court: Religious items OK in Conn. postal facility
Lawyer Blogs 08/21/2009An appeals court has reversed a federal judge's order that religious displays be removed from a Connecticut store that offers postal services. In a decision released Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Sincerely Yours Inc. in Manches...
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Ore. court rejects car salesman in ethics appeal
Lawyer Blogs 08/21/2009A manager at an Oregon car dealership said he was fired because he insisted on being an honest salesman. The state supreme court disagreed Thursday. Kevin Lamson argued he was wrongfully discharged from Crater Lake Motors in Medford after he told his...
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NYC judge returns investor lawsuits to state court
Lawyer Blogs 08/21/2009A judge has rejected mortgage lender Countrywide Financial's effort to have some investor lawsuits heard in federal court. Judge Richard Holwell in Manhattan concluded in a decision released Tuesday that Congress did not intend for a federal court to...
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Court tosses Calif. law on payments to Armenians
Lawyer Blogs 08/21/2009A federal appeals court invalidated a California law Thursday that allowed heirs of Armenians killed in the Turkish Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago to seek payment on the life insurance policies of dead relatives. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...
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Texas judge's death-row appeal testimony to resume
Lawyer Blogs 08/19/2009A Texas judge criticized for closing her court with a condemned man's last appeal in the works is set to resume testifying at her ethics trial. Judge Sharon Keller is telling her side of the story for the first time nearly two years after Michael Way...
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Supreme Court says Ga. man should get hearing
Lawyer Blogs 08/18/2009The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, giving the condemned killer a chance to present evidence his lawyers say could clear him in the murder of an off-duty police officer almost 20 years ago. The court tol...
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Supreme Court says Georgia man should get hearing
Lawyer Blogs 08/17/2009The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, whose supporters say is innocent and should be spared from execution for killing a police officer 20 years ago. Davis has spent 18 years on death row for the 1989 slay...
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Broncos' Marshall found not guilty in battery case
Lawyer Blogs 08/16/2009A jury in Atlanta found Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall not guilty of misdemeanor battery against his former girlfriend, announcing its verdict Friday after about an hour of deliberations. Marshall had faced two counts of simple battery...
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Accused nude doorbell ringer pleads not guilty
Lawyer Blogs 08/15/2009A man suspected of appearing nude at homes and ringing doorbells is being held on $60,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a series of charges. Peter Allen Steele, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 250 pounds, entered his not guilty pleas Tuesd...
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Qualcomm: court grants motion to dismiss lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 08/11/2009Qualcomm Inc. said Tuesday that a California court has granted its motion to dismiss a consumer class-action lawsuit that accused the chip maker of antitrust violations and unfair competition. Judge William Q. Hayes of the U.S. District Court for the...