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KELSO: Judge sends I-1183 provision to trial
A Cowlitz County judge on Friday upheld most of a voter-approved initiative that requires the state to get out of the liquor business, but called for a trial to determine whether a provision for public safety funding caused voters to approve a measure
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:30A
Terror funding: Court frames charges against Geelani aide, 3 others
a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others, arrested for allegedly running hawala racket to fund banned terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, by a Delhi court, paving the way for their trial.
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:23A
BP, plaintiffs reach billion dollar deal in Gulf oil spill
US District Court Judge Carl Barbier wrote in an order that the two sides have "reached an agreement on the terms of a proposed class settlement which will be submitted to the court for approval." A civil trial on the issue was scheduled to take place
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:16A
Identity shielded, man testifies
They are at the trial of their son's roommate. NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A man who witnesses say was watched via webcam kissing a male Rutgers University student who later committed suicide told jurors Friday that he saw the camera pointed in their direction
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:14A
Supreme Court clarifies open records law
"We cannot assume, consistent with the purpose of the PRA, that simply because the records at issue were generated by a law enforcement agency, they necessarily are records 'dealing with the detection and investigation of a crime,'" the court said in
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:13A
A curious case: golfer not the first in sport to sue for defamation
The amount also seems to be linked to a High Court case from November 2010 in which a former company executive was awarded a record 10 million damages by a High Court jury after they found he was defamed by a press release issued by the company about
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:11A
150 YEARS AGO: Man on trial for railroad destruction makes statement to court
In his statement to the court, Petty said he left home early in the morning intending to transact business in Sturgeon. When he was about six miles away, he was told there were Federal troops in the town, and he decided to return home, he said.
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:09A
BP reaches accord with plaintiffs over 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial
Washington, Mar 3(ANI): Petroleum giant British Petroleum (BP) has reportedly reached an agreement with its plaintiffs in the trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The New Orleans District Court issued a statement saying that both sides
Updated: 03/03/2012 02:24A
BP reaches deal with oil spill plaintiffs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP PLC has reached an agreement with counsel for plaintiffs suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a court order on Friday. US District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing the litigation,
Updated: 03/02/2012 11:46P
Deals in ballot fraud trial at issue
By Kenneth C. Crowe II Edward McDonough appears in court before final summations in his ballot fraud case in the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy, NY March 2. 2012. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union) Defense Attorney Michael Feit who represents Michael
Updated: 03/02/2012 11:40P
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