Recent Updates
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Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
U.S. Court Watch 01/28/2018An appeals court panel said Friday that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue.One of the judges called it “the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.”The Flyer...
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Australian court debates release of Queen's secret letters
U.S. Court Watch 01/11/2018A legal battle over secret letters revealing what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her Australian representative's stunning plan to dismiss Australia's government in 1975 opened in federal court Monday, in a case that could finally solve a mystery behind t...
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Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination
U.S. Court Watch 01/08/2018A federal appeals court has ruled against 20 former Lake County employees who claimed their layoffs were driven by age discrimination.The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs, many of whom are now in their 7...
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Man suspected in Indiana officer's killing due in court
U.S. Court Watch 01/06/2018formal charges in the case.Twenty-eight-year-old Jason Brown remains held without bond on suspicion of murder in Thursday's killing of Southport police Lt. Aaron Allan.Indianapolis police spokesman Sgt. Kendale Adams says Brown was expected to be mov...
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Maryland redistricting case comes before Supreme Court
U.S. Court Watch 12/28/2017The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed by Republicans in Mary...