Recent Updates
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Ind. high court to hear eminent domain lawsuit
US Legal News 08/29/2013The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear an eminent domain case involving land in southern Indiana that a local board claimed for a planned airport runway expansion. The state's high court recently vacated the Indiana Court of Appeals' ruling in ...
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Ore. appeals court reverses sex abuse conviction
US Legal News 08/12/2013The Oregon Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of sodomy and sex abuse after it ruled a lower court erroneously allowed a previous victim of his to testify. Prosecutors said the previous conviction was necessary to sh...
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US court: Pa. school can't ban 'boobies' bracelets
US Legal News 08/05/2013A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania school district cannot ban "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets, rejecting the district's claim that the slogan _ designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people _ is lewd. The 3rd U.S...
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Arizona high court to hear school funding case
US Legal News 07/23/2013The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday hears arguments in an appeal of a lower court's ruling that requires the state Legislature to give schools an annual funding increase even in lean years to account for inflation. The high court is reviewing a Cour...
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NJ court overturns award for view lost to dune
US Legal News 07/09/2013New Jersey's highest court on Monday overturned a $375,000 jury award given to an elderly couple who complained that a protective sand dune behind their house blocked their ocean views. In a ruling seen as a wider victory for towns that want to build...
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Court: No class-action status in Google book case
US Legal News 07/02/2013A federal appeals court says it is too early for authors to be considered as a group in litigation challenging Google Inc.'s plan to create the world's largest digital library. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Monday that a judg...
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High court to review immigration dispute
US Legal News 06/25/2013The Supreme Court on Monday waded into a complicated dispute over a law aimed at keeping immigrant families together in a case that underscores the occasionally tense relationship between immigration proponents and the Obama administration as Congres...
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Court says human genes cannot be patented
US Legal News 06/13/2013The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries. The high court's unanimous jud...
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Court OKs Class-action Suit Over Apartment Leases
US Legal News 06/05/2013An appeals court has certified a class-action lawsuit that seeks to invalidate provisions that are routinely included in apartment leases signed by University of Iowa students. The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that tenants of landlord Tracy B...
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Court Upholds Rifle Sales Reporting Requirement
US Legal News 06/01/2013A federal appeals court panel has unanimously upheld an Obama administration requirement that dealers in southwestern border states report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles. The firearms industry trade group, the National Shooting Sport...
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Court stays out of Planned Parenthood funding case
US Legal News 05/28/2013Indiana will likely stop defending a law that stripped Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood after the Supreme Court declined to hear the case Tuesday, an attorney who represents the nation's largest abortion provider said. Indiana is among more tha...
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Court denies second hearing on Medi-Cal rate cut
US Legal News 05/25/2013A federal appeals court on Friday denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent provider rate cut for treating the poor. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal from med...