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2024/03/25   Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty
2024/03/15   Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
2024/03/01   Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media
2024/02/08   Why Trump's bid for president is in the hands of the Supreme Court
2024/01/17   Court in Thailand acquits protesters who occupied Bangkok airports in 2008
2023/12/26   Britain cracks down on protests in threat to democratic norms
2023/12/21   What the 14th amendment means for Donald Trump's presidential campaign
2023/10/05   Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony
2023/09/22   Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
2023/09/08   Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns
2023/08/10   Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
2023/08/07   Russian court imposes 3- to 6-year sentences for distributing tainted drinks
2023/08/03   Grieving families confront Pittsburgh shooter at death penalty sentencing
2023/06/23   Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids
2023/06/06   Court upholds judge’s finding that Tesla acquisition of Solar City was fair
2023/05/04   Delaware Senate confirms two Supreme Court nominees
2023/04/07   Court rules documents in Sanford case must be unsealed
2022/11/21   Man granted new trial in 2006 triple murder freed after plea
2022/11/07   Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion
2022/11/01   Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debate
2022/10/24   Idaho Supreme Court won’t weigh legality of child marriage
2022/07/25   Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/07/06   Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
2022/05/18   Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
2022/04/13   Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps
2022/04/04   Mexico high court OKs preference for state power plants
2021/12/17   Anchorage wins lawsuit over failed port construction
2021/12/10   Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
2021/07/12   Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates dissolved lower house
2021/07/09   Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline
2021/07/06   Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
2021/06/30   Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court
2021/06/28   Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
2021/06/16   British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
2021/06/14   Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions
2021/06/11   Court: Local Wisconsin heath departments can’t close schools
2021/06/09   Court nixes South Carolina’s lifelong sex offender registry
2021/06/04   Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
2021/06/01   Supreme Court ruling gives immigrant facing deportation hope
2021/05/29   Ruling: Missed court date in Washington does not imply guilt
2021/05/24   Supreme Court: Guam can pursue $160M dump cleanup lawsuit
2021/05/21   Nebraska high court rejects appeal in Scottsbluff murder
2021/04/27   Court to hear appeal of Dallas officer who killed neighbor
2021/03/07   Nepal Parliament, reinstated by high court, begins session
2021/03/03   Mississippi told to pay $500K to wrongfully imprisoned man
2021/03/01   Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
2021/02/23   Labor unions to hand out masks outside House sessions
2021/02/19   Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/06   Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban
2021/01/25   Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
2021/01/17   Appeals court OKs convictions in college basketball scandal
2021/01/10   Louisiana Supreme Court has a new chief justice, John Weimer
2021/01/05   Republicans condemn 'scheme' to undo election for Trump
2020/12/24   Turkish court convicts former editor on terror charges
2020/12/12   Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
2020/12/05   Judge Calls Trump Request in Wisconsin Lawsuit 'Bizarre'
2020/11/06   Election 2020 Today: No winner yet, Trump’s court threat
2020/10/24   Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/17   Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
2020/10/08   High court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group
2020/10/05   2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
2020/09/23   Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election
2020/09/16   Supreme Court to stick with arguments via telephone, for now
2020/09/11   Judges: Trump can’t exclude people from district drawings
2020/09/10   Wisconsin Supreme Court halts Dane County school order
2020/08/24   Convention silence from Democrats with high court at stake
2020/08/12   High court: Rhode Island mail-in voters don't need witnesses
2020/07/24   US Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s appeal of virus rule
2020/07/16   Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
2020/07/12   New Orleans councilman, attorney plead not guilty to fraud
2020/06/23   Ohio to U.S. Supreme Court: Keep signature rules in place
2020/06/21   Top Manhattan prosecutor leaves job after standoff with Barr
2020/06/10   UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
2020/05/25   Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
2020/05/13   Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/05/07   Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/03/29   Fight over jaguar habitat in Southwest heads back to court
2020/03/13   Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
2020/03/09   Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
2020/02/16   NH high court rejects appeal of man convicted of planning murder
2020/02/11   India's top court grants equal rights to women in army
2020/02/05   Edwards takes treasurer to court over blocked fund transfer
2020/01/30   Court: Motorcyclist wrong to turn license plate upside down
2020/01/26   Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
