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  • High court weighs Mich. ban on affirmative action

    High court weighs Mich. ban on affirmative action

    U.S. Court News 10/14/2013

    After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state's voters to outlaw any consideration of race. Now, the high court is weighing whether th...

  • Soldiers in fatal stabbing due in Washington court

    Soldiers in fatal stabbing due in Washington court

    Recent Cases 10/11/2013

    There may have been some "trash talk" between a car full of black soldiers and three white soldiers on foot, but race was not the main issue in the weekend stabbing death of a soldier near a large Army base in Washington, police and prosecutors said....

  • PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order

    PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order

    Recent Cases 10/07/2013

    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it will comply with a judge's order and shut down a natural gas pipeline after safety issues were raised. The utility said Sunday it believes the pipeline is safe despite an engineer's email questioning the safety ...

  • Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial

    Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial

    U.S. Court News 10/04/2013

    A Spanish court convicted 53 people Friday in the country's biggest-ever corruption trial, which lasted two years and centered on widespread real estate fraud and bribery in the southern jet-set resort town of Marbella. The defendants in the trial, w...

  • Federal court reverses man's murder conviction

    Federal court reverses man's murder conviction

    U.S. Court News 09/30/2013

    A federal court has reversed a Southern California man's conviction in the bludgeoning death of his wife. The Orange County Register reports that a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that 75-year-old Marvin Ve...

  • Appeals court panel considers TABOR challenge

    Appeals court panel considers TABOR challenge

    Recent Cases 09/25/2013

    Colorado is asking the federal courts to stay out of a dispute about whether its strict tax and spending limits has robbed the state of a republican form of government. In arguments Monday, state Solicitor General Daniel Domenico told a three-judge p...

  • Chicago Out-of-State Counsel Attorneys

    Chicago Out-of-State Counsel Attorneys

    Legal Solutions 09/25/2013

    Local Counsel for Out-of-State Clients Companies need attorneys who understand the business-to-business and government procurement environments. Having an attorney focused specifically in the business counsel marketplace can help focus on practical s...

  • Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. - Essex County Real Estate Lawyers

    Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. - Essex County Real Estate Lawyers

    Law Firm News 09/23/2013

    Essex County Real Estate Lawyers makes up the team for The Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. Our talented teams offers the highest quality counseling in the the area of Westchester County. While many law offices offer complex real estate services, the M&...

  • Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds' conviction

    Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds' conviction

    Legal Issues 09/18/2013

    A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' obstruction-of-justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating elite athletes' use of performance-enhan...

  • NM court to hear case over educator pension cuts

    NM court to hear case over educator pension cuts

    U.S. Court News 09/09/2013

    New Mexico's highest court is mulling whether the state can cut cost-of-living increases for retired educators to help shore up the pension system's long-term finances. The state Supreme Court is to hear from lawyers on Wednesday in a case brought by...

  • Custody dispute goes to Okla. Supreme Court

    Custody dispute goes to Okla. Supreme Court

    U.S. Court News 09/03/2013

    An Oklahoma man who is seeking custody of his Cherokee daughter has appealed a lower court decision to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Dusten Brown filed a writ of prohibition Friday in Oklahoma Supreme Court. The filing is appealing a decision from Nowa...

  • Ind. high court to hear eminent domain lawsuit

    Ind. high court to hear eminent domain lawsuit

    U.S. Court News 08/29/2013

    The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear an eminent domain case involving land in southern Indiana that a local board claimed for a planned airport runway expansion. The state's high court recently vacated the Indiana Court of Appeals' ruling in ...