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Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
National Court News 04/16/2018The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday once again rejected requests for unredacted autopsy reports from the unsolved slayings of eight family members.The court ruled 5-2 without comment against reconsidering its December decision that the Pike County co...
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Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
Court Watch 04/16/2018President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries is the topic of arguments Wednesday at the Supreme Court, with a Trump administration lawyer facing questions during the first half of arguments.The travel ban case is the...
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Legal Compliance 04/16/2018President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers a...
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Pennsylvania asks court to keep Amazon incentives a secret
Litigation Reports 04/16/2018Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration went to court this week to block requests for records of financial incentives it offered Amazon to build its second headquarters in Pennsylvania.An administration lawyer asked Commonwealth Court to reverse an...
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Question of sales tax on online purchases goes to high court
Legal Compliance 04/11/2018Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click "purchase." But a case before the Supreme Court could change that.At issue is a rule stemming from two, decades-old Supreme Court cases: If a business is shipp...
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Supreme Court again refuses to hear Blagojevich appeal
Law Firm News 04/11/2018The Supreme Court for the second time has refused to hear an appeal by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his corruption convictions.The justices didn't comment Monday in letting stand the convictions and 14-year prison term the 61-ye...
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Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection
Recent Cases 04/11/2018The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses' collection of sales tax on online pur...
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High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule
Legal Compliance 04/11/2018The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant shoppers don't always get charged sales tax when they hit "checkout" online.The justices were hearing arguments in a case that deals with how businesses collect s...
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Trump's personal attorney has dropped a pair of libel suits
Bar Associations 04/11/2018President Donald Trump's personal attorney dropped a pair of libel lawsuits against BuzzFeed and investigation firm Fusion GPS amid the stir caused by an FBI search of the lawyer's files.Michael Cohen had sued in New York City over publication of the...
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Judge fights for job after admitting to courthouse affair
Litigation Reports 04/11/2018Massachusetts' highest court will decide the fate of a judge who admitted to having an affair with a clinical social worker that included sexual encounters at the courthouse.The Commission on Judicial Conduct is asking for Judge Thomas Estes to be su...
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Supreme Court seems divided over Texas redistricting
National Court News 04/11/2018The Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday over Texas' appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially discriminatory.The justices heard arguments in the latest round of court action over Texas el...
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Court weighs punishment for judge for courthouse affair
National Court News 04/11/2018A Massachusetts judge who engaged in sexual acts with a social worker in his chambers has damaged the public's faith in the judicial system and can no longer command the respect necessary to remain on the bench, the head of the state's Commission on ...