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  • Appeals court OKs permits for Upper Peninsula mine

    Appeals court OKs permits for Upper Peninsula mine

    Headline Legal News 08/13/2014

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by state environmental regulators to allow construction of a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. A three-judge panel unanimously sided with the Department of Environmental Quality, which ...

  • US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand

    US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand

    Headline Legal News 07/01/2014

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't hear an appeal from credit bureau Equifax Inc. involving what it considered an adverse tax ruling in Mississippi. The appeal was a reaction to a 2013 Mississippi Supreme Court decision that Equifax had...

  • Court rejects appeal of gay jury selection case

    Court rejects appeal of gay jury selection case

    Headline Legal News 06/25/2014

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to reconsider its ruling granting heightened legal protections to gays and lesbians, prompting three dissenting judges to warn of far-reaching implications in same-sex marriage cases in the Western United St...

  • Court: No blanket exemption for police dashcams

    Court: No blanket exemption for police dashcams

    Headline Legal News 06/13/2014

    The state Supreme Court has ruled that state dashboard cameras can't be withheld from public disclosure unless they relate to pending litigation. Five of the high court's members said Thursday that the Seattle Police Department wrongly used a state s...

  • High court won't hear California's prison appeal

    High court won't hear California's prison appeal

    Headline Legal News 06/10/2014

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that California bears responsibility for nearly 2,000 disabled parolees housed in county jails. The decision could leave state taxpayers liable for problems at some of the jails, said Je...

  • Supreme Court Says Mich. Can't Block Indian Casino

    Supreme Court Says Mich. Can't Block Indian Casino

    Headline Legal News 05/30/2014

    A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Michigan can't block the opening of an off-reservation American Indian casino because the state's legal challenge is barred by tribal sovereign immunity. In a 5-4 decision, the high court said the state coul...

  • Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court

    Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court

    Headline Legal News 05/27/2014

    A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy, semiofficial news agency ISNA repor...

  • Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal

    Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal

    Headline Legal News 05/20/2014

    The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider the case of a federal air marshal who was fired after leaking information to the press about aviation security plans. The justices will hear an appeal from the Obama administration, which claims Robert MacL...

  • Court: Red Bulls must pay $2.8M in property tax

    Court: Red Bulls must pay $2.8M in property tax

    Headline Legal News 05/16/2014

    A New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday that the state's Major League Soccer franchise is liable for nearly $3 million in property taxes to the town of Harrison. The New York Red Bulls have played at Red Bull Arena in Harrison since 2010. During that...

  • European court: Google must yield on personal info

    European court: Google must yield on personal info

    Headline Legal News 05/13/2014

    People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday. In a landmark decision, The Court of Justice of the European Union said Google must listen and sometime...

  • Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case

    Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case

    Headline Legal News 05/05/2014

    The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts may hinge on a case before the state's highest court Monday. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear arguments in a case centered on whether a question should be allowed on the November bal...

  • Court considers whistleblower free speech rights

    Court considers whistleblower free speech rights

    Headline Legal News 04/30/2014

    When Edward Lane testified about corruption at a community college program he headed in Alabama, he was fired. The Supreme Court on Monday considered whether the First Amendment protects Lane and millions of other public employees from job retaliatio...

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