Latest Law News
Sex abuse lawsuit filed against Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena
Thirty four men and women who claim that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests filed a civil lawsuit on Tuesday against the Diocese of Helena. The case was filed in Montana First Judicial District Court of Lewis & Clark County in
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:40P
Lawmakers pressured over illegal license law
Thousands of activists from the national political strongarm "Americans For Legal Immigration" stepped forward Wednesday to support Governor Susana Martinez' call to kill the controversial license law. "They're calling, emailing and faxing New Mexico
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:40P
Romney to Newsmax: Obama's Jobs Plan 'A Lot of Money, A Lot of Bluster'
Perry and I have very different views on illegal immigration. He said in a letter to the editor that he was open to amnesty. He opposes a fence, He's also opposed the Arizona law and says states shouldn't be able to enforce federal immigration policy.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:40P
Schools coalition plans to sue over $8M state funding glitch
HELENA — An education group has decided to go to court, to reinstate $8 million in state funds for Montana public schools it says were erased in a legal-political glitch this spring. "(Our) action will simply right a wrong and help ensure a permanent,
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:40P
Allegations of bid-rigging fly as lawsuit over government relocation contract
The government later settled that lawsuit for $4.5 million, even though Royal LePage never stopped providing the services, Lunau alleged. Senior bureaucrats also took steps to alter and then suppress a damning report by a Public Works investigator who
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:39P
Texas death row inmate executed
Brewer and two other white men kidnapped the 49-year-old black man on the night of June 7, 1998. They chained him by the ankles to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for 3 ½ miles down a country road near Jasper, Texas.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:39P
NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com | Jury in
(AP) - The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former Oklahoma prison warden's wife who is charged with helping a convicted murderer escape. The jury told the judge a little before 2 pm Tuesday that it had come to a decision in the case of
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:38P
Over Prosecutor's Objections, Judge Says He Is 'Compelled by Law' to Release
At one point, the judge even hinted that the information he had reviewed might contain evidence of dishonesty or criminal behavior by prosecution witnesses. "I want to emphasize: I am compelled by law to rule this way," he told Braden Woods,
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:38P
Solyndra Spox Blames DOE for Bankruptcy
Miller said that the failure to secure that financing “left the company with no other option but to seek to reorganize through a bankruptcy filing under Chapter 11.” One Obama administration official with knowledge of the deal offered some additional
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:38P
Kyle Unger files $14.5M wrongful-conviction lawsuit
Beginning of Story Content Kyle Unger is suing federal and Manitoba justice officials, along with the RCMP and prosecutors, for wrongfully convicting him of murder. Unger is seeking a total of $14.5 million in damages, according to a statement of claim
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:38P
Primary Categories