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National Review Misfires In Attack On Obama Judicial Nominee Halligan's Gun
Sturm, Ruger & Co., a lawsuit brought against handgun manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. Luckily, like most courts that have addressed such claims, the court saw through the "public safety" facade and concluded that the nexus between the
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:14P
Conviction upheld in elderly Mass.
The court also rejected Ruell's argument that a medical examiner should not have been allowed to testify about the types of weapons that were consistent with Martowski's injuries. The medical examiner, who conducted an autopsy of Martowski,
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:13P
Government Targets Agriculture Industry for Increased Antitrust Scrutiny
industry – the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Christine Varney, emphasized the importance of “vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws …to ensure competitive agriculture markets”.
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:13P
Autopsy shows student's death was accident
MADRID, March 14 (UPI) -- A preliminary autopsy report showed the death of a US exchange student in Madrid was accidental, a medical examiner reported. Austin Taylor Bice, 22, of California was found in the Manzanares River last Tuesday after having
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:13P
With another short-term budget bill on horizon, patience dwindles
Is not doing nothing just a vote for bankruptcy? Cause see that's on it's way, absent signifigant actions. Obama did institute the debt commision, which also recommended against cutting too soon. Doing nothing is exactly what congress is doing arguing
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:13P
SUMMARY JUDGMENTS: Our daily legal-news aggregator for March 14, 2011
In January, Justice Anthony Kennedy conducted a mental-competency hearing for Hamlet in Los Angeles, featuring real-life lawyers, including Blair Berk, who represented the prince of Denmark. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once donned a 19th-century
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:12P
State legislature looking at major cuts to budget
Public education is being threatened by larger class sizes and teacher furloughs in order to trim the budget. Health providers, mental health clients and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are all in fear of losing a portion of their funding.
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:12P
Missouri AG sues Lebanon for sunshine violations
Koster said in a release Monday that the lawsuit also named City Administrator Henry Luxem, Mayor Constant Craig, and Joseph Brauer, chief of police. The lawsuit accuses Brauer of sending an email in December 2010 to police department employees
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:12P
Missouri lawmakers propose ban on Islamic law
Dale Whitman, the former dean of the law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, said that for example, courts would need to consider foreign marital laws if a couple who married elsewhere sought a divorce in Missouri.
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:12P
Bank seeks to overturn trustee's avoidance of real estate interest
March 14 (Westlaw Journals) - SunTrust Bank is asking a federal appeals panel to reverse a series of lower court rulings that allowed a bankruptcy trustee with alleged constructive knowledge of the bank's lien on property the debtor owned to use the
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:11P
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