2020/01/07   Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
2020/01/01   Mother of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts dies at age 90
2019/12/11   Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records
2019/12/11   Kansas Supreme Court getting new member, new chief justice
2019/12/08   Bill Cosby sex assault verdict upheld; spokesman lashes out
2019/11/19   Challenger accuses Supreme Court’s Kelly of corruption
2019/11/19   Ohio Supreme Court keeps camera challenge alive
2019/10/21   Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
2019/10/17   High court to consider state role in prosecuting immigrants
2019/10/13   In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests
2019/10/08   Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit
2019/10/01   The Latest: Ex-addict says Dallas cop helped her get sober
2019/09/10   New Orleans judges seek review of court fees conflict ruling
2019/07/17   High court rejects appeal of killer of 4 people in Omaha
2019/07/14   Italian court rules wrong Eritrean accused of trafficking
2019/07/07   Court rules against Florida officials on medical marijuana
2019/07/06   Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing
2019/07/01   The Latest: Trump considers executive order on census query
2019/06/21   EU court says Poland's Supreme Court reforms unlawful
2019/06/11   Washington Supreme Court weighing legislative records case
2019/05/19   High court sides with Crow tribe member in hunting dispute
2019/05/02   Arizona court says Costco can be sued over ED drug disclosure
2019/04/01   Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/03/14   Court reinstates late Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction
2019/03/11   Demonstrators gather for Heathrow expansion court challenge
2019/03/08   Court: $700M judgment against North Carolina still unpaid
2019/03/07   Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land
2019/03/01   Supreme Court rules for Alabama death row inmate
2019/02/19   Republicans pitch keeping Court of Appeals at 15 judges
2019/02/11   Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/10   Spain's courts put to test by trial of Catalan separatists
2019/02/04   Appellate judge announces run for Supreme Court seat
2019/02/02   Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/29   NC high court sidesteps decision on tracking sex offenders
2019/01/21   Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2019/01/11   Congo runner-up Fayulu asks court to order election recount
2019/01/10   Supreme Court will hear Wisconsin drunk driving case
2019/01/09   Russian court says bobsledder can keep Olympic titles
2018/12/26   Mississippi chief justice: Time for another to lead court
2018/12/24   Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
2018/12/22   Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
2018/12/14   Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
2018/12/11   Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
2018/11/27   Sri Lanka court orders prime minister to refrain from duties
2018/11/22   Russian court challenges International Olympic Committee
2018/11/17   Impeachment focus back on W.Va. court after justice resigns
2018/11/15   Supreme Court to hear Virginia GOP's districting appeal
2018/11/08   'Magic' campaign lands 17 black women on Houston courts
2018/10/30   Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
2018/10/20   Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
2018/10/14   Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes oil and gas lawsuit
2018/10/11   Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/02   High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban
2018/09/21   Idaho high court considers defamation lawsuit
2018/09/18   Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters
2018/09/15   Egypt court returns ex-president Mubarak's 2 sons to prison
2018/09/10   The Latest: Bolton says international court 'dead to us'
2018/09/08   The Latest: Authorities: Officer arrested for manslaughter
2018/09/01   UN court hears case over strategic Indian Ocean islands
2018/08/25   Cities vying for 2020 convention court Democrats in Chicago
2018/08/24   Zimbabwe court to rule Friday on opposition's vote challenge
2018/08/11   Court, regulators clash over uranium project in South Dakota
2018/07/17   Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/11   Trump enjoys 'suspense' ahead of Supreme Court announcement
2018/07/10   Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail
2018/06/21   Man charged in bike path killings speaks in court of 'Allah'
2018/06/15   State appeals court reinstates California's right-to-die law
2018/06/10   Woman accused of dismembering roommate appears in court
2018/06/10   Egypt refers 28 to criminal court for forming illegal group
2018/06/07   Top Texas court says condemned inmate not mentally disabled
2018/06/05   Suspect in vandalism to Jewish boundary heads to court
2018/06/01   Judge allows Palin's son therapeutic court for proceedings
2018/05/17   Court program in Dona Ana County focuses on veterans
2018/05/02   Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
2018/04/17   Michigan Democrats back Nessel for state attorney general
2018/04/08   Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case
2018/04/04   Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
2018/04/04   Liberal Dallet easily takes Wisconsin Supreme Court race
2018/04/01   Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
2018/03/30   Stephen Reinhardt, liberal circuit court judge, dies at 87
2018/03/29   Court: Government can't block immigrant teens from abortion
2018/03/24   Randle, an enforcer on the court, is a gentle giant elsewhere
2018/03/18   Agency: School boards, counties should stay out of court
2018/03/10   Former Trump campaign aide Nunberg at court for grand jury
2018/03/09   TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
2018/02/05   Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
