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WASHINGTON —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 ...
NEWARK — New Jersey has a new top federal prosecutor.
WASHINGTON —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 ...
NEWARK (AP) — New Jersey has a new top federal prosecutor. Paul Fishman was formally sworn in as U.S. Attorney Monday afternoon in a ceremony at Rutgers School of Law in Newark.
Paul J. Fishman would probably have been installed in the position a decade ago had Al Gore won the presidency.
(Newark, 12/14/2009) Jersey officially has a new head federal prosecutor. The guests attending the swearing in made up an A-List of legal minds from the state level all the way up to the US Supreme Court.
Taking former job of Gov. elect-Chris Christie, former federal prosecutor took oath from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
Fishman served more than decade as a federal prosecutor in Newark before earning a reputation as one of the most skilled defense lawyers in the state.
The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an appeal of Chrysler's bankruptcy and the sale of its best assets. It was the second time the court declined to interfere with the emergence of Chrysler Group LLC as a new automaker, and its tie-up with Fiat SpA
LOCK HAVEN -"When I decided to talk about challenges, I had no idea the biggest challenge for folks would be just getting here," State Rep. Michael K. Hanna, D-Lock Haven, said.
Many federal jurists break the law or engage in unethical acts — and most get away with it, probably thanks to secretive reviews, the Houston Chronicle finds.
I feel bad for the Destin beachfront homeowners having to fight for their constitutional rights to protect against the takeover of their beachfront property. There was a time when waterfront property was dirt cheap. Unfortunately, that’s no longer...
The U.S. Supreme Court justices are rolling back the sleeves of their robes to wrestle with yet another church and state case this term. The justices should be prepared for some heavy lifting.
NEWARK — The new U.S. Attorney for New Jersey will be formally sworn in Monday in a ceremony at Rutgers School of Law in Newark.
Joseph Matthias Cosgrove is persistent. He's resolute. He's determined to ensure his witness, an expert in "international justice and peace," will be allowed to testify by telephone from 4,400 miles away. "Expert in international justice and peace?" Ass
If Willie Herenton escapes prosecution in the long-running federal investigation into his activities as Memphis mayor, he might have an unlikely group to thank -- the right wing of the U.S. Supreme Court .The justices are taking a hard look at an obscure law that's at the heart of the Herenton probe, the so-called "honest-services fraud" statute.Long used to battle public corruption, the law has ...
