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9th Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Prison Headscarf
A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her headscarf in a Southern California holding cell can sue the county for violating her religious freedom rights, says the 9th Circuit in a ruling today. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:36P
7 jurors seated as jury selection begins in Buffalo mass shooting trial; Aug
McCray says he was at the restaurant but isn't the shooter. His Erie County Court trial will take place under heightened security. Everyone entering the courtroom will be photographed and checked for weapons with a hand-held metal detector.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:36P
Capitol Alert: Assembly to hold Wednesday budget vote
AB 102 Administration of justice. SB 78 Administration of justice. AB 106 State cash resources. SB 82 State cash resources. AB 108 Budget Act of 2010: revisions. SB 84 Budget Act of 2010: revisions. AB 109 Criminal justice alignment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:35P
7 Jurors Selected for McCray Trial
right, who is charged with nine counts which include four counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder, appears with attorney Joseph J. Terranova, left, at jury selection for his trial at Erie County Court in Buffalo, NY on Tuesday morning,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:35P
Oregon fishermen sue to break up seafood company, seek $520M in damages
Two Oregon fishermen from Brookings and an antitrust lawyer from Portland have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Medford in an effort to break up a giant seafood company. The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene reports they seek up to
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:35P
Health Care Fraud: Holder Warns Against Doctoring the Books
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday pledged intensive and imaginative efforts to what he called the “devastating effects of health care fraud.” “As we work to address a problem that “ quite frankly “ has
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:35P
Public meeting on drilling scheduled
Natural gas drilling brings plenty of sticky legal issues in Southlake from eminent domain for pipeline routes to threats of a lawsuit if the city denies a drilling application. The city hopes to clarify some of the confusion at a
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:35P
American Apparel sued for $250 million
The lawsuit states that it was made "clear her employment would be forfeited if she did not comply." Once Morales turned 18 in April 2009, she was invited to Charney's downtown Manhattan apartment where "she was, to all intents and purposes,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:34P
Drag racer kills innocent driver
Police said that two drivers had been racing along the highway towards Dandenong Plaza Shopping Centre when one smashed into the victim's car, travelling from the opposite direction, as it was turning right at the Henty Street intersection.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:34P
Devon Energy, Rees-Jones Hit For $116M In Fraud Suit
The defendants raised several counterclaims against Noel, but they were either rejected by the jury, abandoned at trial or dismissed as a matter of law by the trial court, Harvey said. A Devon spokesman said Devon acquired Chief two years after the
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:33P
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