2018/02/03   Court: Lawsuit alleging coerced confessions can go to trial
2018/02/02   Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term
2018/01/23   Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
2018/01/19   Court rules that Kushner firm must disclose partners' names
2018/01/18   Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia
2018/01/16   Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms
2018/01/14   Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case
2018/01/11   Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him
2018/01/08   Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves
2018/01/02   North Carolina's altered legislative districts back in court
2017/12/22   Court extends halt in Louisiana executions after judge dies
2017/12/18   State high court won't hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case
2017/12/08   Supreme Court declines gay rights work discrimination case
2017/12/04   Supreme Court won't hear dispute involving NC TV network
2017/11/17   German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
2017/11/11   Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
2017/11/04   'Dirty soda' Utah court battle ends with legal settlement
2017/11/01   Connecticut Governor Will Get His 6th Supreme Court Pick
2017/10/26   Court gives government a win in young immigrants' cases
2017/10/16   Businesses ask Supreme Court to take gay rights case
2017/10/12   Indiana courts see changes with new e-filing system
2017/10/03   European Court Asked to Rule on Facebook Data Transfers
2017/09/20   Egypt court orders detention of 24 minority Nubians 15 days
2017/09/16   FBI Searched Ex-Oklahoma Senator's Office for Porn
2017/09/13   Man charged in slayings of 2 doctors 'just nervous' in court
2017/09/04   Palestinian court extends activist's detention by 4 days
2017/08/24   Supreme Court Overturns Billings Police Back-Pay Ruling
2017/08/21   Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/15   Former Pakistan PM challenges disqualification by court
2017/08/05   Ronaldo tells judge he has 'never tried to avoid taxes'
2017/08/05   Spanish court backs extradition of Russian programmer to US
2017/07/29   Texas Executes TaiChin Preyor, Who Said Lawyer Used Wikipedia
2017/07/25   Australian court debates release of Queen's secret letters
2017/07/20   Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
2017/07/11   Rob Kardashian's ex-fiancee arrives at court for hearing
2017/07/11   Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
2017/07/10   Relatives of Slain US Troops Describe Loss to Jordan Court
2017/07/04   Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute
2017/06/29   Mississippi man takes Confederate flag fight to high court
2017/06/28   Attention on Supreme Court as justice weigh Trump travel ban
2017/06/27   D.C. on edge: rumors of new Supreme Court vacancy swirl
2017/06/24   EU Court: Vaccines Can Be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
2017/06/15   Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments
2017/06/14   Groups sue seeking court oversight of Chicago police reforms
2017/06/13   Court filing: Marsh seeks OK to sell 26 grocery stores
2017/06/10   Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
2017/06/08   Court: Ohio E-School Can't Delay Repayment of $60M to State
2017/06/07   Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
2017/06/03   Mom sentenced in Australian court for drowning 3 children
2017/06/03   Court filing questions innocence panel insistence on secrecy
2017/06/01   Doctor arrested at Trump hotel on gun charges due in court
2017/06/01   Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore travel ban
2017/06/01   East Timor court drops premier's libel case against media
2017/05/22   Puerto Rico seeks court's help to save public pension system
2017/05/16   Court likely to question if Trump's travel ban discriminates
2017/05/15   High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans
2017/05/11   Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/04   Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
2017/05/01   Idaho Judicial Council accepting applications for high court
2017/04/29   Judge W. Brent Powell Appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
2017/04/28   Volunteers accompany US immigrants to court to allay fears
2017/04/20   Not guilty pleas entered for accused in Canada polygamy case
2017/04/14   2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
2017/04/11   Newest justice joins high court amid competing caricatures
2017/04/10   Senate GOP 'goes nuclear,' clearing way for Trump court pick
2017/04/01   S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
2017/04/01   Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new
2017/03/30   Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
2017/03/22   International court orders reparations for Congo attack
2017/03/06   Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems
2017/03/05   Court officer investigated for photographing lawyer's notes
2017/03/02   High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
2017/02/26   Florida Legislature at "Open War" with State Supreme Court
2017/02/22   Serbs warn Bosnian Muslim bid at UN court revives old wounds
2017/02/20   German court excludes Jewish brothers from Auschwitz trial
2017/02/13   Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion
2017/02/10   Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2017/01/27   Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/26   Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
2017/01/24   Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
2017/01/22   Ethics measure backers ask high court to let them join case
2017/01/20   Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/17   Man accused of killing Orlando officer defiant in court
2017/01/11   Supreme Court temporarily blocks new NC districts, elections
2017/01/05   Supreme Court rejects appeal from flight-sharing company
