Recent Updates
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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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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: 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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Top Kansas Court to Revisit Death Penalty in Wichita Murders
Court Watch 07/28/2017The Kansas Supreme Court is considering for a second time whether to spare two brothers from being executed for four murders in what became known as "the Wichita massacre" after earlier rulings in the men's favor sparked a political backlash.The just...
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Woman accused of threatening official in court
Court Watch 07/20/2017A woman accused of threatening the family of North Dakota's lieutenant governor has turned herself in to authorities.Seventy-nine-year-old Alice Olson made her first court appearance Wednesday in McKenzie County. The Bismarck Tribune says bond ...
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Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
Court Watch 07/14/2017Members of a Penn State fraternity facing charges related to the death earlier this year of a pledge after a night of heavy drinking are due in court Monday for a hearing about whether there's enough evidence to head to trial.Prosecutors in the case ...
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High court won't hear appeal over CIA torture report
Court Watch 06/23/2017The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal seeking to force the CIA to release the full 2014 Senate report about the agency's use of harsh interrogation tactics.The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the 6,900-page report...
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SD high court sides with landowners in property rights case
Court Watch 03/19/2017The state Supreme Court has dealt a blow to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, ruling the agency can't allow people access to floodwaters or ice that covers private property without legislative approval. The agency had argued that all water was legal...
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Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
Court Watch 02/09/2017Documents unsealed in federal court reveal new details about the mental health of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, including a psychiatrist's finding that his disorders make it hard for him to focus, interact with others or express em...
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Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP Announces Class Action
Court Watch 02/09/2012Notice is hereby given that Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all purchasers of the American Depositary Shares of China Medical Tec...
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Insurer settles suit with former USU frat members
Court Watch 05/02/2011A Georgia insurance company that paid a wrongful death claim on behalf of a former Utah State University fraternity has settled the lawsuit it brought against four of the fraternity's members.The Herald Journal of Logan reports that attorneys for RSU...
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Gibson’s Lawyer Slams Grigorieva’s Claims
Court Watch 06/28/2010Mel Gibson’s lawyer slammed Oksana Grigorieva’s claims that she had been treated cruelly by Mel and that he hadn’t been paying child support. His lawyer actually termed her claims as “sensational allegations” becau...