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Judge blocks enforcement of method where landowners can block forced
GARY D. ROBERTSON AP RALEIGH, NC — North Carolina's new methods that give property owners the opportunity to block forced annexations by towns and cities has been struck down by a trial court judge. Lawyers confirmed Tuesday that Judge Shannon Joseph
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:39P
David Mindek pleads not guilty to dereliction of duty in connection to
The case was assigned to Judge Robert McCelland of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. The family of Dan Ficker has been trying to obtain evidence and records related to the shooting for several months. Dennis Ficker, father of Dan Ficker,
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:33P
Gen Ilker Basbug rejects terror charges
ISTANBUL: Turkish ex-army chief Ilker Basbug on Tuesday walked out of his terrorism trial in protest at the use of taped phone calls and denied seeking to overthrow the government. Basbug stormed out of the Silivri court after a personal phone
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:32P
Risk/Utility in Strict Liability Design Defect Claims
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court stuck down a $5 million verdict in an Ethicon endocutter design defect case last week, finding that the trial court was not restricted to considering only one use of the device, and that it properly applied a risk-utility
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:28P
Court hears Rafferty was 'stressed out' after Tori Stafford's disappearance
Court is hearing that the man accused of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford was "stressed out" in the days after her disappearance. The trial of Michael Rafferty in London, Ont., heard Tuesday from an ex-girlfriend, who said he told her he hadn't
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:27P
Judge says Sunrise had right to reject Green Now trash recycling center
The case landed in court on Monday before Broward Circuit Judge John Bowman. On Tuesday, Bowman ruled in favor of the city and questioned how the case ever made it to court. Mayor Mike Ryan, who watched from the sidelines during the two-day trial,
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:25P
N5.2B SCAM: Court Frees Elumelu
The court further held that subjecting Elumelu to the rigours of trial will amount to an abuse of court process even as his presence in the matter was already an abuse of court process. Justice Umar went on to strike out the counts in the charge
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:24P
Testimony begins in Philly trial of Catholic priests (interactive timeline)
That complaint, dating to 1992, was detailed in court Monday by the first witness to take the stand in the trial. A Philadelphia detective read a 1992 letter from a medical student that said Avery had once gotten him drunk and molested him after a DJ
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:22P
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Courts often reduce sentences, however, if suspects are seen as cooperative. His testimony in the opening days of the trial has given a rare glimpse into the operations of al-Qaida along the Afghan border. Siddiqui told the court Tuesday that he and
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:22P
New method to stop forced annexation blocked
By GARY D. ROBERTSON AP RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- North Carolina's new methods that give property owners the opportunity to block forced annexations by towns and cities has been struck down by a trial court judge. Lawyers confirmed Tuesday that Judge Shannon
Updated: 03/27/2012 12:21P
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