2017/01/05   Airport shooting suspect due for Florida court appearance
2017/01/03   South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths
2017/01/01   Former Haitian rebel leader due in US court on drug charges
2016/12/21   California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure
2016/12/20   High court turns away appeal from former AIG executives
2016/12/18   Dems to use hearings on Trump picks to court working class
2016/12/17   Kansas Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal
2016/12/06   Muslim cleric is in US court fighting against deportation
2016/12/01   Ohio sheriff accused of drug theft changing not guilty plea
2016/11/21   Ohio sheriff accused of drug theft changing not guilty plea
2016/11/20   Philippine court urged to order Marcos' remains exhumed
2016/10/17   Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
2016/10/14   Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case
2016/10/13   Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative
2016/10/06   Hawaii Supreme Court affirms Maui solar telescope permit
2016/09/26   Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims
2016/09/14   LA Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence
2016/08/23   Court considers Kansas rule that voters prove citizenship
2016/08/19   Polish prosecutors investigate court head for abuse of power
2016/08/14   Appeals court rejects request to postpone voter ID decision
2016/08/13   Ex-officer charged in death of black motorist back in court
2016/07/19   Family files lawsuit against hospital and city in death
2016/07/15   Lawyer: Clinton already answered every question on email use
2016/07/12   Court denies hospital's bid to perform brain death test
2016/07/12   Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
2016/07/11   Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat
2016/06/14   Court upholds net neutrality rules on equal internet access
2016/06/13   Court Vacates $1.8M Ventura Award in 'American Sniper' Case
2016/06/08   High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
2016/06/05   NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continue
2016/06/04   Police union defends ex-officer in black musician's death
2016/05/31   High court sides with property owners in wetlands case
2016/05/11   Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court
2016/05/10   Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
2016/05/08   Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue
2016/04/16   Court sides with Argentina, speeding along bond settlements
2016/04/14   Supreme Court to swear in large group of deaf lawyers
2016/04/12   US House staffers subpoenaed by federal court
2016/03/28   Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront
2016/03/24   Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
2016/03/21   Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law
2016/03/21   Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/18   Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
2016/03/17   Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty
2016/02/01   Ex-Attorney General McGraw files for Supreme Court race
2015/12/23   Court turns down appeal for Harvey family killer
2015/12/15   Columbus County lawyer enters pleas on obstruction charges
2015/12/13   Mexico issues first permits for marijuana under court ruling
2015/11/18   Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
2015/11/05   Kansas Supreme Court to take up school funding case
2015/11/03   Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/11/02   High court won't hear appeal on mortgage ratings
2015/10/15   Thousands turn up at court to support Catalan leader
2015/10/07   Virginia executes serial killer who claimed to be disabled
2015/09/18   Appeals court upholds injunction halting health mandate
2015/09/15   Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading
2015/09/11   Appeals court upholds convictions in Ohio slavery case
2015/09/05   Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays
2015/09/02   Alaska Supreme Court won't block Medicaid expansion
2015/09/01   Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'
2015/08/19   Ex-Gov. Blagojevich to ask Supreme Court to hear case
2015/08/13   Federal court: Anti-Muslim group can't post ads on buses
2015/08/12   Appeals court won't reconsider ex-Virginia governor's case
2015/08/06   Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed
2015/08/04   Republicans reject governor's pick for Va. Supreme Court
2015/07/25   Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age
2015/07/18   Court Halts Execution Of Tyler Woman's Killer
2015/07/08   Appeals court upholds parts of Arizona ethnic studies ban
2015/06/24   Dispute over union fees could return to Supreme Court
2015/06/15   600 court cases under review in California corruption probe
2015/06/12   Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday
2015/06/04   Supreme Court to hear Texas Senate districts case
2015/06/01   Suge Knight returns to court to try to dismiss murder case
2015/05/17   Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts
2015/05/15   Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
2015/04/23   Arizona sheriff shifts blame over disobeying court order
2015/04/23   California court ruling could limit drought fighting tools
2015/04/15   Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court
2015/03/11   Attorney John Q. Kelly
2015/01/08   Nebraska court could hold up Keystone pipeline
2015/01/05   Suspect in trooper shooting case heads to court
2015/01/05   Argentine court says US fugitive can be extradited
2014/11/21   Indian guru in deadly standoff due in court
2014/10/27   Washington high court to hear charter schools case
2014/09/29   Court-martial for Missouri drill sergeant resumes
2014/07/21   2 ag-gag laws facing federal court challenges
2014/07/15   Court kills New Jersey bid to block ocean blasting
2014/04/29   Court declines to hear Microsoft antitrust case
2014/04/15   SC Supreme Court hears appeal in fatal dog attack
