From The Grave, Tax Lawyer To Rich Beats IRS Again
Forbes - Fri Dec 18, 2:36 pm ETCourt hands another big victory to estate of Chicago's famed Burton Kanter.
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Supreme Court ruling could vindicate Seminerio
Queens Chronicle - 2 hours 43 minutes agoAnthony Seminerio could be freed if the court strikes down federal honest services laws. FILE PHOTO This book was closed, some thought.
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9th Circuit Ready for Trial Court Close-ups
Law.com via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 18, 3:02 am ETThe Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit authorized television cameras in certain district court proceedings Thursday, reviving a national controversy just weeks before a groundbreaking trial over same-sex marriage is slated to begin in San Francisco.
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Newsmakers: Local lawyer admitted to Supreme Court Bar
Oak Park Leaves - Thu Dec 17, 6:39 am ETDonald B. Boyd Jr., of Oak Park, was sworn in as a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13. The admission ceremony was held in the U.S. Supreme Court Chamber, in Washington, D.C., and was presided by all nine Justices including Chief Justice John Roberts and the newest Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. This happened to have been Justice Sotomayor's fourth day on the bench as well.
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Paul Abrams: Supreme Court to Hand Government to Republicans, Again: This Time, Forever.
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 17, 2:09 am ETIn Bush v Gore, the United States Supreme Court, in an unprecedented ruling that proclaimed it should not be used as precedent, decided the...
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Justice in Cobb
Marietta Daily Journal - Fri Dec 18, 1:15 am ETMARIETTA - David Nahmias, who prosecuted terrorists in Washington and Atlanta before being appointed to the state Supreme Court in August, expressed confidence in the decision to try suspected terr...
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SCOTUSwiki goes (a little more) public
SCOTUSblog - Thu Dec 17, 5:22 pm ETStarting this evening, we’re introducing a new feature on SCOTUSwiki. For the first time, the “pages” for five cases are now open to various degrees for editing. For each case before the Court, SCOTUSwiki hosts a wiki page with links to its briefs, analysis by SCOTUSblog, and media coverage. Until now, editing of these pages [...]
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Former Justice O'Connor leads push to end judicial elections
CNN - Wed Dec 16, 12:00 pm ETTwo state supreme court justices from neighboring states find themselves in disagreement these days -- not over a legal issue, but over how they should have gotten their jobs.
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Ky. sex-case request rejected
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Wed Dec 16, 7:54 pm ETMore than 5,000 registered sex offenders in Kentucky may live closer to schools and day care centers as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court rejection of an appeal by the commonwealth involving a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling.
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Ruben Rosario: Theft-of-services law's days may be numbered
Pioneer Press - Thu Dec 17, 1:06 am ETIt's been used to go after allegedly corrupt politicians, cops and CEO types from Minnesota to Manhattan.
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Courts tackling tricky issue of cell phone privacy
The Cleveland Plain Dealer - Wed Dec 16, 6:40 pm ETCell phones aren't just for talking anymore. People use them for everything from texting and sending intimate photographs to handling work e-mail and accessing the Internet to pay their bills.
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Minor Bribery Conviction Overturned
Jackson Free Press - Wed Dec 16, 6:57 pm ETThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals partially overturned the convictions of Mississippi attorney Paul Minor and former judges John Whitfield and Walter "Wes" Teel. A federal jury convicted Minor, Teel and Whitfield in 2007 for federal bribery and honest services fraud, but they appealed, arguing that prosecutors changed jury instructions to muddy the definition of an exchange of services for ...
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New US Attorney for NJ is sworn in
Asbury Park Press - Wed Dec 16, 5:45 am ETNEWARK — New Jersey has a new top federal prosecutor.
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New US Attorney for NJ to be sworn in Monday
Asbury Park Press - Tue Dec 15, 11:19 pm ETNEWARK — The new U.S. Attorney for New Jersey will be formally sworn in Monday in a ceremony at Rutgers School of Law in Newark.
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Justices back CA in Millen lawsuit
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tue Dec 15, 1:03 am ETWASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case brought against The Commercial Appeal by a former Raleigh-Egypt High School and Georgetown University basketball player.The high court denied a rehearing in the case of Kevin Millen, 36, who had lost his case at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals after filing suit in the federal district court in Memphis last year. Millen acted ...
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New U.S. Attorney in New Jersey Is Sworn In
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 10:31 pm ETPaul J. Fishman would probably have been installed in the position a decade ago had Al Gore won the presidency.
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US-Brazil Custody Battle Continues For NJ Father
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Brazil Court Stalls Boy's Return
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Brazil's top court halts boy's return to U.S. dad
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N.J. Father Just Can't Get A Break
CBS 2 New York - Thu Dec 17, 11:51 pm ET
Cornell University: Supreme Court Decisions
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ALVAREZ, ANITA v. SMITH, CHERMANE, ET AL.. Decided 12/08/2009
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE. Decided 12/08/2009
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MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CARPENTER, NORMAN. Decided 12/08/2009
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BEARD, SEC., PA DOC, ET AL. v. KINDLER, JOSEPH J.. Decided 12/08/2009
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MICHIGAN v. FISHER. Decided 12/07/2009
Mon Dec 7, 12:00 am EST
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