Recent Updates
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Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
U.S. Court Watch 08/30/2018The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings might not be over after all.One day after ruling that Initiative 940 should appear on the November ballo...
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Appeals court won't block ruling on candidate party label
U.S. Court Watch 08/23/2018North Carolina Republicans have been dealt another setback in their efforts to remove a state Supreme Court candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.The state Court of Appeals declined Monday to hear the request of GOP legislative leaders to blo...
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Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
U.S. Court Watch 08/18/2018Lawyers for the two men charged in the Northern California warehouse fire that killed 36 people said Friday they are now preparing for a trial where they will try to shift blame for the blaze from their clients to others, including the building's own...
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Immigration cases tossed in fallout from high court ruling
U.S. Court Watch 08/14/2018Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that has caused some deportation orders to be tossed and cases thrown out, bringing more chaos to a system that was already besiege...
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Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
U.S. Court Watch 08/08/2018For months, neighbors worried about a squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they brought their concerns to authorities long before sheriff's officials first found 11 hungry children on the lot, and then the remains of a small...
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The Latest: Zimbabwe's president welcomes court challenge
U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2018Zimbabwe's president says people are free to approach the courts if they have issues with the results of Monday's election, which he carried with just over 50 percent of the vote.President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke to journalists shortly after opposit...
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Court: Ban seafood caught with nets that harm tiny porpoises
U.S. Court Watch 07/28/2018A judge has ordered the U.S. government to ban imports of seafood caught by Mexican fisheries that use a net blamed for killing off the vaquita, the world's smallest and most-endangered porpoise.Judge Gary Katzmann, of The U.S. Court of International...
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Subordinate courts in Telangana sit on pile of cases
U.S. Court Watch 07/14/2018Apart from the Hyderabad High Court, there is a heavy pendency of cases in the district and subordinate courts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as well. While in Telangana at least 4.9 lakh cases — both civil and criminal — are pending, in...
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Philadelphia's tax on soda upheld by state Supreme Court
U.S. Court Watch 07/12/2018Pennsylvania'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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For new Supreme Court justice, a host of big issues awaits
U.S. Court Watch 07/01/2018Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor will have a chance over a likely decades-long career to tackle a host of big issues in the law and have a role in shaping the answers to them.Most court-watchers and interest groups are focused on abortion and whet...
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Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
U.S. Court Watch 06/24/2018The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones. The justices’ 5-4 decision Friday is a victory for...
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Court upholds Phoenix law over same-sex wedding invitations
U.S. Court Watch 06/12/2018An Arizona appeals court on Thursday upheld a Phoenix anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples because of religion.The ruling comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Colorado bake...