2014/04/03   The Law Offices of Tenecia P. Reid, PLLC
2014/03/28   Qatari court sentences US couple to 3 years jail
2014/03/14   High Court battle over Richard III's remains
2014/03/05   Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers
2013/11/04   Court-martial date set in Naval Academy case
2013/07/02   Adoption case returns to SC from US Supreme Court
2013/06/13   Court says human genes cannot be patented
2013/06/03   Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees
2013/05/31   Court: Calif. erred in new lethal injection regs
2013/05/29   Chicago man pleads guilty in NY hacking case
2013/04/12   Top prosecutor in Del Norte County suspended
2013/04/02   Court: EPA can stop some power plant modifications
2013/03/25   Proposal would charge $10 to search court records
2013/02/15   Oklahoma considers foreign law court ban
2012/10/24   Chile OK's extradition bid for ex-US Navy officer
2012/10/12   Feds seek full court review of cigarette warnings
2012/10/06   High court begins new term with human rights case
2012/08/22   Court upholds summary for St. Louis police measure
2012/08/15   Judge won't halt Pa. voter identification law
2012/08/03   Gay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review
2012/07/20   Tenn. court says convicted killer can keep money
2012/07/06   NY court: Gay marriage caucus didn't break rules
2012/07/06   Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case
2012/07/03   La. high court upholds murder conviction
2012/06/15   Massive LA County court layoffs to begin Friday
2012/06/09   Powerbroker tied to Nevada Sen. Reid goes to court
2012/05/24   Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
2012/05/19   Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce
2012/05/18   Texas high court orders state to pay ex-inmate $2M
2012/04/30   Ferrero sets aside $3 million for Nutella U.S. class action
2012/03/03   Calif. jury awards $167M in sexual harassment suit
2012/02/28   British arms-to-Iran suspect faces Texas court
2012/02/27   Supreme Court 101 in session at high court
2012/02/25   Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA
2012/02/17   Teen pleads not guilty in Ohio Craigslist killings
2012/02/15   Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU
2012/02/10   High court asked to undo Mont. campaign money ban
2012/02/09   Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants
2012/02/03   Appeals court set to hear Alabama trademark suit
2012/01/30   Former UBS trader pleads not guilty in UK court
2012/01/27   NY court: Judge can't block $18B Chevron judgment
2012/01/23   US army panel advises trial in Afghanistan suicide
2012/01/20   Police witnesses called in fake 'Rockefeller' case
2012/01/16   Court Upholds Burlington Man's Murder Conviction
2012/01/10   High Court Rejects Prisoner Lawsuit
2012/01/03   Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron
2011/12/27   Riders stuck on snow-trapped train sue NY agency
2011/12/24   Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private
2011/12/21   Mentally disabled detainees granted class status
2011/12/20   NY top court allows private securities claims
2011/12/12   High court halts new Texas electoral maps
2011/12/05   Court: State prisoners count at home in redistricting
2011/11/28   Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class Action
2011/11/23   Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea in Va.
2011/11/21   Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact
2011/11/13   Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP
2011/11/10   Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
2011/11/09   Court upholds conviction in Pa. murder case
2011/10/29   Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
2011/10/14   NY motorist pleads not guilty in fatal Amish crash
2011/10/14   No class-action status in Countrywide case
2011/10/11   High court to decide double jeopardy question
2011/10/11   Utah bank sued over overdraft fees, policies
2011/10/03   Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty
2011/09/26   Appeals court hears challenge to health care law
2011/09/22   Court rules that UBS trader should stay in custody
2011/09/21   Appeals court in Va. tosses 2 Abu Ghraib lawsuits
2011/09/20   Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit
2011/09/19   Va. high court considers ex-King confidant's case
2011/09/18   1 spank isn't domestic violence, Fla. court says
2011/09/15   Appeals court upholds sentence in Ponzi scheme
2011/09/01   Colombia court reinstates conviction in Galan hit
2011/08/24   Court asked to stop immigrant license checks
2011/08/18   EEOC sues, argues man on treatment should be hired
2011/08/12   Dougherty siblings to appear in Colorado court
2011/08/10   Wash. man pleads guilty to defrauding ID investors
2011/08/08   No class-action for suits over Calif. fish kill
2011/08/08   Court rules firing of NJ casino dealer unlawful
2011/08/02   Jury deliberates in post-Katrina shootings trial
2011/08/01   NJ high court to rule in case of retired judge
2011/07/25   Judge wants agency to investigate Meijer lawyer
2011/07/20   Court reverses conviction on online Obama threat
2011/07/20   Ex-CEO convicted in scam at auto-chemical company
2011/07/06   Defendant in 4 Calif. killings now wants lawyer
2011/06/27   Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges
2011/06/20   Woman pleads guilty in border cash smuggling case
2011/06/12   Texas teachers may get student criminal histories
2011/06/10   Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
2011/06/10   US appeals court overturns release of detainee
2011/06/07   Lawyer: Baseline Killer suspect a 'ravenous wolf'
2011/06/06   Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault
2011/05/27   Appeals court upholds sentence in NC bus stop case
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Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty
Court Watch | 2024/03/25 11:27
A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud.

