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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....
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Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
Lawyer Blogs 06/18/2008A 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...
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Appeals court refuses to stop gay weddings
Lawyer Blogs 06/18/2008An 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 ...
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Woman pleads not guilty in Internet suicide case
Lawyer Blogs 06/17/2008A 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...
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Court to rule in lawsuit vs. FBI head, ex-AG
Lawyer Blogs 06/16/2008The 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...
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Top court eases rules for foreigners to try to stay in US
Lawyer Blogs 06/16/2008The 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...
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Supreme Court rejects limits on FOIA lawsuits
Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2008The 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...
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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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High Court ruling may delay war crimes trials
Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2008The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay may challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the govern...
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High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again
Lawyer Blogs 06/12/2008The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, t...
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Ex-Nazi guard now in Pa. loses deportation appeal
Lawyer Blogs 06/11/2008A retired steelworker who served as a Nazi guard should be deported even though the United States mistakenly granted him a visa in 1956, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.Anton Geiser's work as a guard meets the type of persecutory conduct banned...
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Court will again review $79.5M award in tobacco case
Lawyer Blogs 06/10/2008The Supreme Court said Monday it will review a $79.5 million punitive damages judgment against Marlboro-maker Philip Morris for the third time.The justices have twice struck down the award to the family of a longtime smoker of Marlboros, made by Altr...