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  • Court rejects death penalty for raping children

    Court rejects death penalty for raping children

    Lawyer Blogs 06/25/2008

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child.In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punis...

  • Court to rule in Tenn. inmate's appeal

    Court to rule in Tenn. inmate's appeal

    Lawyer Blogs 06/24/2008

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether poor death row inmates seeking mercy from state officials have a right to lawyers paid for by federal taxpayers.The justices will likely hear oral arguments around the end of the year in the ca...

  • Court will hear appeal by Tenn. death row inmate

    Court will hear appeal by Tenn. death row inmate

    Lawyer Blogs 06/23/2008

    The Supreme Court is stepping into the case of a convicted murderer who claims authorities concealed evidence that might have spared him a death sentence.The justices have twice before reinstated the death sentence for Gary Bradford Cone, who was con...

  • SF court protects privacy of work communications

    SF court protects privacy of work communications

    Lawyer Blogs 06/20/2008

    A federal appeals court has made it more difficult for employers to legally snoop on their workers' e-mails and text messages sent on company accounts.Under a Wednesday ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employers that contract an outsi...

  • Court sides with employee in benefits case

    Court sides with employee in benefits case

    Lawyer Blogs 06/19/2008

    [##_1L|1235780052.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court said Thursday that courts should consider an insurance company's potential conflict of interest when reviewing the denial of an employee's health or disability benefits claim....

  • Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated

    Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated

    Lawyer Blogs 06/18/2008

    A former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago is waiting in a Texas cell not far from the death chamber as his appeals play out in the courts.Charles Dean Hood initially won a reprieve just over an hour before he co...

  • Appeals court refuses to stop gay weddings

    Appeals court refuses to stop gay weddings

    Lawyer Blogs 06/18/2008

    An appeals court has rejected a conservative group's latest effort to stop gay marriages in California before the November election.The Liberty Council had asked a state appeals court to block same-sex weddings until voters could decide the issue on ...

  • Woman pleads not guilty in Internet suicide case

    Woman pleads not guilty in Internet suicide case

    Lawyer Blogs 06/17/2008

    A Missouri woman pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to charges in an Internet hoax blamed for a 13-year-old girl's suicide. Lori Drew, 49, stood quietly beside her attorney Monday. She pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy a...

  • Court to rule in lawsuit vs. FBI head, ex-AG

    Court to rule in lawsuit vs. FBI head, ex-AG

    Lawyer Blogs 06/16/2008

    The Supreme Court says it will decide whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller (Mul'-er) must face a lawsuit that claims prisoners detained after Sept. 11 were subject to ethnic and religious discrimination.The la...

  • Top court eases rules for foreigners to try to stay in US

    Top court eases rules for foreigners to try to stay in US

    Lawyer Blogs 06/16/2008

    The Supreme Court has made it easier for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain in the United States legally.The court ruled 5-4 Monday that someone who is here illegally may withdraw his voluntarily agreement to depart and contin...

  • Supreme Court rejects limits on FOIA lawsuits

    Supreme Court rejects limits on FOIA lawsuits

    Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2008

    The Supreme Court has rejected limits on Freedom of Information Act lawsuits that seek the same information as earlier legal actions.In a unanimous ruling, the justices said Thursday a lower court was wrong to conclude that a vintage airplane buff co...

  • Group asks Calif. court to ban gay marriage

    Group asks Calif. court to ban gay marriage

    Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2008

    [##_1L|1369343907.jpg|width="130" height="92" alt=""|_##]A conservative Christian legal group on Thursday made a last-ditch effort to stop gay marriages in California by asking a midlevel appeals court to temporarily prohibit county clerks from issui...

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