Recent Updates
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Australian man loses bullying-by-breaking wind court case
U.S. Law Review 03/29/2019An Australian appeals court on Friday dismissed a bullying case brought by an engineer who accused his former supervisor of repeatedly breaking wind toward him.The Victoria state Court of Appeal upheld a Supreme Court judge's ruling that even if engi...
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DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing
U.S. Law Review 03/19/2019The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia’s plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002.The justices said they...
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Justices spurn Georgia inmate, despite juror’s racial slurs
U.S. Law Review 03/17/2019The Supreme Court is rejecting a new appeal from a Georgia death row inmate, despite evidence that a juror in his capital case used racial slurs.The high court had previously blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. But the justice...
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Ohio Republicans defending state congressional map in court
U.S. Law Review 03/11/2019Attorneys for Ohio Republican officials will call witnesses this week to defend the state's congressional map.A federal trial enters its second week Monday in a lawsuit by voter rights groups that say the current seats resulted from "an unconstitutio...
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Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
National Court News 03/10/2019A Japanese court has rejected a request by former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, released on bail last week, to attend the Japanese automaker’s board meeting on Tuesday.Nissan dismissed Ghosn as chairman after his Nov. 19 arrest, but he remains ...
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Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
U.S. Court News 03/09/2019A federal court judge will hear motions in a lawsuit over a North Carolina law that mandates the revocation of drivers' licenses for unpaid traffic tickets even if the driver can't afford to pay.Advocacy groups sued in May, seeking to declare the law...
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Ex-Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock to appear in court in Chicago
U.S. Law Review 03/07/2019Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock is scheduled to appear in court for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in his corruption case.A federal judge in Chicago set a Wednesday hearing for the 37-year-old, who once was a r...
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Court: $700M judgment against North Carolina still unpaid
U.S. Court News 03/07/2019A North Carolina judge has affirmed that a court judgment issued more than 10 years ago stating school districts are owed over $700 million in civil penalties from several state agencies is still nearly all unpaid.The order signed Wednesday by Wake S...
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Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal
U.S. Law Review 02/26/2019Dominion Energy said Tuesday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal after a lower court refused to reconsider a ruling tossing out a permit that would have allowed the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests, including pa...
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Court upholds car rental tax imposed in Maricopa County
U.S. Court News 02/23/2019The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday upheld a car rental tax surcharge that’s imposed in Maricopa County to pay for building a professional football stadium and other sports and recreational facilities, marking the second time an appeals court h...
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Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
Legal Compliance 02/22/2019The Democrats had blamed Russia for the hacking and release of damaging material on his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump wasn’t buying it. But on July 27, 2016, midway through a news conference in Florida, Trump decided to entertai...
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Kenya court postpones ruling on anti-gay laws to May 24
U.S. Court News 02/21/2019A Kenyan court Friday postponed a ruling on whether to decriminalize same sex relationships, disappointing many in the country's LGBT community.The ruling will not be made until May 24 because some judges had been busy, Justice Chaacha Mwita of the H...