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NEW – Elections attract sparse voter turnout
Two lawyers from Bucks County, Democrat Kathryn Boockvar and Republican Anne Covey, are vying for a seat on the Commonwealth Court. Wecht raised at least $522000 through Friday, with $300000 of that coming from a trial lawyers' group.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:21P
Supreme Court weighs Cass ouster case
The Cass County prosecutor's office had sought the court order, alleging Young could not serve as presiding commissioner because of the felony on his record. The prosecuting attorney is a Democrat. Arguing the case was assistant prosecutor Scott Wright
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:20P
Naidoo 'didn't intend to win'
DOUBLE murder accused Mathew Naidoo told the high court in Durban yesterday he had no intention of coming out his trial a winner. “And if I spend the rest of my life in jail after all that has happened to me, I welcome it,” he said.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:19P
Singur: State to move division bench
State counsels thus kept on pleading before the trial court that the government "vested" the land for public purpose - distribute it among "unwilling" farmers, and did not "acquire" the land. State counsel Asoke Banerjee, however, held that the
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:17P
Yeddy walks out on bail
The single- member bench of the high court granted him conditional bail on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh. Yeddyurappa was asked not to influence witnesses in the two land scam cases for which he was sent to judicial custody on October 15. The trial in
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:15P
Man Charged in Iowa Girl's Death wants Trial Moved
He's accused of striking Kadyn Halverson, of rural Kensett, as she walked to the bus on May 10. Authorities say Gunderson fled the scene. Online court records show his attorney filed a motion last week seeking a change of venue.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:14P
Wal-mart to pay female trucker $10 MILLION after she slips on delivery ramp
Wal-Mart appealed and a lower court granted the company a new trial, saying the award was 'excessive, not supported by the evidence and could only be the result of prejudice and bias and the jury's desire to punish Wal-Mart.' Wal-Mart had also said in
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:14P
Maryland state senator Currie acquitted
Former Shoppers Food Warehouse president William J. White and former vice president R. Kevin Small also were on trial with the senator in US District Court in Baltimore, and they were also acquitted. Currie, a 74-year-old sitting Democratic senator,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:14P
Altria Says West Virginia Tobacco Case Ends in Mistrial
The first part of a two-phase trial of wrongful-death and personal-injury claims by smokers and their families in state court in Wheeling, West Virginia, ended today, less than two weeks after jurors began hearing evidence.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:12P
U.S. court refuses to OK new Texas congressional map
As a result, parties expect that there will be a trial to resolve the dispute. In the meantime, the judges ordered that the federal court in Western Texas draw up an interim map by the end of the month that will be used the 2012 election cycle.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11P
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