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High court protects Secret Service agents
Headline Legal News 06/04/2012The Supreme Court ruled Monday that two Secret Service agents are shielded from a lawsuit filed by a man they arrested after a confrontation with then-Vice President Dick Cheney. The 8-0 decision comes in a case that began with the arrest of Steven H...
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New York Securities Fraud Lawyers
Legal Issues 06/01/2012New York Securities Fraud Lawyers With offices in Manhattan and Long Island, Conway & Conway has earned a long-standing reputation as a focused and highly-skilled law firm with deep roots in the financial services community. In fact, one of the f...
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Wash. lawyers challenge secret court proceedings
Recent Cases 05/26/2012A defense lawyer in Eastern Washington was reading a detective's statement in his client's drug case when he came across a curious line. In asking to search the man's house and cars, the detective revealed that he had already seen the defendant's ban...
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Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law
Recent Cases 05/26/2012Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely....
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Court orders woman to stay away from Jeff Goldblum
Headline Legal News 05/26/2012A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent years. Goldblum's attorneys obtained the order against Linda Ransom, 49, after she repeatedly ...
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Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce
Headline Legal News 05/18/2012Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages. The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in ...
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Court rules NY town's prayer violated Constitution
Recent Cases 05/17/2012An upstate New York town violated the constitutional ban against favoring one religion over another by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity, a federal court of appeals ruled Thursday. In what it sa...
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German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court
Recent Cases 05/16/2012A German who claims the CIA illegally whisked him to a secret prison in Afghanistan appeared before Europe's human rights court Wednesday in what could be the final chapter of a case that has shed light on U.S. practices in the war on terror. Khaled ...
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Court turns away PR congressional vote lawsuit
Recent Cases 05/14/2012The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from residents of Puerto Rico seeking to gain a voting representative in Congress. The high court turned away the appeal from Gregorio Igartua and other Puerto Ricans on Monday. Territorial status grants residen...
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Court says farmers must pay bankruptcy tax
Recent Cases 05/14/2012The Supreme Court says a farming family has to pay tax on the bankruptcy sale of their farm. The high court on Monday voted 5-4 for the IRS in its fight with Lynwood and Brenda Hall over their bankruptcy sale of their 320-acre farm in Willcox, Ariz. ...
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Court won't hear appeals from Bulger victim family
National News 05/14/2012The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal over whether the family of a man allegedly killed by former Boston mob boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger should get millions of dollars from the government. The high court on Monday refused to hear an...
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Court won't consider giving man new trial
National News 05/12/2012The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Neil Hampton Robbins, ...