Recent Updates
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Dakota Access developer sues Greenpeace in state court
Family Law 02/22/2019The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is going after the environmental group Greenpeace in state court in North Dakota, after a judge tossed the company's $1 billion racketeering claim out of federal court.Texas-based Energy Transfer Partne...
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Kenya court postpones ruling on anti-gay laws to May 24
Class Action 02/21/2019A Kenyan court Friday postponed a ruling on whether to decriminalize same sex relationships, disappointing many in the country's LGBT community.The ruling will not be made until May 24 because some judges had been busy, Justice Chaacha Mwita of the H...
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High court rules for retired US marshal in W.Va. tax dispute
Court Watch 02/18/2019The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the state of West Virginia unlawfully discriminated against a retired U.S. marshal when it excluded him from a more generous tax break given to onetime state law enforcement officers.The court ruled unanimously f...
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Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice set for sentencing
Corporate Governance 02/14/2019A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice who had a $32,000 blue suede couch in his office and was at the center of an impeachment scandal is due in federal court for sentencing for using his job for his own benefit.Allen Loughry is scheduled to b...
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Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
Court Watch 02/12/2019The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine started making its case in federal court on Monday against the ban on medication-assisted treatment in county jail amid the opioid crisis.Democratic Gov. Janet Mills recently lifted the Maine Department of ...
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Opera singer, husband appear in court on sex assault charge
Class Action 02/11/2019A renowned Michigan opera singer and his husband have appeared in a Texas court to face charges of sexually assaulting another man in 2010.University of Michigan professor and countertenor David Daniels and William Scott Walters each made an initial ...
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NC high court sidesteps decision on tracking sex offenders
Bankruptcy Law 02/05/2019The North Carolina Supreme Court is brushing aside a rapist's appeal that he shouldn't be forced into a lifetime of electronic monitoring after serving his 41-year prison sentence.The state's highest court on Friday let stand without comment that 50-...
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Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law
Court Watch 02/03/2019The outcome of a fight over a Louisiana law regulating abortion providers could signal whether a fortified conservative majority on the Supreme Court is willing to cut back on abortion rights.The high court is expected to decide in the next few days ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate defends blog posts
Court Watch 02/01/2019Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is defending blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a “wicked o...
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Court: Illinois mom can sue Six Flags for fingerprinting son
Court Watch 01/26/2019The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a woman can sue Six Flags Great America for fingerprinting her child without telling her how the data would be used in violation of the state's biometric law, which privacy advocates consider to be the nat...
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Lawyer: Incapacitated woman who gave birth not in coma
Court Watch 01/22/2019A lawyer for the family of an incapacitated Arizona woman who gave birth in a long-term care facility said she is not in a coma as previously reported.The Arizona Republic reported Friday that attorney John Micheaels said the 29-year-old woman has &l...
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US presses ahead with border wall in court despite shutdown
Court Watch 01/19/2019A federal attorney in South Texas said in court this week that during the ongoing partial government shutdown, he only has been allowed to work on cases related to President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.The Texas Civil Rights Project on ...