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North Carolina Supreme Court throws 200th anniversary party
Legal Events 01/07/2019North Carolina's highest court is holding a "legal party" to observe the anniversary of its first meeting 200 years ago this month.The state Supreme Court scheduled a special session Monday in its downtown Raleigh courtroom to celebrate the court's b...
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Supreme Court sides with Ohio over death row inmate
Law Firm News 01/06/2019The Supreme Court is ordering a federal appeals court to re-examine the case of a convicted killer in Ohio whose death sentence was thrown out after he was found to be mentally disabled.In an unsigned opinion Monday, the justices said that the federa...
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Del. Man Acquitted of Drug Charges Won't Get Seized Money
Trial Coverage 01/02/2019A court has ruled that a Delaware man acquitted of drug charges won't get the thousands of dollars seized in the drug bust back. WBOC media partner the Delaware State News reports that the S...
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Judge denies Kevin Spacey's request to skip court appearance
Recent Cases 12/29/2018Former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he groped a young man in 2016, a judge ruled on Monday.The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor had argued he should be excused from attending his Jan. 7 ar...
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Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
Trial Coverage 12/18/2018Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country's Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.The court, based in the eastern French city...
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Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
Legal Events 12/17/2018The fight over a Massachusetts Gaming Commission report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former casino mogul Steve Wynn will be back in a Nevada courtroom next month.Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Thursday set a Jan. 4 c...
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Colorado baker returns to court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
Legal Events 12/16/2018Attorneys for a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds — a stand partially upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — argued in federal court Tuesday that the state is punishing him again over his ...
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Mexico president blasts 'stratospheric' supreme court wages
Law Center 12/14/2018The Mexican president is butting heads with the Supreme Court just one week into office after judges suspended a law that would cap public sector salaries, one of his key campaign promises.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused the judges of l...
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Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details
Headline Legal News 12/12/2018Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his Russia investigation on Friday as he faces court deadlines in the cases of two men who worked closely with President Donald Trump.The special counsel and federal prosecutors in New York are filin...
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Chinese executive facing US extradition appears in court
Legal Events 12/11/2018A Canadian prosecutor urged a Vancouver court to deny bail to a Chinese executive at the heart of a case that is shaking up U.S.-China relations and worrying global financial markets.Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications gia...
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Man accused of killing tourist appears in New Zealand court
Legal Events 12/09/2018A man accused of killing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane made his first appearance in a New Zealand court Monday.The 26-year-old man stared at the ground while a judge addressed him during the brief appearance at the Auckland District Court...
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Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure
Bar Associations 12/07/2018Rwanda’s high court on Thursday acquitted the country’s most prominent opposition figure of all charges related to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judges said the prosecution failed to provide proof of insurrection and...