Recent Updates
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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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Nevada high court gets flurry of filings in execution case
Legal Compliance 08/14/2018Two drugmakers asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday to let a state court judge hear arguments before justices take up an appeal about whether the state can use their products for an execution.The companies "and the citizens of Nevada have a subst...
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Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
National Court News 08/12/2018Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging "gross mathematical errors" and calling for a fresh vote or a declaration that their candi...
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Court, regulators clash over uranium project in South Dakota
Breaking Stories 08/11/2018Federal regulators recently abandoned a proposed survey of Native American cultural resources at a planned uranium mine site in the southwest part South Dakota, just days before a judge decided the survey is required by federal law.The contradictory ...
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N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
National News 08/10/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate's lawsuit against Republican legislators over a law preventing him from having his party listed on November ballots is returning to court.A judge scheduled a Wake County hearing Monday to consider requests by ...
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Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
Recent Cases 08/09/2018The Nevada Supreme Court has stepped in to decide whether drug companies can try to stop the state from using their medications in a twice-postponed lethal injection of a condemned inmate who wants to die.A state court judge in Las Vegas cancelled he...
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Court questions whether Maine has money to expand Medicaid
Breaking Stories 08/08/2018Maine's high court is weighing whether to allow the LePage administration to continue to block federal funding for voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Justices on Wednesday heard the administration's arguments against a court order r...
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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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Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to stay Tennessee execution
Legal Compliance 08/08/2018Attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the looming execution of a convicted child killer after the Tennessee Supreme Court and governor decided against a delay.In a filing Tuesday, federal public defender Kelley Henry and attorney Carl G...
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Tennessee high court refuses to block looming execution
Headline Legal News 08/06/2018The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday's scheduled execution of a convicted child killer while the state's new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal.The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Billy Ra...
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Illinois high court: Woman can sue city over sidewalk fall
Recent Cases 08/05/2018The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was injured after tripping on a poorly maintained sidewalk can move forward with a lawsuit against the city of Danville.The Champaign News-Gazette reports the state's high court ruled 7-0 on Thurs...
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Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
Notable Attorneys 08/04/2018The filing period has begun for a special election for the West Virginia Supreme Court.The filing period for the unexpired seat of former Justice Menis Ketchum started Monday and runs through Aug. 21. The special election will be held concurrently wi...