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Appeals court dismisses 'Don't Ask' litigation as moot
20 gave Log Cabin everything it hoped to achieve as a result of its lawsuit and a controversy no longer exists for judges to consider. In addition to declaring the lawsuit moot, the decision vacates the decision that US District Judge Virginia Phillips
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:46P
Murrysville activist wins 2-cent lawsuit against Wal-Mart
Export District Judge Charles Conway sided with Bach in her civil lawsuit alleging unfair trade practices. He awarded Bach $100 in damages, plus about $80 in court costs. After the victory, Bach and her husband, Leonard, said the fight isn't over the
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:46P
24 more tort claims filed in Indiana stage collapse
The filings are required before a lawsuit can be filed seeking a share of the $5 million available to victims under Indiana law. More than 40 people were injured Aug. 13 when stage rigging collapsed in high winds before a scheduled State Fair concert
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:45P
Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Shell's Alaska Drilling Plan
LN) was confronted Thursday with a fresh challenge to its plan to drill for oil off Alaska's coast, with several environmental groups filing a lawsuit to block the company's exploration plans in the Beaufort Sea. The environmental groups said Shell had
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:44P
Apartment Building Controversy Up For Debate Again
El Paso County commissioners are considering a settlement agreement with Peoples National Bank after the bank filed a lawsuit against the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioners had decided in June to not allow Place Properties of Atlanta to build
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:43P
Both Sides in ObamaCare Lawsuit Appeal to Supreme Court
In what is likely to be their only point of agreement, both sides in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) petitioned the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear their appeals and rule on the law's constitutionality as soon as possible.
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:40P
Attorney General Jack Conway glad OxyContin lawsuit being returned to
Attorney General Jack Conway is heralding a decision by a federal court judge in New York to send a lawsuit involving the powerful painkiller OxyContin back to Kentucky. US District Judge Sidney H. Stein ruled this week that a lawsuit he filed in 2007
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:40P
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Makes Suit Moot
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco tossed out a lawsuit that had challenged the military policy as a violation of gay service members' civil rights. In doing so, the appeals court also dismissed a Southern California trial judge's
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:39P
Photo Copyright Suit Against Pearson Sent To Arbitration
Law360, New York (September 29, 2011, 1:25 PM ET) -- A New York federal judge on Wednesday sent to arbitration a photographer's lawsuit against Pearson Education Inc. over the textbook publisher's alleged unauthorized use of his
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:37P
Marion County Oil, Gas Lawsuit Hearing Scheduled For Friday
Federal Judge Irene Keeley is schedule to hear oral arguments in an oil and gas lawsuit on Friday. Richard Cain is suing XTO Energy and Waco Oil and Gas for putting a Marcellus Shale well on his property.
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:37P