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Some stats on Harris County's interim redistricting map
The interim map, to be used for the 2012 elections, was ordered by a federal judge last month as part of a lawsuit Latino activists filed against the redistricting plan the county adopted in August. In short, there are 12 voting precincts that will
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:19A
Brutality Suit Against Mehserle Rejected
Kenneth Carrethers, 43, claimed in a civil lawsuit that Mehserle and the other officers used excessive force and retaliated against him for criticizing them when they arrested and restrained him at BART's Coliseum/Oakland Airport station on Nov.
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:13A
Ohio State fights ESPN lawsuit
AP photo COLUMBUS -- ESPN heated up their lawsuit against Ohio State University by asking the state's Supreme Court to order the release of records that forced the resignation of former football coach Jim Tressel, and the exit of quarterback Terrelle
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:10A
Lawsuit: Student arrested for burping
By CBS/AP Published: 10:08 AM 12/02/2011 A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque public school principal, a teacher and a city police
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:10A
CPSC Database Faces Its First Legal Challenge
The first lawsuit in connection with the new Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) database has been filed. As we reported, the CPSC launched a website at www.saferproducts.gov to serve as a consumer products safety database.
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:09A
Florida's public school funding will be put to state Supreme Court test
As the Manatee County School Board begins grappling with another painful round of budget cuts, the lawsuit against the state concerning constitutional issues about public school funding heads to the Florida Supreme Court. A state appellate court pushed
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:09A
Boston-Area School Officials Sued Over Sexting Incident, Report Says
According to MyFoxBoston.com, her lawsuit claims the school did not discipline the boy, who was then a 17-year-old junior, because he is a relative of the principal. The boy would later plead guilty to assaulting the woman, MyFoxBoston reports.
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:07A
Pet Food Lawsuit Won't Neuter Wall Street
Grant & Eisenhofer, the plaintiffs lawyers said on its Web site that "the lawsuit, which challenged the common practice by many deal advisers to simultaneously offer sell-side financing in a transaction, led to sweeping changes in the way investment
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:05A
US banks sued over foreclosure policies
Ms Coakley went on to say the lawsuit has been filed to provide "real accountability" on the firms' "unlawful and illegal" seizures. Recently, JP Morgan and the Bank of America were among a group of 15 major banks to be downgraded by Standard & Poor's.
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:04A
Boy 'Burping Audibly' in PE Class Leads to His Arrest and Parental Lawsuit
A 10-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a juvenile detention center earlier this year simply for "audibly burping" in his physical education class, a lawsuit alleges. The unidentified Cleveland Middle School
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:04A