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Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
Lawyer Blogs 05/12/2017One of Neil Gorsuch's sharpest dissents as an appeals court judge came just six months before he was nominated for the Supreme Court. That's when he sided with a New Mexico seventh-grader who was handcuffed and arrested after his teacher said the stu...
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Indiana high court to take up police unreasonable force case
Lawyer Blogs 05/01/2017The Indiana Supreme Court is to take up the case of a man who claims Evansville police were too forceful when they used a SWAT team and flash-bang grenades to serve a search warrant. The Evansville Courier and Press reports the court is to consider 3...
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Judge W. Brent Powell Appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
Lawyer Blogs 04/26/2017Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell was appointed Tuesday to the Missouri Supreme Court, marking the first high-profile judicial selection by new Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Powell will replace former Judge Richard Teitelman, who died in ...
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Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement
Lawyer Blogs 04/19/2017An Austrian court has found a former Croatian general guilty of embezzling millions of euros and sentenced him and an associate to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt determined Wednesday that the ex-general, Vladimir Za...
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Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
Lawyer Blogs 03/26/2017Senate Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Comm...
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Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
Lawyer Blogs 02/10/2017Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine are heading back to federal court to try to overturn a jury's defamation verdict over its botched story "A Rape on Campus." A judge is holding a hearing in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday to consider Rollin...
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Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
Lawyer Blogs 01/27/2017Texas prison officials temporarily delayed the scheduled Thursday night execution of a man convicted of a fatal robbery at a Dallas-area sandwich shop while the U.S. Supreme Court considered multiple appeals to keep him from lethal injection. Terry E...
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Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
Lawyer Blogs 12/06/2016A Chinese court says a star securities trader who was arrested following last year's stock market collapse has pleaded guilty to insider trading and manipulating share prices. The court in the eastern city of Qingdao said in a statement Tuesday that ...
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Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms
Lawyer Blogs 10/13/2016Iraq's federal court ruled on Monday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's move to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of the country's vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional. Under Iraq's constitution, abolishing the posts wou...
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Supreme Court rejects Whitey Bulger appeal
Lawyer Blogs 10/03/2016The Supreme Court has turned away James "Whitey" Bulger's appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place Bulger's convictions for playing a role in 11 murders and many other crimes. T...
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High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
Lawyer Blogs 09/10/2016Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional subpoena that seeks information on how the classified advertising website Backpage.com screens ads for possible sex trafficking. The order came hours after Backpa...
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Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court
Lawyer Blogs 08/26/2016A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky requested that he be assigned to civi...