U.S. Judiciary

Ala. Court Says Woman Can't Claim $41.8M Jackpot

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Woman Can't Claim $41.8 Million Jackpot From Bingo Machine (AP) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the...

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Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas - The Associated Press

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas The Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some...

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Court reverses ruling on 2005 protest

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Court of Appeals has reserved a ruling that the arrests of several protesters on the eve of the second inauguration of President George W. Bush was unconstitutional. In a ruling on Friday, the court...

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Justices: Utah tax on escorts unconstitutional

The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that a state tax imposed on strip clubs is constitutional. In a ruling issued Friday, Associate Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant wrote that the state's Sexually Explicit Business and Escort...

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State district judge will spend last year in office as presiding criminal court judge

Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 FORT WORTH — State District Judge Elizabeth Berry, who is not seeking a third four-year term, will spend her last year in office as a presiding criminal court judge now that her colleagues have...

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NYC Judge Allows New 'Green' Taxi Lease Rates

A judge has ruled that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has the authority to use taxicab lease rates to encourage the purchase of hybrid and clean diesel taxis. State Court Justice Jane Solomon also ruled that...

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NFL Redskins keep their name

A group of native Americans have lost their bid to force the Washington Redskins to change its name because they consider it to be a racial slur. Last week, the US Supreme Court refused to take up the case. The action lets...

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Judge puts stay on Eyman request

Signer privacy: U.S. Supreme Court has similar case | Tim Eyman lost a round in court Friday over his effort to make state elections officials answer questions about their policy for making initiative-signers’ names public.

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Defendant with no lawyer loses in strange trial

The odd criminal case in which neither the accused man nor his attorney was in court ended with his conviction this week. A jury convicted Isiah Williams, 34, on Thursday of multiple criminal counts. He was accused of trying to...

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Accused cat-burners heading to county court

Andrew Provenzano, 22, of Bartonsville, and Tom Cotter, 26, of Brodheadsville, appeared Friday before Brodheadsville Magisterial District Judge Debby York, on charges related to burning a cat in Bartonsville in September.

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