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Court refuses to consider fantasy baseball dispute
Lawyer Blogs 06/02/2008The Supreme Court on Monday refused to step into a dispute between a fantasy sports business and professional baseball.Without comment, the justices declined to hear the case involving a segment of the $1.5 billion fantasy sports industry in the Unit...
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Recognition of gay marriages in NY faces battle
Lawyer Blogs 05/30/2008Religious and social conservatives vowed Thursday to fight Gov. David Paterson's directive requiring state agencies to recognize gay marriages performed legally elsewhere, saying it flouts traditional values and is a big step toward legalizing same-s...
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Calif.: Same-sex marriages OK beginning June 17
Lawyer Blogs 05/29/2008Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday.And such unions might soon be recognized at the other end of the countr...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court reprimands one of its own
Lawyer Blogs 05/29/2008The Wisconsin Supreme Court reprimanded one of its own Wednesday, giving Justice Annette Ziegler the lightest possible punishment for hearing cases involving a bank where her husband was a paid director.It was the first time the state high court has ...
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High court backs workers in race, age bias lawsuits
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2008[##_1L|1124393967.jpg|width="86" height="80" alt=""|_##]To the surprise of civil rights advocates, the Supreme Court on Tuesday strengthened workplace anti-discrimination laws, ruling that employees who say they were punished for complaining of bias ...
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Tenn. man on death row despite high court ruling
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2008Multiple sclerosis has Paul House in a wheelchair. A tenacious prosecutor has him on death row, deemed too dangerous to be released two years after the U.S. Supreme Court said he likely isn't guilty.That closely watched ruling, which made it easier f...
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Federer improves clay-court record
Lawyer Blogs 05/27/2008Roger Federer added another win to his already burgeoning clay-court record this season.Federer improved to 16-3 on clay in 2008 by beating Sam Querrey of the United States 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the French Open, where he is tryin...
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Court turns down former Illinois governor
Lawyer Blogs 05/27/2008The Supreme Court has rejected former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's appeal of his federal racketeering and fraud conviction.The justices have no comment on their action, in response to Ryan's claim that he and his fellow defendant, businessman Larry Wa...
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Court rules for older federal workers
Lawyer Blogs 05/27/2008The Supreme Court says a major anti-age bias law protects federal employees who faced retaliation after complaining about discrimination.The court ruled Tuesday 6-3 that a U.S. Postal Service employee may pursue her lawsuit under the Age Discriminati...
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Miss. execution is 2nd since Supreme Court ruling
Lawyer Blogs 05/22/2008Mississippi corrections officials say convicted murderer Earl Wesley Berry has been executed at the state penitentiary.Berry is the second U.S. inmate executed since the Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's lethal injection procedure in April. His appeals...
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Sex tape shown to jurors, court in R. Kelly trial
Lawyer Blogs 05/21/2008Prosecutors played the sex tape at the center of R. Kelly's child pornography trial in open court Tuesday, just hours after opening statements in which they accused the R&B singer of choreographing and starring in a video featuring "vile, disturb...
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Court uphold municipal bond exemption
Lawyer Blogs 05/19/2008The Supreme Court on Monday upheld long-standing state tax exemptions for municipal bonds.In a 7-2 ruling in a case from Kentucky, the justices permitted states to exempt interest on their own bonds from taxation while taxing residents for interest o...