Recent Updates
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EU court refers doubts on Polish judiciary to national court
Law Review 11/19/2019The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that there are reasons to question the independence of a new judicial chamber in Poland that monitors and potentially punishes judges.However, the European Court of Justice left it to Poland's highest cour...
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Supreme Court steps into Google-Oracle copyright fight
Law Review 11/15/2019The Supreme Court said Friday it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google.The case stems from Google’s development of its hugely popular Androi...
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Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
Law Review 10/19/2019The Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling in favor of a man seeking asylum and which the Trump administration says could further clog the U.S. immigration court system.The justices said Friday they will hear the administration's appeal of a ...
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High Court overturns city mandate on construction projects
Law Review 09/26/2019A divided Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a state law invalidating a Cleveland requirement that public construction contractors hire city residents for a portion of work on projects.A 2003 Cleveland ordinance mandates that residents must perform 20% of...
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Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
Law Review 07/29/2019The Kansas Supreme Court's chief justice plans to retire before the end of the year, allowing first-year Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to leave a bigger mark on the state's highest court than her conservative Republican predecessors.Chief Justice Lawto...
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Supreme Court to review Montana school choice program
Law Review 06/28/2019The Supreme Court will consider reviving a Montana program that gives tax credits to people who donate to private-school scholarships. The state’s highest court had struck down the program because it violated the Montana constitution’s ba...
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Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
Law Review 06/24/2019The Supreme Court enters its final week of decisions with two politically charged issues unresolved, whether to rein in political line-drawing for partisan gain and allow a citizenship question on the 2020 census.Both decisions could affect the distr...
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Option to undo some DUI convictions yet to be widely sought
Law Review 06/19/2019Court officials and lawyers in North Dakota say few people have tried to undo convictions for refusing DUI blood tests in the year since a state Supreme Court opinion offered a narrow pathway for doing so.The North Dakota high court ruled in 2018 tha...
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Supreme Court sides with Alabama company in patent dispute
Law Review 06/10/2019The Supreme Court sided Monday with an Alabama technology company over the U.S. Postal Service in a patent dispute.The dispute before the justices had to do with U.S. Patent No. 6,826,548. That's the patent Birmingham-based Return Mail has for a syst...
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Supreme Court won’t get involved in Prophet Muhammad ad case
Law Review 06/04/2019The Supreme Court is declining to get involved in a dispute that began when a group tried to have Washington transit officials display an ad with a provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.The justices said Monday they would not get involved in th...
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University of Wyoming plans $10M law school expansion
Law Review 05/30/2019The University of Wyoming is planning a $10 million expansion to its law school that coincides with the college's centennial celebration next year.The Laramie Boomerang reported Thursday that the renovation to the College of Law is expected to be com...
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Students in Colorado shooting face murder, other charges
Law Review 05/15/2019Two students suspected of opening fire at their school are charged with over a dozen counts of murder and attempted murder as well as theft and arson, prosecutors said Wednesday.The charges came on the same day a memorial service was being held for t...