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  • Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members

    Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members

    Law Firm News 05/23/2016

    Justice Stephen Breyer said Monday that the Supreme Court has not been diminished by having only eight members since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. Breyer suggested in response to questions at an awards ceremony at the Library of Co...

  • Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction

    Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction

    US Legal News 05/22/2016

    Attorneys for an Indiana woman found guilty of killing the premature infant she delivered after ingesting abortion-inducing drugs will ask an appeals court Monday to throw out the convictions that led to her 20-year prison sentence. At issue is India...

  • Maryland high court issues opinion in Gray case

    Maryland high court issues opinion in Gray case

    Recent Cases 05/22/2016

    Maryland's highest court has released an opinion explaining its recent decision to force an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray to testify against his colleagues. The Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion Friday. Chief Judge Mary Elle...

  • Court rejects blocking health warning on sugary drinks ads

    Court rejects blocking health warning on sugary drinks ads

    Recent Cases 05/19/2016

    A federal court in Northern California has rejected an effort to block a new San Francisco law that requires health warnings on ads for sugary drinks. U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen's decision Tuesday clears the way for the law approved by ...

  • Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court

    Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court

    Daily Briefs 05/11/2016

    A man who admitted killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is returning to court for the continuation of a hearing on whether he's mentally competent to stand trial. A psychologist who examined 57-year-old Robert Dear is schedule...

  • Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes

    Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes

    Headline Legal News 05/10/2016

    Attorneys for Kansas hope to persuade the state Supreme Court that recent changes in the state's education funding system are fair enough to poor districts that the justices can abandon a threat to shut down public schools. The high court was set to ...

  • El Salvador court takes up case on ex-president's finances

    El Salvador court takes up case on ex-president's finances

    Legal Events 05/09/2016

    A court in El Salvador has agreed to consider a civil case against former President Mauricio Funes, his wife and one of his sons for possible illicit enrichment. The San Salvador court press office said Saturday that several government institutions h...

  • Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians

    Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians

    Criminal Law News 05/08/2016

    A Spanish judge wants two senior Russian officials with links to the Kremlin arrested so they can be questioned in court about suspected money laundering and criminal association. National court judge Jose de la Mata Amaya has issued international ar...

  • Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue

    Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue

    US Legal News 05/08/2016

    Idaho's state Supreme Court candidates went after each other's political independence Friday evening during their only scheduled major debate. "When you stand on the courthouse steps with the Legislature, I'm not sure if you're sending the right mess...

  • Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences

    Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences

    Recent Cases 05/07/2016

    Former judges and top legal officials are calling on the Florida Supreme Court to impose life sentences on nearly 400 people now awaiting execution on death row. The group, which includes three former state Supreme Court justices and two former presi...

  • Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail

    Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail

    Criminal Law News 05/06/2016

    India and Italy should work toward an agreement to allow an Italian marine to return home while an arbitration process continues in the fatally shootings of two Indian fishermen in 2012, a tribunal said Tuesday. The two countries should present their...

  • Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly

    Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly

    Recent Cases 05/04/2016

    The Supreme Court in the Russia-annexed peninsula Crimea on Tuesday banned a Crimean Tatar group in the latest step to marginalize the minority. Crimea's prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya who personally lodged the lawsuit welcomed the ruling against the...