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Health Foes Fight Mandatory Insurance at State Level

Efforts, mainly GOP-led, appear more symbolic, but could result in court battles

Sep 28, 09 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Efforts are afoot in more than a dozen states to outlaw mandatory health insurance, a preemptive strike against federal health reform that, though mainly symbolic and constitutionally dubious, could provoke a court battle that would be costly and delay any plan passed by Congress. “I just don’t want... More »

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health insurance • Massachusetts • Minnesota • US Constitution • health care reform • court cases • states' rights • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

Roberts Labors to Bring Divided Court Together

Chief scores 2 big 8-1 decisions last week, but Supremes still split

Jun 29, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Roberts told the Senate in 2005 that the Supreme Court was too polarized, and as chief justice he promised to encourage harmony between the court's left and right blocs. Last week he delivered, with two 8-1 decisions on the Voting Rights Act and the strip-search of a 13-year-old girl.... More »

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John Roberts • Voting Rights Act • Chief Justice • strip search • court cases • US Supreme Court

(Newser) - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pleaded not guilty today to charges she violated terms of her house arrest, Reuters reports. She blamed the regime’s lax security for allowing an American to swim to her lakeside home. Asked if she was guilty, Suu Kyi answered, “no, because... More »

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crime • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • court cases • breach of security • John Yettaw

Tehran Judge Echoes Call for 'Fair' Saberi Trial

Iran minister chides Obama for not knowing details of closed trial

Apr 20, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Iran’s judiciary issued a statement today requesting that Roxana Saberi’s appeal “should be fairly, accurately, and quickly considered.” It’s not clear whether Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi means Saberi’s appeal will be successful, or if he merely wants to stress to international... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Jesse Jackson • espionage • appeal • court cases • President Obama • Roxana Saberi • Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi

UPDATED

 Body Tentatively ID'd as Caylee 

Authorities tentatively ID remains as those of missing 3-year-old

Dec 12, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Investigators in Florida believe a body discovered yesterday is that of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, a lawyer for her mother told a judge today. The corpse recovered near the Orlando home of her grandparents has been “tentatively indentified” as hers, based on hair color and other physical evidence, CNN... More »

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Florida • body • missing child • forensics • court cases • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Congratulations, You've Been SuperServed!

Legal notifications on Facebook OK with Aussie supreme court

Dec 12, 08 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Australians can add legal judgments to the list of goodies their Facebook “friends” can send them. In what appears to be a global first, a Supreme Court judge today ruled that notices of default judgments—cases that don’t require defendants to appear—may be served on Facebook, the... More »

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Australia • email • Facebook • court • court cases • defendants

Judge Nixes
Fla. Ban on
Gay Adoption

State plans to appeal ruling against 30-year-old measure

Nov 25, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A Miami circuit judge sparked a constitutional showdown by ruling today against Florida’s 30-year-old ban on gay adoption, rebutting claims that homosexuals suffer more from mental illness and substance abuse. The attorney general’s office plans to appeal the decision, which allows a Miami man to adopt two foster... More »

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Florida • gay rights • adoption • judge • sexual orientation • court cases • homosexual rights • gays • gay parent

Calif. Brewer Wins Fight
to Sell 'Legal Weed'

Feds reverse course on double-entendre bottle cap after 6 months of bad publicity

Sep 2, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vaune Dillmann can market his beer from the small California town of Weed with the slogan "Try Legal Weed" after regulators backed off what could have been a drawn-out court battle, the Los Angeles Times reports. The feds tried to block Dillmann, citing a law prohibiting drug references on... More »

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California • weird • marijuana • court cases • slogans • weed • Mt. Shasta • Weed, Calif.

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 Case Against Ivins Looking Thin

FBI evidence full of holes and contradictions

Aug 10, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI's case against alleged anthrax killer Bruce Ivins is full of gaps and contradictions, Newsweek reports. Ivins is said to have sent anthrax to NBC's Tom Brokaw—but was retaliating against a reporter at ABC. He also passed a polygraph in the probe and had no anthrax in his... More »

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FBI • crime • court cases • anthrax • Tom Brokaw • Bruce Ivins

McGreevey to Pay No Alimony in Angry Split

Ex-governor and 'gay American' to give lump sum, child support

Aug 8, 08 7:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former New Jersey governor and “gay American” Jim McGreevey will pay no alimony to ex-wife Dina Matos, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Episcopal preacher-in-training was ordered to pay about $1,000 per month in child support, and more than $100,000 to Matos. Matos sought $1 million from... More »

