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  • Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case

    Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case

    Headline Legal News 02/02/2016

    A state appeals court approved class action status on Monday for thousands of motorists fined for speeding in a southwest Ohio village with citations issued from automatic camera enforcement. The 12th district appeals court ruling comes as New Miami'...

  • Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols

    Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols

    Headline Legal News 01/19/2016

    A federal appeals court has ruled that tobacco companies had no basis to challenge a Food and Drug Administration report on menthol cigarettes, which the industry alleged was written by experts with conflicts of interest. The decision by a three-judg...

  • High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test

    High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test

    Headline Legal News 12/20/2015

    The Supreme Court will decide whether states can criminalize a driver's refusal to take an alcohol test even if police have not obtained a search warrant. The justices on Friday agreed to hear three cases challenging laws in Minnesota and North Dakot...

  • Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting

    Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting

    Headline Legal News 12/01/2015

    A witness's statement and photo identification led to the arrest of a man accused in a playground shootout that wounded 17 people, court papers show. Joseph "Moe" Allen, 32, faces 17 counts of attempted murder in the Nov. 22 gunfight at Bunny Friend ...

  • Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court

    Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court

    Headline Legal News 11/17/2015

    A group of snowboarders who argue a ban on their sport at Utah's Alta Ski Area amounts to discrimination are set to present their case Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Denver. The lawsuit, filed in early 2014, brought renewed attention to the lo...

  • Romania's outgoing PM appears at court for corruption trial

    Romania's outgoing PM appears at court for corruption trial

    Headline Legal News 11/04/2015

    Romania's outgoing prime minister has appeared at the high court where he's on trial for tax evasion, money-laundering, conflict of interest and making false statements. Victor Ponta arrived at the High Court for Cassation and Justice Friday, declini...

  • Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen

    Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen

    Headline Legal News 10/16/2015

    While an Ohio man was on electronic monitoring in an abduction case, he had a 14-year-old girl dropped off at his home by taxi, held her captive for months and raped her, according to criminal charges and court records.   Cody Lee Jackson, 20, f...

  • Virginia executes serial killer who claimed to be disabled

    Virginia executes serial killer who claimed to be disabled

    Headline Legal News 10/07/2015

    A twice-condemned serial killer who claimed he was intellectually disabled was executed in Virginia on Thursday after a series of last-minute appeals failed. Alfredo Prieto was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center in Ja...

  • Indiana's high court to consider State Fair stage collapse

    Indiana's high court to consider State Fair stage collapse

    Headline Legal News 09/24/2015

    The Indiana Supreme Court is set to consider whether the state is responsible for some of the legal damages faced by a company that supplied stage rigging that collapsed at a state fair event in 2011, killing seven people. The justices are scheduled ...

  • Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case

    Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case

    Headline Legal News 09/07/2015

    A pretrial conference is planned in the case of a former college women's basketball coach accused of groping a player. The session has been scheduled for Tuesday morning in a Kenton County court for Bryce McKey. McKey's attorney has entered a not-gui...

  • Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com

    Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com

    Headline Legal News 09/04/2015

    The website Backpage.com may not be immune from state liability law and a lawsuit filed by three young girls who said they were sold as prostitutes on the website can proceed to trial, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday.   In a 6-3 deci...

  • Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'

    Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'

    Headline Legal News 09/03/2015

    An appeals court has reduced the prison sentence for a self-described sovereign citizen who was convicted of assaulting two police officers during a traffic stop. Tabitha Gentry was convicted in April 2014 of two counts of aggravated assault and one ...

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