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Former Bush Assistant Sues over 'Swing Vote'
Recent Cases 08/08/2008Bradley Blakeman, a former member of the Bush administration, claims the movie "Swing Vote" is based on a copyrighted treatment he gave to actor Kelsey Grammer, who passed it along to Disney's Touchstone Pictures without his knowledge or permission. ...
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'Junior' Gotti Arrested on Murder Charge
Recent Cases 08/05/2008John A. "Junior" Gotti has been arrested on charges linking him to three New York murders, The New York Times reported. He is expected to be indicted on racketeering and murder-conspiracy charges over the killings, which took place nearly two decades...
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'Trashman' Posted Alarmist Videos, Feds Say
Recent Cases 08/04/2008Anton Dunn, using the alias "Trashman," posted threatening videos on YouTube, in which he claims to have told Gerber employees to poison baby food with the intent to kill millions of black babies, federal prosecutors claim. Dunn has been charged with...
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Latinos Lose Bid to Redraw Ward Map in Aurora, Ill.
Recent Cases 07/28/2008Latino citizens in Aurora, Ill., are not entitled to have the city ward map redrawn to favor Latino candidates, the 7th Circuit ruled. Judge Easterbrook upheld the district court's ruling that Latino voters are not deprived of proper voting represent...
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Rolling Stones' Copyright Holder Sues Derivative Rapper
Recent Cases 07/25/2008Dwayne Carter, known as "L'il Wayne" to the two or three fans he has, illegally used the Rolling Stones' hit, "Play With Fire," in a "vile ... sexist and offensive" knockoff called "Playing With Fire," ABKCO Music claims in Federal Court....
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Mother Loses Custody Due To Her Bizarre Behavior
Recent Cases 07/24/2008A California appeals court affirmed the appointment of a guardian ad litem for a girl whose mother led police on a 12-minute high-speed chase with her 7-month-old daughter in tow, kept feces and urine in jars near the kitchen sink, and told relatives...
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Tommy Tune Sues Manager, Marvin Shulman
Recent Cases 07/22/2008Tommy Tune claims his manager Marvin Shulman took him for a long, expensive ride, overcharging for commissions, taking a commission even on the sale of Tune's home and his capital gains, and outsourcing management duties to third parties, using Tune'...
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Citizenship Harder To Prove Through Fathers
Recent Cases 07/21/2008An immigration law that extends citizenship to children whose mothers are naturalized does not violate due process by not following the same rule for fathers, the 2nd Circuit ruled. Otis Grant, a Jamaican citizen, was convicted in 1996 of second-degr...
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Class Action Challenges Mandatory Electronic Filing
Recent Cases 07/18/2008Questions regarding whether LexisNexis Courtlink is licensed to do business in Georgia and the location of its registered agent prompted attorney Steven J. Newton to amend his complaint against the company and Fulton County State and Superior Court o...
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Man Says Eminem Sucker-Punched Him
Recent Cases 07/15/2008Eminem sucker-punched a man as he used the urinal in a Detroit nightclub, the man claims in Oakland County Court. Miad Jarbou demands more than $100,000 from the rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers. Jarbou says he was using a urinal at Cheeta...
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Man Says Social Security Guards Beat Him
Recent Cases 07/11/2008Private contract guards hired by the Social Security Administration assaulted a man, fracturing his hand, and maliciously prosecuted him because he clipped his fingernails while waiting in the Social Security office, the man claims in Federal Court. ...
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Forced Sterilization Is Persecution, Court Says
Recent Cases 07/10/2008A Chinese citizen should not be returned to her homeland due to the high probability that she would be forcibly sterilized, the 7th Circuit ruled. Xiu Zhen Lin, the mother of three, protested a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals that she ha...