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Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
Headline Legal News 05/10/2016Attorneys for Kansas hope to persuade the state Supreme Court that recent changes in the state's education funding system are fair enough to poor districts that the justices can abandon a threat to shut down public schools. The high court was set to ...
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El Salvador court takes up case on ex-president's finances
Legal Events 05/09/2016A court in El Salvador has agreed to consider a civil case against former President Mauricio Funes, his wife and one of his sons for possible illicit enrichment. The San Salvador court press office said Saturday that several government institutions h...
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Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
Notable Attorneys 05/08/2016A Spanish judge wants two senior Russian officials with links to the Kremlin arrested so they can be questioned in court about suspected money laundering and criminal association. National court judge Jose de la Mata Amaya has issued international ar...
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Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue
National News 05/08/2016Idaho's state Supreme Court candidates went after each other's political independence Friday evening during their only scheduled major debate. "When you stand on the courthouse steps with the Legislature, I'm not sure if you're sending the right mess...
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Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
Recent Cases 05/07/2016Former judges and top legal officials are calling on the Florida Supreme Court to impose life sentences on nearly 400 people now awaiting execution on death row. The group, which includes three former state Supreme Court justices and two former presi...
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Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail
Notable Attorneys 05/06/2016India and Italy should work toward an agreement to allow an Italian marine to return home while an arbitration process continues in the fatally shootings of two Indian fishermen in 2012, a tribunal said Tuesday. The two countries should present their...
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Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
Recent Cases 05/04/2016The Supreme Court in the Russia-annexed peninsula Crimea on Tuesday banned a Crimean Tatar group in the latest step to marginalize the minority. Crimea's prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya who personally lodged the lawsuit welcomed the ruling against the...
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Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
National News 05/03/2016Iran's president said Wednesday that a U.S. court ruling that allows for the seizure of Iranian assets amounts to theft and indicates continued "hostility" toward his country. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the families of victims of a 1...
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High court seems poised to overturn McDonnell conviction
Recent Cases 05/03/2016The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to overturn the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on political corruption charges and place new limits on the reach of federal bribery laws. Justices across the ideological spectrum expresse...
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Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court
Legal Exams 04/25/2016A volunteer firefighter charged with arson in connection with a brush fire that burned 190 acres in New Hampshire and prompted the evacuation of 17 homes is due to make his first court appearance. David Plante is scheduled to be arraigned Mond...
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High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
Headline Legal News 04/25/2016The Supreme Court won't step into a dispute between Michigan gaming officials and a group of harness racing drivers over allegations of race-fixing. The drivers had refused to speak to state investigators without a grant of immunity from prosecution....
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JetBlue attendant pleads not guilty to cocaine charge
Recent Cases 04/23/2016A JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase full of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge. City News Service says Marsha Gay Reynolds entered the plea Friday to posses...