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Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency
Trial Coverage 09/14/2015A reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown is recommending the consolidation of the metro area's police departments and municipal courts, a newspaper reported Monday. Gov. Jay Nixon and others have scheduled an afternoo...
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Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals
Legal Events 09/11/2015Idaho's highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals after ruling that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of the bill was invalid. The decision is a blow to Idaho's horse racing industry, where of...
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OJ Simpson appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court
Recent Cases 09/10/2015Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson lost his latest appeal of his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction in Las Vegas. A three-member Nevada Supreme Court panel rejected Simpson's request for a new trial, ruling in a 16-page order Thur...
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Appeals court refuses to halt power plant rules
Litigation Reports 09/09/2015A federal appeals court has refused to halt the Obama administration's new clean air standards for power plants while opponents wage a legal challenge. The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday rejected an emergency request from 15 ...
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German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike
Legal Events 09/08/2015A German court issued an injunction Wednesday ordering a halt to a strike by pilots at Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, that caused the cancelation of 1,000 flights. Lufthansa welcomed the ruling by the state labor court in Frankfurt but said th...
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Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case
Headline Legal News 09/07/2015A pretrial conference is planned in the case of a former college women's basketball coach accused of groping a player. The session has been scheduled for Tuesday morning in a Kenton County court for Bryce McKey. McKey's attorney has entered a not-gui...
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U.S. military chooses rarely-used charge for Bergdahl
Recent Cases 09/06/2015Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghani...
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Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays
Legal Events 09/05/2015Transgender people can be especially vulnerable to harassment and attacks and shouldn't be equated with gays and lesbians by U.S. immigration officials determining whether to grant asylum, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The San Francisco-base...
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Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com
Headline Legal News 09/04/2015The website Backpage.com may not be immune from state liability law and a lawsuit filed by three young girls who said they were sold as prostitutes on the website can proceed to trial, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 6-3 deci...
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Clerk in gay marriage case to appear in federal court
Recent Cases 09/04/2015A county clerk in Kentucky who has repeatedly defied court orders by refusing to issue marriage licenses will appear before a federal judge who could hold her in contempt of court. Rowan County clerk Kim Davis has been summoned to the hearing at 11 a...
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Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'
Headline Legal News 09/03/2015An appeals court has reduced the prison sentence for a self-described sovereign citizen who was convicted of assaulting two police officers during a traffic stop. Tabitha Gentry was convicted in April 2014 of two counts of aggravated assault and one ...
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Alaska Supreme Court won't block Medicaid expansion
Ethics 09/02/2015Thousands of lower-income Alaskans will become eligible for Medicaid after the Alaska Supreme Court on Monday refused to temporarily block the state from expanding the health care program. The win capped a big day for Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, who ear...