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Suspect in U Penn student's murder due in California court
Law Reviews 02/02/2018A Southern California man charged in the killing of a University of Pennsylvania student is due in court Friday.Authorities say Samuel Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach killed 19-year-old sophomore Blaze Bernstein and buried his body in a shallow grave ...
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Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
Practice Focuses 01/31/2018A Dallas man was executed Tuesday for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife.William Rayford, 64, became the nation's second inmate put to death this year, both in Texas, when he received l...
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Analysis: Outside groups may factor in Arkansas court race
Legal Business 01/29/2018Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson lost her bid to run the state's highest court two years ago after coming under fire from conservative groups that spent big on mailers and TV ads targeting her. Two years earlier, David Sterling was def...
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Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
U.S. Supreme Court 01/27/2018Pennsylvania's top Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop an order by the state's highest court in a gerrymandering case brought by Democrats that threw out the boundaries of its 18 congressional districts and ordered t...
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Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
Criminal Law 01/26/2018Spain's top court said Saturday that Catalonia's fugitive ex-president must return to the country and be present in the regional parliament to receive the authority to form a new government.The Constitutional Court ruled that a session of Catalonia's...
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Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
International 01/26/2018Pakistan's Supreme Court gave police three days to arrest an absconding officer who is involved in killing an aspiring model in a 'fake shootout', a lawyer said Saturday.Attorney Nazeer Mehsud says suspended police officer Rao Anwar did not appear at...
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Officials ask court to send Kennedy cousin back to prison
Political and Legal 01/26/2018Connecticut officials are asking the state's highest court to revoke Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bail and send him back to prison, reminding justices it has been more than a year since they reinstated his murder conviction.The chief state's attor...
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Court rules that Kushner firm must disclose partners' names
Practice Focuses 01/16/2018A federal judge ruled Friday that the family company once run by Jared Kushner isn't allowed to keep secret the identity of its business partners in several Maryland properties.A U.S. district judge in the state rejected the argument that the privacy...
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Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court
Criminal Law 01/11/2018A judge dropped an arrest warrant Thursday for a University of Hawaii professor who refused to respond in court to English and spoke Hawaiian instead.Samuel Kaleikoa Kaeo was in court Wednesday facing a trial for charges connected to his participatio...
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Supreme Court rejects case over Mississippi Confederate emblem
Legal Business 11/28/2017The Supreme Court on Monday rejected hearing a case that challenges the use of Confederate imagery in the Mississippi state flag.Carlos Moore, an African-American attorney from Mississippi, argued that the flag represents "an official endorsement of ...
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Walker signs bill inspired by cabin-owners' court fight
Corporate Law 11/27/2017Just five months after an adverse ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court had her in tears, Donna Murr was celebrating Monday after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a bill that gives Wisconsin property owners more rights.The Murr family fought for more t...
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Trappers ask court to throw out lawsuit over US fur exports
Court Watch 11/25/2017Fur trappers are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from wildlife advocates who want to block the export of bobcat pelts from the United States.Attorneys for trapping organizations said in recent court filings that the lawsuit against the ...