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  • Supreme Court sides with Kansas in water dispute

    Supreme Court sides with Kansas in water dispute

    Recent Cases 02/25/2015

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Nebraska to pay Kansas $5.5 million in a long-running legal dispute over use of water from the Republican River. The justices also gave Nebraska some of what it asked for and ordered changes to the formula for mea...

  • Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine

    Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine

    National News 02/25/2015

    A Philippine court entered a not guilty plea Monday for a U.S. Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipino, allegedly after he discovered her gender when they checked into a hotel. Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton refused to enter a plea i...

  • Court says Chuck Yeager can sue Utah gun safe company

    Court says Chuck Yeager can sue Utah gun safe company

    National News 02/16/2015

    A federal appeals court says record-setting test pilot Chuck Yeager can sue a Utah gun safe company that named a line of safes after him. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Tuesday that the 91-year-old can sue Fort Knox Security P...

  • Court revives copyright lawsuit against singer Frankie Valli

    Court revives copyright lawsuit against singer Frankie Valli

    National News 02/16/2015

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a copyright lawsuit against Frankie Valli and fellow "Four Seasons" band member Robert Gaudio over "Jersey Boys," the popular musical about the band.   Donna Corbello sued Valli and Gaudio in 2011 for c...

  • Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court

    Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court

    National News 02/04/2015

    The brother of a murder victim has been arrested after authorities say he attacked his sister's killer in Onslow County court. Authorities say 26-year-old Alfonso Law of Acworth, Georgia, has been charged with contempt of court, assault on a governme...

  • Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider

    Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider

    National News 02/04/2015

    Two Supreme Court justices who once seemed open to the idea of cameras in the courtroom said Monday they have reconsidered those views, dashing even faint hopes that April's historic arguments over gay marriage might be televised. In separate appeara...

  • Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president

    Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president

    National News 01/30/2015

    Panama's Supreme Court voted Wednesday to open a corruption probe against former President Ricardo Martinelli, a move likely to rally popular support in a nation where the politically powerful rarely face justice for misdeeds. A statement from the co...

  • Supreme Court halts 3 upcoming executions in Oklahoma

    Supreme Court halts 3 upcoming executions in Oklahoma

    Headline Legal News 01/30/2015

    The Supreme Court has ordered Oklahoma to postpone lethal injections executions using a controversial sedative until the court rules in a challenge involving the drug. The court's order Wednesday came as little surprise after both the state and the l...

  • Arizona sheriff could face civil contempt hearing in court

    Arizona sheriff could face civil contempt hearing in court

    Legal Issues 01/20/2015

    An Arizona sheriff could face a civil contempt hearing in federal court for his office's repeated violations of orders issued in a racial-profiling case. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow held a telephonic conference Thursday and told Maricopa County S...

  • High court rejects military contractors appeals

    High court rejects military contractors appeals

    National News 01/20/2015

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away three appeals from military contractor KBR Inc. that seek to shut down lawsuits over a soldier's electrocution in Iraq and open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The justices offered no comment in allowin...

  • Gay marriage bans in South will be heard in federal court

    Gay marriage bans in South will be heard in federal court

    Headline Legal News 01/13/2015

    Bans on gay marriage in three staunchly conservative Southern states were to get a hearing in a federal appeals court Friday — the latest legal battle over an issue expected to be settled by the nation's highest court. A three-judge panel of the 5th ...

  • Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping

    Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping

    National News 01/13/2015

    A New Delhi court charged an Uber cab driver on Tuesday with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed a national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities are still investigating whether Uber should also be ...

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