Recent Updates
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3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified
Legal Review 09/19/2018Three civilians wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a crowded courtroom have been released from a hospital, officials said Thursday.The three were taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, following Wednesday's shooting in s...
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Lawsuit seeks lawyer access to immigrants in prison
Legal Review 06/22/2018A rights group filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court Friday against top officials of U.S. immigration and homeland security departments, alleging they have unconstitutionally denied lawyers' access to immigrants in a prison in Oregon.Immigratio...
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California parents face new charges in kids' torture case
Legal Review 02/24/2018A Southern California couple suspected of starving and shackling some of their 13 children pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges of child abuse.David and Louise Turpin previously entered not-guilty pleas to torture and a raft of other charges and ...
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Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia
Legal Review 02/02/2018The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of an Alabama inmate whose attorneys argue that dementia has left the 67-year-old unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago.Justices issued a stay Thursday night, the same evening th...
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Analysis: Outside groups may factor in Arkansas court race
Legal Review 01/30/2018Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson lost her bid to run the state's highest court two years ago after coming under fire from conservative groups that spent big on mailers and TV ads targeting her. Two years earlier, David Sterling was def...
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Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
Legal Review 01/25/2018Spain's top court said Saturday that Catalonia's fugitive ex-president must return to the country and be present in the regional parliament to receive the authority to form a new government.The Constitutional Court ruled that a session of Catalonia's...
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Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
Legal Review 11/20/2017Germany’s highest court has decided that people must be allowed to be entered in official records as neither male nor female, saying in a ruling published Wednesday that authorities should create a third identity or scrap gender entries altogether.Th...
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Free Speech Is Starting to Dominate the US Supreme Court's Agenda
Legal Review 11/20/2017To get the Supreme Court's attention these days, try saying your speech rights are being violated.Whether the underlying topic is abortion, elections, labor unions or wedding cakes, the First Amendment is starting to dominate the Supreme Court's agen...
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German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
Legal Review 11/20/2017A German court ruled Thursday that Kuwait's national airline didn't have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did.The Frankfurt state court noted in its decision that Kuwait Airways is not a...
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South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
Legal Review 09/01/2017A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country’s president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision making at a global electronics powerhouse long run like a...
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Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
Legal Review 09/01/2017U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily halted enforcement of a lower-court ruling that required two Texas congressional districts to be redrawn. Responding to an appeal by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Alito halted action ...
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Open records policy set for administrative court records
Legal Review 08/17/2017Kentucky's Supreme Court justices have approved an open records policy to guide how the public accesses administrative records in the state court system.State officials say the first open records policy for the Administrative Office of the Courts tak...