Recent Updates
-
Court turns away PR congressional vote lawsuit
Recent Cases 05/14/2012The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from residents of Puerto Rico seeking to gain a voting representative in Congress. The high court turned away the appeal from Gregorio Igartua and other Puerto Ricans on Monday. Territorial status grants residen...
-
Court says farmers must pay bankruptcy tax
Recent Cases 05/14/2012The Supreme Court says a farming family has to pay tax on the bankruptcy sale of their farm. The high court on Monday voted 5-4 for the IRS in its fight with Lynwood and Brenda Hall over their bankruptcy sale of their 320-acre farm in Willcox, Ariz. ...
-
Court won't hear appeals from Bulger victim family
U.S. Court News 05/14/2012The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal over whether the family of a man allegedly killed by former Boston mob boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger should get millions of dollars from the government. The high court on Monday refused to hear an...
-
Court won't consider giving man new trial
U.S. Court News 05/12/2012The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Neil Hampton Robbins, ...
-
Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul
Legal Events 05/07/2012A federal appeals court on Monday reversed its demand that the Veterans Affairs Department dramatically overhaul its mental health care system. A special 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that any such changes need to be or...
-
Probation charge dropped against tanned NJ mom
Recent Cases 05/05/2012Court officials say the New Jersey mom accused of taking her then-5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth is no longer on probation in a separate case. Patricia Krentcil is free on $2,500 bond on the child endangerment charge. The arrest in Nutley g...
-
Lawyer enters not guilty plea for shooting suspect
U.S. Court News 05/01/2012A California man accused of committing the nation's deadliest school shooting rampage since the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech pleaded not guilty Monday to murder charges. One L. Goh, 43, entered his plea through his lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Davi...
-
Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute
Recent Cases 04/30/2012A Chinese court is mediating between Apple Inc. and the Chinese company challenging its right to use the iPad trademark, seeking to get the companies to settle an awkward standoff over the issue. The Guangdong High Court in southern China, is seeking...
-
High court's stance could spur immigration laws
U.S. Court News 04/30/2012Emboldened by signals that the U.S. Supreme Court may uphold parts of Arizona's immigration law, legislators and activists across the country say they are gearing up to push for similar get-tough measures in their states. "We're getting our national ...
-
Court: Online bookseller owes New Mexico sales tax
Recent Cases 04/20/2012A nationally known online bookseller must pay more than a half million dollars in taxes for books, music and movies bought by customers in New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals has ruled in a dispute over the state's power to tax corporate chains an...
-
Breivik wants death penalty or acquittal
U.S. Court News 04/18/2012Norway's prison terms are "pathetic," mass killer Anders Behring Breivik declared Wednesday in court, claiming the death penalty or a full acquittal were the "only logical outcomes" for his massacre of 77 people. The right-wing fanatic said he doesn'...
-
Court Rules For Private Lawyer Hired By CA City
U.S. Court News 04/17/2012The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that private individuals hired temporarily by local governments have the same protection against civil rights lawsuits as public employees. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that it makes no sense to trea...