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Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
Tax Law 08/07/2017The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's contentious veto of legislation repealing the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries.The high court's decision comes after 30 state lawmakers filed a lawsuit claiming Otter took to...
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Vietnamese activist sentenced to 9 years in prison
International 08/05/2017A Vietnamese court on Tuesday sentenced an activist to nine years in prison on charges of producing videos that defamed the country’s leadership, in the latest crackdown on dissent.Tran Thi Nga was convicted of spreading propaganda against the ...
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Ohio’s high court strikes down traffic camera restrictions
Legal Business 08/05/2017The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld cities’ use of traffic camera enforcement for a third time, striking down as unconstitutional legislative restrictions that included requiring a police officer to be present.The ruling was 5-2 in suppo...
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Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
Court Watch 08/03/2017Bill Cosby arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault trial Monday. The 79-year-old Cosby showed up at the Montgomery County courthouse at about 8:40 a.m. amid a large media presence.Arriving with the disgrace...
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High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies
U.S. Supreme Court 08/03/2017The Supreme Court is limiting the government's ability to seize assets from people who are convicted of drug crimes but receive little of the illegal proceeds.The justices ruled Monday that a Tennessee man convicted for his role selling iodine water ...
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Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
Business Law 08/03/2017A Louisiana flood board is nearing a deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its lawsuit seeking to make oil and gas companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands.Federal district and appeals courts have rejected the lawsuit, w...
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Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board
Court Watch 08/03/2017Judge Michael M. Anello will hear San Diego Unified's motion for a temporary restraining order in federal court 4 p.m. Friday, according to court records. The district filed a lawsuit Friday against the College Board and Educational Testing Services,...
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Court ends hearing into corruption charges against PM
International 08/03/2017Pakistan’s supreme court on Friday concluded its hearing into a high-profile case involving allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family, but it wasn’t immediately clear when a verdict would be announced, d...
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US Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Ohio convict
Court Watch 08/03/2017A condemned child killer was scheduled to die on Wednesday in the state's first execution in more than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his requests for more time to pursue legal challenges.Ronald Phillips was transported to the death ...
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Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city
Business Law 08/03/2017A court opened the door on Friday for possible bans on older diesel cars in the German city of Stuttgart, a major auto industry center, upholding a complaint by an environmental group.The city's administrative court ordered the state government in Ba...
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Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples
Court Watch 08/03/2017People in same-sex relationships in South Carolina should get the same legal protections against domestic violence as heterosexual couples, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday, deeming a portion of the state's domestic violence law unconstituti...
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Indiana's newest Supreme Court justice joins high court
News 08/01/2017Former Wabash County Superior Court Judge Christopher Goff was sworn in Monday as Indiana's newest state Supreme Court justice, joining a high court that's been completely remade since 2010 following a series of retirements.Chief Justice Loretta Rush...