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Trial set for alleged child abusers
After numerous delays, trial has been scheduled for an Orcutt woman and her nephew charged with brutally abusing nine children. Bertha Savoy, 73, and Duane James, 39, also of Orcutt, are slated to start trial Oct. 29 in Superior Court in Santa Maria.
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:44P
BP: The case of the century
In the view of Daniel Becnel, a prominent Louisiana tort attorney, people such as Barisich are probably helping their lawyers more than they are helping themselves. “This is a lawyer feeding frenzy,” he says. “Any time you have these disasters,
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:42P
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Affirms FCC Pole Attachment Ruling in
Gulf Power claimed its poles were at “full capacity” and that other buyers were willing to pay a higher rate, the two circumstances the 11th Circuit had held in a related case (Alabama Power v. FCC) were necessary before a pole owner could collect
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:38P
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Affirms FCC Pole Attachment Ruling in
Gulf Power claimed its poles were at “full capacity” and that other buyers were willing to pay a higher rate, the two circumstances the 11th Circuit had held in a related case (Alabama Power v. FCC) were necessary before a pole owner could collect
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:38P
Trial of Limerick brothers on threats charges hears further evidence
He told Mr McCartney that his contact with the Collins family had absolutely no bearing on the outcome the case against April Collins, who was given a three-year suspended sentence for witness intimidation at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court in May 2011
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:36P
Trial of Limerick brothers on threats charges hears further evidence
He told Mr McCartney that his contact with the Collins family had absolutely no bearing on the outcome the case against April Collins, who was given a three-year suspended sentence for witness intimidation at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court in May 2011
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:36P
Opening statements begin in Rutgers student suicide
He faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and bias intimidation, a hate crime, in New Jersey's Middlesex County Court. Ravi, who rejected an earlier plea deal, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in the case that
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:35P
Justices expected to rule quickly on redistricting
The Kentucky Supreme Court is expected to rule quickly in a legislative redistricting case that is speeding through the legal process. Justices heard oral arguments in the lawsuit Friday, only a month after it was filed. Their ruling could come within
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:35P
Dimora trial: Jury called off as prosecution, defense battle
AKRON -- The jury and the alternate jurors in the Jimmy Dimora county corruption trial were called at sunrise Friday and told not to report to court. They have been told to come in on Monday morning. Court got underway early Friday morning with
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:34P
Prosecution says gambling trial is close to end
(WTW) — The lead prosecutor in Alabama's gambling corruption case said the prosecution could complete its case possibly by late Friday but most likely on Monday. Kendall Day of the US Justice Department announced the decision Friday in federal court in
Updated: 02/24/2012 01:33P
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