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Cassez stays in prison – for now
The case will be now be handed over to another Supreme Court judge, who must come up with a new recommendation regarding Cassez. All five of the judges criticized the police's behavior during Cassez's arrest – she was kept overnight in a car and the
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:15P
Cassez stays in prison – for now
The case will be now be handed over to another Supreme Court judge, who must come up with a new recommendation regarding Cassez. All five of the judges criticized the police's behavior during Cassez's arrest – she was kept overnight in a car and the
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:15P
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Argument recap: More disagreement, please
When Brindley suggested that an error might be harmful even if a reviewing court thought that the verdict would have been the same, so long as the error “contributed to the verdict,” Justice Scalia expressed skepticism, pointing out that every error
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:14P
Norway plans revised health law ahead of Breivik trial
By Anne Leer BBC News Norway is rushing through laws to ensure that Anders Behring Breivik is kept in a new, top security hospital if a court finds him criminally insane. The law would allow patients to be locked up for as long as police found they
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:11P
Norway plans revised health law ahead of Breivik trial
By Anne Leer BBC News Norway is rushing through laws to ensure that Anders Behring Breivik is kept in a new, top security hospital if a court finds him criminally insane. The law would allow patients to be locked up for as long as police found they
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:11P
Attorney disbarred by Supreme Court
By Minnesota Lawyer Staff Twin Cities defense attorney Steven Paul Lundeen was disbarred by the Minnesota Supreme Court last week for misappropriating client funds, ignoring client matters and failing to show up for a client's trial, lying to the court
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:08P
Health Care Law Circus Comes to Town
They run the gamut from somber panels teasing out the ramifications of repeal — the Heritage Foundation's “Obamacare on Trial: The Impact of the Court's Rulings” versus the Center for American Progress' “Learn Your Power: How the Affordable Care Act
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:07P
Alabama Supreme Court reverses part of verdict against off-road vehicle plaintiffs
The Alabama Supreme Court has determined that a trial court erred by entering a judgment as a matter of law at the close of evidence on a couple's wantonness claim against the company that manufactured an off-road vehicle in which the wife sustained
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:03P
Court upholds warrantless auto searches
The Court, in a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Lee Johnson, upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned a Reno County district court suppression of drug evidence taken from a car during a traffic stop. The case involved Dinah Sanchez-Loredo,
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:01P
Depfa, Pisa Swaps Feud Needs Trial in Italy and U.K., Judge Says
A London judge ruled that a dispute between Depfa Bank PLC, (DEP)Dexia SA and the Italian province of Pisa over a swaps deal needs separate trials in Italy and the UK While the banks had asked the judge to refer the case to a European Court for a final
Updated: 03/23/2012 01:01P