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Judge orders Sugarland to testify in stage collapse trial
Attorneys for stage builder Mid-America Sound Corp. had requested the depositions begin Monday, but Marion Superior Court Judge Theodore Sosin on Friday approved a request by the band's attorneys to reject that timetable. Sugarland's attorneys said the
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:26P
Judge tosses Martin Luther King estate's suit seeking documents from son of
The lawsuit was filed in September in US District Court in Jackson against Howard Ballou, an anchor for Jackson-based WLBT-TV. The suit said Ballou's mother worked for King as a secretary from 1955 to 1960 and kept documents during the time King led
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:20P
Judge tosses Martin Luther King estate's suit seeking documents from son of
The lawsuit was filed in September in US District Court in Jackson against Howard Ballou, an anchor for Jackson-based WLBT-TV. The suit said Ballou's mother worked for King as a secretary from 1955 to 1960 and kept documents during the time King led
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:20P
John Edwards, a Man of Many Lawyers, Shuffles Legal Team Once Again
In an 11-page memorandum and order handed down Wednesday, US district court judge Catherine Eagles approved Edwards's hire of new attorneys from North Carolina firm Smith Moore Leatherwood, who replace Charlotte-based Womble Carlyle partners James
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:20P
Trial axed as PC has sports clash
A TRIAL has been cancelled at Folkestone Magistrates' Court because a police officer who is a key witness has landed himself a place in the British National Badminton Tournament. PC Adam Milton is the officer who allegedly caught Robert Davey using his
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:19P
Trial axed as PC has sports clash
A TRIAL has been cancelled at Folkestone Magistrates' Court because a police officer who is a key witness has landed himself a place in the British National Badminton Tournament. PC Adam Milton is the officer who allegedly caught Robert Davey using his
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:19P
Supreme Court Drops Pepcorn Appeal
BOISE • Court officials acted properly in allowing family members of convicted sex offender James Frederick Pepcorn Sr. to testify about prior, uncharged sex acts during the former Cassia County teacher's 2008 trial, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled.
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:12P
State slams judge's 'crippling order' in consent agreement delay
“If the court fails to stay the trial court's order … this opportunity may be forever lost.” Collette has ruled the Detroit financial review team is subject to the Open Meetings Act and is in apparent violation of the law because it has met behind
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:09P
Maine governor wins labour mural battle
Judge John Woodcock dismissed a lawsuit aimed at restoring the labour mural to its original location in on the ground floor of the Department of Labour building. The governor's decision created a national uproar that proved to be a major distraction,
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:05P
Courts Reject Bright-Line Approach to Defining “Foreign Official” in Favor of
Esquenazi, (commonly known as the “Haiti Teleco Case”), the court for the Southern District of Florida denied defendants' motion to dismiss, which argued that “entities controlled or partially controlled by departments, agencies, or instrumentalities”
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:04P