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divorce • judge • court cases • Dina Matos McGreevey • Jim McGreevey • child support • alimony

Settling Out of Court Pays Off, Study Finds

61% of plaintiffs who battle it out end up
losing money

Aug 8, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taking a civil lawsuit to court tends to be a costly mistake, the New York Times reports. Researchers have found that plaintiffs who reject out-of-court settlements end up with less money 61% of the time, losing an average $43,000. Defendants turned out to be right more than plainfiffs about... More »

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lawsuit • lawyer • civil lawsuits • court cases • defendants • litigation

US Firm Calls
for Islamic Law in Lawsuit

Blackwater boss seeks Sharia law to dodge Afghan plane crash suit

Jun 19, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American firm blamed for the death of three US soldiers in a plane crash has asked a federal court to apply Islamic law to a lawsuit brought by their widows, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Presidential Airways, Blackwater's sister company, argues that since its plane crashed in Afghanistan,... More »

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Afghanistan • Blackwater • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic law • Erik Prince • court cases

Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting procedure

May 20, 08 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court struck down Virginia’s ban on a late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the law burdened a woman’s right to choose, Reuters reports. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar federal law last year, the appeals court ruled that Virginia's ban went further because it provided... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion rights • US Court of Appeals • doctor • partial birth • court cases • US Supreme Court

 Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology 

Rapper gets to stay out of jail for hurling phone at woman

May 9, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plea deal to settle charges that rapper Foxy Brown hurled a BlackBerry at a neighbor means the notorious bad girl had to pen an apology letter instead of going back to jail, the New York Post reports. "It's over," the hip-hop diva said. "I made a... More »

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New York • celebrity • settlement • Foxy Brown • rapper • court cases

Moms Return
to Polygamist Ranch

Texas moves their
kids to new shelter, plans legal battle

Apr 14, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 140 women from a polygamist sect returned home today as officials moved their kids to a new shelter, the AP reports. The mothers had joined 416 children who were seized by Texas troopers 2 weeks ago and taken to a historic fort. Today officials moved the kids to a... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • court cases • attorney • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Deposition Earns Hefty Fine for Salty CEO

73 F-bombs spice up testimony; unamused judge wants $29K

Apr 7, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A CEO's foul-mouthed deposition could cost him and his lawyer $29,323 for making a "spectacular failure" of legal proceedings, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. "I've never seen anything like this" in 30 years, said a judge of Aaron Wider dropping 73 F-bombs in 12 hours. Wider and his... More »

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censorship • court • obscenity • court cases • freedom of speech • Aaron Wider

Castro Victim's Family Wins Record Verdict

Juror: $253M award shows world not to 'mess' with Americans

Apr 5, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Miami residents won a record $253 million lawsuit against Cuba yesterday after Florida jurors approved a wrongful death claim on behalf of their father. The case involved the death of Rafael del Pino, a naturalized US citizen and ex-Castro ally who was imprisoned after turning against the Cuban dictator,... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Communism • court cases • Rafael del Pino Siero • University of Havana

Smiles All
Round as
Beach Boys Settle Lawsuit

Good vibrations could lead to a band reunion

Mar 21, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The three surviving original members of the Beach Boys have smoothed out a years-long legal disagreement, Reuters reports. Mike Love and the record company part-owned by Brian Wilson had sued founding member Al Jardine over his unauthorized use of the Beach Boys name for tours. With good vibrations now flowing... More »

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California • rock stars • surfing • Brian Wilson • court cases • rock music • Beach Boys • Mike Love • Al Jardine

Diller Strikes Back at Liberty

IAC chairman defends his leadership as media barons' court battle concludes

Mar 14, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barry Diller struck back at Liberty Media in court yesterday, blaming CEO Greg Maffei for driving a wedge between himself and Liberty chairman John Malone by speaking “badly about our businesses and our managers.” The warring media magnates—once close partners—have been waging a court battle for... More »

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lawsuit • settlement • corporate governance • court cases • John Malone • Barry Diller • Liberty Media • IAC/InterActiveCorp • Greg Maffei

Court Sends Homeschoolers to Detention

Calif. says kids must
be taught by teachers
with credentials

Mar 7, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - California homeschoolers are breaking the law, an appeals court ruled yesterday, by not having certified teachers instructing their kids. California’s law has been clear since 1953, the court said: Kids must go to school full time or be tutored by a credentialed teacher. The decision puts the parents of... More »

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education • California • parenting • home schooling • court cases • public schools • teacher

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