John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The 61-year-old had been indicted in May 2022 on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but Oxendine is likely to be sentenced to less. Federal sentencing guidelines discussed in the plea agreement suggest prosecutors will recommend Oxendine be imprisoned between 4 years, 3 months, and 5 years, 3 months, depending on what U.S. District Judge Steve Jones decides at a sentencing hearing set for July 12. Jones could also fine Oxendine and order him to serve supervised release.

Oxendine also agreed to pay nearly $700,000 in restitution to health insurers who lost money in the scheme, the plea document states. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the money laundering charge as part of the plea.

“John Oxendine, as the former statewide insurance commissioner, knew the importance of honest dealings between doctors and insurance companies,” U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a statement. “But for personal profit he willfully conspired with a physician to order hundreds of unnecessary lab tests, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

Prosecutors say Oxendine conspired with Dr. Jeffrey Gallups to pressure other physicians who practiced with Gallups to order unnecessary medical tests from Next Health, a lab in Texas. Prosecutors said Oxendine pushed the plan in a September 2015 presentation to doctors who worked for Gallups’ practice.

The lab company, Oxendine and Gallups agreed the company would pay Gallups a kickback of 50% of the profit on the tests, Oxendine’s indictment said. Next Health paid $260,000 in kickbacks through Oxendine’s insurance consulting company, prosecutors said. Oxendine paid a $150,000 charitable contribution and $70,000 in attorney’s fees on Gallups,’ behalf, prosecutors said, keeping $40,000 for himself. Some patients were also charged, getting bills of up to $18,000 for the tests, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Oxendine told Gallups to lie and say the payments from Oxendine were loans when a compliance officer at Gallups’ company asked about them. Oxendine told Gallups to repeat the same lie when questioned by federal agents, prosecutors said. And they said Oxendine falsely said he didn’t work with the lab company or get money from Next Health when interviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
Court Watch | 2024/03/15 15:09
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul.

The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, to settle a dispute among federal courts over the meaning of the word “and” in a muddy provision of the 2018 First Step Act.

The law’s so-called safety valve provision is meant to spare low-level, nonviolent drug dealers who agree to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors from having to face often longer mandatory sentences.

Some courts had concluded the use of the word indeed means “and,” but others decided that it means “or.” A defendant’s eligibility for a shorter sentence depended on the outcome.

