Recent Updates
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Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
Court Watch 07/22/2018U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw appeared conflicted in early May on whether to stop families from being separated at the border. He challenged the Trump administration to explain how families were getting a fair hearing guaranteed by the Constitution...
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State Supreme Court returns stalking case to lower court
Court Watch 07/21/2018The South Dakota Supreme Court says a judge did not adequately explain why a Rapid City woman's Facebook complaints against her neighbor constituted stalking.The Rapid City Journal reports that a judge in 2016 granted Sarah Thompson's request for a p...
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New Jersey court proposes tossing out old open-warrant cases
Elite Lawyers 07/20/2018The highest court in New Jersey is taking steps to do away with hundreds of thousands of open warrants for minor offenses such as parking tickets as part of an overhaul of the state's municipal court system.State Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Ra...
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Philadelphia's tax on soda upheld by state Supreme Court
Personal Injury 07/18/2018Pennsylvania's highest court is upholding Philadelphia's tax on soda and other sweetened drinks, rejecting a challenge by merchants and the beverage industry.The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the 1.5-cent-per-ounce levy is aimed at distributors and d...
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Missouri court gives jolt of life to long Midwest power line
Business Law 07/17/2018A proposal for a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest received a jolt of new life Tuesday as the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that state regulators had wrongly rejected it.The ruling is a major victory in the quest by Clean...
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Top Ecuador court upholds $9 billion ruling against Chevron
International 07/09/2018Ecuador's highest court has upheld a $9.5 billion judgment against oil giant Chevron for decades of rainforest damage that harmed indigenous people. Plaintiffs celebrated the constitutional court's decision announced Tuesday night by saying it l...
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Supreme Court enjoys relatively high public confidence
Legal Business 07/08/2018The next Supreme Court justice will join the bench at a time when the public has more confidence in the high court than in Congress or the presidency.A Gallup survey in June found 37 percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence...
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1-year-old goes to court to get reunited with family
Court Watch 07/06/2018The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for "agua."Then it was the child's turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigr...
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Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
U.S. Supreme Court 07/05/2018President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy C...
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California high court: Yelp can't be ordered to remove posts
Business Law 07/03/2018Online review site Yelp.com cannot be ordered to remove posts against a San Francisco law firm that a judge determined were defamatory, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a closely watched case that internet companies warned could be ...
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McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
Consumer Rights 07/01/2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he has touted fellow Kentuckian Amul Thapar to fill a looming vacancy on the Supreme Court, but acknowledged he has "no idea" who President Donald Trump will choose.McConnell told reporters he has ...
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Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country
Legal Business 06/29/2018The opening on the Supreme Court has created a dilemma for Democratic senators up for re-election in the states that President Donald Trump won in 2016.The choice of whether to support the upcoming nominee could be particularly difficult for Sens. He...