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  • Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court

    Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court

    Legal Events 01/15/2018

    A judge dropped an arrest warrant Thursday for a University of Hawaii professor who refused to respond in court to English and spoke Hawaiian instead.Samuel Kaleikoa Kaeo was in court Wednesday facing a trial for charges connected to his participatio...

  • Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body

    Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body

    Litigation Reports 01/14/2018

    Charles Manson orchestrated murders in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, served time in a state prison in Corcoran and died in a hospital in Bakersfield.The legal battle for his body or possessions could land in any of three California counties wh...

  • Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him

    Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him

    Trial Coverage 01/12/2018

    A New Jersey doctor accused of having his wife killed to protect an illegal prescription drug ring he was running with an outlaw biker gang has been moved to a different jail nearly 100 miles away due to an alleged plot by a co-defendant to kill him....

  • Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case

    Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case

    Legal Networks 01/11/2018

    The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into the issue of sales tax collection on internet purchases in a case that could force consumers to pay more for certain purchases and allow states to recoup what they say is billions in lost revenue annually....

  • Pennsylvania court throws out congressional boundaries

    Pennsylvania court throws out congressional boundaries

    Legal Events 01/11/2018

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's widely criticized congressional map Monday, granting a major victory to Democrats who alleged the 18 districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans and setting off a scram...

  • Thai court drops royal insult charges against academic

    Thai court drops royal insult charges against academic

    Notable Attorneys 01/11/2018

    A Thai military court on Wednesday dropped royal insult charges against an 84-year old historian who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on elephant-back over 500 years ago.Sulak Sivaraksa was charged in...

  •  Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court

    Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court

    Notable Attorneys 01/08/2018

    In a case that pits freedom of expression and equality against public decency, three women are challenging a New Hampshire city ordinance prohibiting public nudity and taking it to the state's highest court.Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierr...

  • State Bar & Other Associations

    State Bar & Other Associations

    State Bar & Other Associations 01/05/2018

    Oklahoma State Bar Oregon State Bar       Pennsylvania Bar Association       Rhode Island Bar Association       South Carolina Bar       South Dakota State Bar Association    ...

  • Supreme Court of the United States

    Supreme Court of the United States

    Supreme Court of the U.S. 01/05/2018

    The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court of the United States. Established pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution in 1789, it has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court ...

  • Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms

    Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms

    Litigation Reports 01/05/2018

    Three Hong Kong activists will have to wait to learn the outcome of their final appeal Tuesday to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city.Judges at Hong Kong's top...

  • United States Courts

    United States Courts

    U.S. Courts 01/02/2018

    The U.S. Courts were created under Article III of the Constitution to administer justice fairly and impartially, within the jurisdiction established by the Constitution and Congress. This section will help you learn more about the Judicial ...

  • Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves

    Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves

    Legal Networks 01/02/2018

    Three backers of Catalonia's independence sought Thursday to get released from jail for their role in the region's push to break from Spain, which triggered the country's worst political crisis in decades.Former Catalan interior minister, Joaquim For...