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Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge
Recent Cases 12/23/2009A federal judge denied bail Tuesday for two Pennsylvania teens who pleaded not guilty to a hate crime charge in the death of a Mexican immigrant, noting that one defendant is accused of kicking the victim in the head "as if you were kicking a field g...
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TVA coal ash spill has hundreds suing for damages
Recent Cases 12/22/2009Hundreds of people sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for damages before a one-year deadline to file personal injury claims related to the utility's huge coal ash spill at Kingston.Court clerks said 20 more federal lawsuits were filed in Knoxville o...
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Citadel Broadcasting: court grants 1st-day motions
Recent Cases 12/21/2009Citadel Broadcasting Corp. said Monday that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted all of its first-day motions — including allowing the company access to over $36 million in cash it has on hand and cash it brings...
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Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit
Recent Cases 11/18/2009Idaho agreed Tuesday to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a federal lawsuit against state officials who awarded grazing leases to ranchers, not the environmentalist who had offered more money.The Idaho Board of Lan...
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Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing
Recent Cases 11/17/2009A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstates Chicago-based B...
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Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ
Recent Cases 10/01/2009Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of a habit-producing drug in a minor traffic accident in New Jersey. The 41-year-old Lange was charged following the July 10 accident in Toms River, about 40...
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Lawsuit puts Lake Tahoe boating facilities on hold
Recent Cases 09/28/2009A federal judge is blocking construction of boating facilities on Lake Tahoe while he resolves an environmental lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the SierraClub, challenges new regulations that would allow more than 100...
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Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP Files $80 Million Lawsuit
Recent Cases 09/15/2009SAN ANTONIO--(Business Wire)-- Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP filed a lawsuit today in a San Antonio, Texas state court on behalf of 97 former investors at Stanford International Bank. The lawsuit, styled Rupert, et al. v. Winter, et al....
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SEC Won't Challenge Stimulus
Recent Cases 04/19/2009South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster says a lawsuit broughtagainst the state over federal stimulus money is flawed and premature. But McMaster said in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday that hewon't oppose the state Supreme Court tak...
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Texas Supreme Court Justice Sues over Ruling
Recent Cases 01/29/2009Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht sued the Texas Ethics Commission over its ruling that reduced legal fees constitute a political donation. Hecht says the Jackson Walker law firm represented him in a 2006 proceeding "that affected the free spe...
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EU court: Ryanair won't have to pay back subsidy
Recent Cases 12/16/2008Budget airline Ryanair may no longer have to pay back a euro4.5 million ($6.16 million) subsidy to the Belgian state after a court ruled Thursday against an EU order to refund the sum.The European Union's appeals court said antitrust regulators made ...
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Lawyers: US to release 3 Gitmo detainees to Bosnia
Recent Cases 12/15/2008The U.S. is preparing to send three Guantanamo prisoners to Bosnia in the first detainee transfer ordered by a federal judge, attorneys for the men said Tuesday.A judge in Washington ruled last month that the government's case was not strong enough t...