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  • Court sides with NJ judges in pension dispute

    Court sides with NJ judges in pension dispute

    Headline Legal News 07/27/2012

    New Jersey's Supreme Court dealt a partial defeat to one of Gov. Chris Christie's signature legislative accomplishments Tuesday when it ruled that the state's judges don't have to contribute more to their pensions and health benefits. A leading state...

  • Tenn. court says convicted killer can keep money

    Tenn. court says convicted killer can keep money

    Headline Legal News 07/18/2012

    A Tennessee appeals court has reluctantly ruled that a Johnson City man convicted of killing his wife in a bathtub for the insurance money can keep $200,000 in life insurance proceeds. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Wednesday that the Tennessee...

  • Texas Voter ID Law to be Tested in a Federal Court

    Texas Voter ID Law to be Tested in a Federal Court

    Headline Legal News 07/09/2012

    The fate of Texas' controversial new voter ID law - which requires voters to show photo identification at the polls - is set to be decided this week in a federal court in Washington. The state, which claims the law will prevent voter fraud, is seekin...

  • Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case

    Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case

    Headline Legal News 07/06/2012

    Welfare officials can take children from parents who negligently cause the death of a son or daughter, such as failing to place them in a car seat, even if there was no criminal harm, the California Supreme Court ruled. The court ruled Thursday that ...

  • GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case

    GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case

    Headline Legal News 07/02/2012

    GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials said on Monday is the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history. The agreement, which still needs court appro...

  • High court ruling vindicates Obama on health care

    High court ruling vindicates Obama on health care

    Headline Legal News 06/28/2012

    Marking a pivotal point in the presidential campaign, the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Barack Obama's sweeping federal health care law handed the Democratic incumbent crucial election-year vindication for his signature legislative acc...

  • Penn State: Court should dismiss Spanier's lawsuit

    Penn State: Court should dismiss Spanier's lawsuit

    Headline Legal News 06/15/2012

    Penn State is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the university by its former president. Graham Spanier sued May 25 to obtain old emails that he says are necessary to respond to Penn State's child sex-abuse probe. Documents filed by Pe...

  • NY court limits disclosure in old communist probe

    NY court limits disclosure in old communist probe

    Headline Legal News 06/09/2012

    New York's top court on Tuesday ordered the release of more names and records to a writer whose parents were targeted by anti-communist investigators in the New York City school system 57 years ago. The Court of Appeals, however, is still excluding i...

  • High court protects Secret Service agents

    High court protects Secret Service agents

    Headline Legal News 06/04/2012

    The Supreme Court ruled Monday that two Secret Service agents are shielded from a lawsuit filed by a man they arrested after a confrontation with then-Vice President Dick Cheney. The 8-0 decision comes in a case that began with the arrest of Steven H...

  • Court orders woman to stay away from Jeff Goldblum

    Court orders woman to stay away from Jeff Goldblum

    Headline Legal News 05/26/2012

    A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent years. Goldblum's attorneys obtained the order against Linda Ransom, 49, after she repeatedly ...

  • Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce

    Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce

    Headline Legal News 05/18/2012

    Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages. The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in ...

  • Court says illegal immigrants can't have guns

    Court says illegal immigrants can't have guns

    Headline Legal News 05/08/2012

    A federal appeals court says illegal immigrants don't have a right to own firearms under the U.S. Constitution. Emmanuel Huitron-Guizar of Wyoming pleaded guilty to being an illegal immigrant in possession of firearms after his arrest last year. He w...

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