Recent Updates
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Ex-cop Kueng gets 3 years for violating Floyd’s rights
U.S. Court Watch 07/27/2022Former Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 killing.Kueng’s co-defendant Tou Thao was scheduled to be...
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US judge dismisses Cristiano Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas
U.S. Court Watch 06/13/2022A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money she received after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.U.S. District Judge Jen...
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No state charge for billionaire Sanford in child porn probe
U.S. Court Watch 05/28/2022The South Dakota attorney general’s office has declined to file charges against billionaire T. Denny Sanford following an investigation into possible possession of child pornography, saying it found no “prosecutable offenses” within...
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Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
U.S. Court Watch 05/18/2022Kansas’ highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation to win reelection in a big victory for the GOP.The state Supreme Court declined fo...
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Ruling revives challenge to Chicago’s ticketing fines, fees
U.S. Court Watch 05/07/2022An appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit accusing the city of Chicago of overcharging fees and fines for resident vehicle stickers and parking violations.The suit now goes back to Cook County Court. A county judge previously dismissed the case, w...
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CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
U.S. Court Watch 05/03/2022U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.Americans age 2 and older should...
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Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
U.S. Court Watch 06/18/2021A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog farm waste into the state’s river and streams, finding that limiting pollution from farms was a political matter and not one for t...
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Supreme Court rejects defendant’s appeal in 2015 slaying
U.S. Court Watch 04/21/2021The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the life prison sentence given to a man who plotted the slaying of his ex-girlfriend, a 22-year-old Rapid City woman. Jonathan Klinetobe pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors ...
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Husband of high court candidate begins prison sentence
U.S. Court Watch 04/06/2021The husband of a Pennsylvania appellate court judge who is running for the state’s highest court began serving a prison sentence Tuesday in a long-running case, authorities said.Charles McCullough’s incarceration comes as voters decide wh...
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US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art
U.S. Court Watch 03/26/2021A U.S. appeals court sided with a photographer Friday in her copyright dispute over how a foundation has marketed a series of Andy Warhol works of art based on her pictures of Prince.The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the...
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Colorado court: Speed-reading bills violates constitution
U.S. Court Watch 03/15/2021The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that state Senate Democrats violated the constitution in 2019 when they responded to Republicans’ request that bills be read at length by having computers speed-read the bills in an intelligible garble.The C...
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Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions
U.S. Court Watch 03/01/2021The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona in a key case that could make it harder to challenge a raft of other voting measures Republicans have proposed following last year’s elections.All six conservativ...