“Today, we agree with the Government’s view of the criminal-history provision,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority in the 6-3 decision that did not split the justices along liberal-conservative lines.

In dissent, Justice Neil Gorsuch referred to the First Step Act as possibly “the most significant criminal-justice reform bill in a generation.” But under the court’s decision, “thousands more people in the federal criminal justice system will be denied a chance—just a chance at” a reduced sentence, Gorsuch wrote, joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor.

Nearly 6,000 people convicted of drug trafficking in the 2021 budget year alone are in the pool of those who might have been eligible for reduced sentences, according to data compiled by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

The provision lists three criteria for allowing judges to forgo a mandatory minimum sentence that basically looks to the severity of prior crimes. Congress wrote the section in the negative so that a judge can exercise discretion in sentencing if a defendant “does not have” three sorts of criminal history.

Before reaching their decision, the justices puzzled over how to determine eligibility for the safety valve — whether any of the conditions is enough to disqualify someone or whether it takes all three to be ineligible.

Pulsifer’s lawyers argued that all three conditions must apply before the longer sentence can be imposed. The government said just one condition is enough to merit the mandatory minimum.


Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media
Court Watch | 2024/03/01 11:26
The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in the digital age.

In nearly four hours of arguments, several justices questioned aspects of laws adopted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas in 2021. But they seemed wary of a broad ruling, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett warning of “land mines” she and her colleagues need to avoid in resolving the two cases.

While the details vary, both laws aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right.

Differences on the court emerged over how to think about the platforms — as akin to newspapers that have broad free-speech protections, or telephone companies, known as common carriers, that are susceptible to broader regulation.

Chief Justice John Roberts suggested he was in the former camp, saying early in the session, “And I wonder, since we’re talking about the First Amendment, whether our first concern should be with the state regulating what we have called the modern public square?”

Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas appeared most ready to embrace arguments made by lawyers for the states. Thomas raised the idea that the companies are seeking constitutional protection for “censoring other speech.”

Alito complained about the term “content moderation” that the sites employ to keep material off their platforms.

“Is it anything more than a euphemism for censorship?” he asked, later musing that term struck him as Orwellian. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh, seemingly more favorable to the companies, took issue with calling the actions of private companies censorship, a term he said should be reserved for restrictions imposed by the government.

“When I think of Orwellian, I think of the state, not the private sector, not private individuals,” Kavanaugh said.

The precise contours of rulings in the two cases were not clear after arguments, although it seemed likely the court would not let the laws take effect. The justices posed questions about how the laws might affect businesses that are not their primary targets, including e-commerce sites like Uber and Etsy and email and messaging services.


Why Trump's bid for president is in the hands of the Supreme Court
Court Watch | 2024/02/08 10:24
The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.

Many legal observers expect the nation’s highest court will reverse the Colorado ruling rather than remove the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination from the ballot. But it’s always tricky to try to predict a Supreme Court ruling, and the case against Trump has already broken new legal ground.

“No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

Trump’s lawyers say this part of the Constitution wasn’t meant to apply to the president. Notice how it specifically mentions electors, senators and representatives, but not the presidency.

It also says those who take an oath to “support” the United States, but the presidential oath doesn’t use that word. Instead, the Constitution requires presidents to say they will “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution. And finally, Section 3 talks about any other “officer” of the United States, but Trump’s lawyers argue that language is meant to apply to presidential appointees, not the president.

That was enough to convince the Colorado district court judge who initially heard the case. She found that Trump had engaged in insurrection, but also agreed that it wasn’t clear that Section 3 applied to the president. That part of her decision was reversed by the Colorado Supreme Court.

The majority of the state’s highest court wrote: “President Trump asks us to hold that Section 3 disqualifies every oath-breaking insurrectionist except the most powerful one and that it bars oath-breakers from virtually every office, both state and federal, except the highest one in the land.”

Trump’s lawyers contend that the question of who is covered by a rarely used, once obscure clause should be decided by Congress, not unelected judges. They contend that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol wasn’t an insurrection. They say the attack wasn’t widespread, didn’t involve large amounts of firearms or include other markers of sedition. They say Trump didn’t “engage” in anything that day other than in exercising his protected free speech rights.

