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Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
U.S. Supreme Court News 03/22/2018Lawyers for the state of Arkansas argued Friday that the state prison director has long had the power to determine a death row inmate's sanity and that now isn't the time to change the way it moves the prisoners closer to their executions.The argumen...
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USCIS will reject any petition that includes an incorrect fee payment
News Releases 03/18/2018USCIS will reject and return the petitions and associated filing fees to petitioners that were not selected, as well as any cap-subject petitions received after Feb. 27.In January, the Department of Labor announced a change to its process of issuing ...
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Bolivia takes sea access dispute with Chile to world court
Court Watch 03/18/2018Bolivia made an emotional appeal Monday for the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter talks over granting the landlocked South American nation access to the Pacific Ocean, saying the dispute will remain a source of conflict if it's n...
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Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana
U.S. Courts Newsroom 03/11/2018A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana is asking a federal appeals court to allow it to resume construction work in an environmentally fragile swamp.A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arg...
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Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
Recent Cases 03/08/2018The smirk wiped from his face, a crying Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud Friday in a hard fall for the pharmaceutical-industry bad boy vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug.Shkreli, the boyis...
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Cambodian court denies opposition leader release on bail
News Releases 03/05/2018Cambodia's Supreme Court has denied bail for an opposition leader charged with treason who is seeking to be released for medical treatment abroad.The court ruled Friday that Kem Sokha must remain in pretrial detention for his own safety and because t...
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TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
Opinion 03/03/2018The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline doesn't have to reimburse attorneys who defended Nebraska landowners against the company's efforts to gain access to their land, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.The high court's ruling resolves a dispute...
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Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director
Opinion 02/27/2018A woman was illegally fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said R.G. & G.R. Harr...
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High court: Held immigrants can't get periodic bond hearings
Opinion 02/26/2018The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to periodic bond hearings.The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody. T...
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Supreme Court asked to review 'Making a Murderer' confession
U.S. Courts Newsroom 02/26/2018Lawyers for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a federal appeals court decision that held his confession was voluntary.Brendan Dassey's legal team told the high c...
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Supreme Court sides with Chicago museum in terror case
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court is preventing survivors of a 1997 terrorist attack from seizing Persian artifacts at a Chicago museum to help pay a $71.5 million default judgment against Iran.The court ruled 8-0 Wednesday against U.S. victims of a Jerusalem suicid...
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Supreme Court: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Is Narrow
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that whistleblower protections passed by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis only apply to people who report problems to the government, not more broadly.The justices said that a part of the Dodd-Frank Act that ...