Others who have been skeptical of applying Section 3 to Trump have made an argument that the dissenting Colorado Supreme Court justices also found persuasive: The way the court went about finding that Trump violated Section 3 violated the former president’s due process rights. They contend he was entitled to a structured legal process rather than a court in Colorado trying to figure out if the Constitution applied to him.

That gets at the unprecedented nature of the cases. Section 3 has rarely been used after an 1872 congressional amnesty excluded most former Confederates from it. The U.S. Supreme Court has never heard such a case.


Court in Thailand acquits protesters who occupied Bangkok airports in 2008
Court Watch | 2024/01/17 16:00
A court in Thailand on Wednesday acquitted more than two dozen protesters who had occupied Bangkok’s two airports in 2008 of charges of rebellion and terrorism related to their demonstration, which at the time disrupted travel in and out of the country for more than a week.

The Bangkok Criminal Court declared that the members of the People’ Alliance for Democracy had neither caused destruction at the airports nor hurt anyone. However, 13 of the 28 defendants were slapped with a 20,000 baht ($560) fine each for violating an emergency decree that had banned public gatherings.

The protesters — popularly known as Yellow Shirts for the color that shows loyalty to the Thai monarchy — had occupied the airports for about 10 days, demanding the resignation of the government, which was loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. They had earlier also occupied Thaksin’s office compound for three months and blocked access to Parliament.

Thaksin was ousted by a 2006 military coup that followed large Yellow Shirt protests accusing him of corruption and disrespect to the monarchy. In 2008, Yellow Shirts stormed Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports, shutting down operations and defying an injunction calling for them to leave. The siege ended only after a court ruling forced pro-Thaksin Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat out of office.

Several dozen protesters involved in the demonstrations were divided into two groups of defendants and indicted in 2013. The verdict for the second group is to be delivered in March.

In 2011, the Civil Court ordered the leaders of the group to pay 522 million baht ($14.7 million) in damages to the state airport authority. They were declared bankrupt and had their assets seized last year to pay the sum.

Thaksin came back to Thailand last year to serve an eight-year prison term on several criminal convictions and was right away moved from prison to a state hospital because of reported ill-health. He has remained at the hospital since but his sentence was later reduced to one year, allowing for the possibility he could soon be released on parole.

His return to Thailand came as the Pheu Thai party — the latest incarnation of the party Thaksin led to power in 2001 — won a parliamentary vote to form a new government despite finishing second in elections.


Britain cracks down on protests in threat to democratic norms
Court Watch | 2023/12/26 12:03
For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading “Just Stop Oil” off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison sentence. Just for walking slowly down the street, scores of people have been arrested.

They are among hundreds of environmental activists arrested for peaceful demonstrations in the U.K., where tough new laws restrict the right to protest.

The Conservative government says the laws prevent extremist activists from hurting the economy and disrupting daily life. Critics say civil rights are being eroded without enough scrutiny from lawmakers or protection by the courts. They say the sweeping arrests of peaceful demonstrators, along with government officials labeling environmental activists extremists, mark a worrying departure for a liberal democracy.

“Legitimate protest is part of what makes any country a safe and civilized place to live,” said Jonathon Porritt, an ecologist and former director of Friends of the Earth, who joined a vigil outside London’s Central Criminal Court to protest the treatment of demonstrators.

“The government has made its intent very clear, which is basically to suppress what is legitimate, lawful protest and to use every conceivable mechanism at their disposal to do that.”

Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, home of the Magna Carta, a centuries-old Parliament and an independent judiciary. That democratic system is underpinned by an “unwritten constitution” — a set of laws, rules, conventions and judicial decisions accumulated over hundreds of years.

The effect of that patchwork is “we rely on self-restraint by governments,” said Andrew Blick, author of “Democratic Turbulence in the United Kingdom” and a political scientist at King’s College London. “You hope the people in power are going to behave themselves.”

But what if they don’t? During three turbulent and scandal-tarnished years in office, Boris Johnson pushed prime ministerial power to the limits. More recently, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has asked Parliament to overrule the U.K. Supreme Court, which blocked a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

Such actions have piled pressure on Britain’s democratic foundations. Critics say cracks have appeared.

As former Conservative justice minister David Lidington put it: “The ‘good chap’ theory of checks and balances has now been tested to destruction.”


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