Category:State court lawsuit news

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• "Bigfoot" actor pursues free speech rights in NH Supreme Court

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• $322M asbestos ruling overturned by Mississippi judge

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• 13-year-old faces first-degree murder charges in Florida
• 19-year-old becomes first poaching felon in Wyoming

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• 4th Circuit to hear cockfighting case

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• Adulterous liaisons can give rise to custody rights, says Kentucky Supreme Court
• AL Supreme Court permits civil actions for wrongful death of non-viable unborn children
• Alaska judge rules in favor of tax exemption for same-sex couples
• Alaska Redistricting Board moves to appeal judge's redistricting decision
• Alfred Turner awarded new trial by Tennessee Supreme Court
• Another hearing takes place in attempt to unseat Indiana Secretary of State
• Appeal denied in Lafayette County drug court dispute
• Appeal of death row inmate denied
• Arkansas appellate court allows Facebook photos as evidence
• Arkansas appellate court rules on illegitimacy
• Arkansas Court of Appeals reverses Circuit Court ruling
• Arkansas jury awards three life sentences
• Arkansas Supreme Court considers merits of tort reform law
• Arkansas Supreme Court upholds water fee
• Arkansas Supremes rule Use-of-force reports are public records
• Attorney argues conflict of interest in two Oregon Supreme Court decisions
• Attorneys argue procedure that led to "Tent City" residents eviction to Rhode Island Supreme Court

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• Bei Bei Shuai released on Bail
• Branches of government at odds in pre-K education debate
• Businesses challenge Ohio Workers' Compensation premiums

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• California Supreme Court gives standing to ballot measure sponsors
• Campaign Funding Lawsuit Dismissed
• Case of teenage murderer goes before Mississippi Court of Appeals
• Chamber's inability to pay is not a valid excuse
• Charlie Rose agrees to pay former interns $250k in settlement
• Chicago judge rules against Main Street Fairness Act
• Chicago judge waits to rule on teachers strike
• Chiropractors cheer Oklahoma Supreme Court decision
• Citing perjury and misconduct, Idaho Supremes toss out murder conviction
• City of Keizer to bring case before Oregon Court of Appeals
• Class action lawsuit filed in Indiana State Fair collapse
• Co-op’s boycott of Israeli products under fire
• Colorado Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional
• Colorado judges rules against Secretary of State's requested injunction
• Colorado Supreme Court strikes down limits on political committee contributions
• Colorado Supreme Court to review ballot image case
• Colorado Supreme Court upholds right to bear arms...at college
• Colorado's Wasserman sentences man to life in prison
• Connecticut governor and state police union clash in court
• Connecticut judge rules against "metallic Mount Trashmore"
• Connecticut judge rules on U.S. gay marriage law
• Connecticut judge suspended for late response
• Connecticut Supreme Court lets UConn keep its donor information private
• Connecticut Supreme Court takes over redistricting
• Conspiracy to Have Judge Killed Thwarted
• Convicted cop killer has appeal denied by Delaware Supreme Court
• Convicted killer Craig Price appeals contempt charge to Rhode Island Supreme Court
• Convicted murderer granted new trial
• Councilman guilty of stealing city funds
• Court of Appeals halts injunction aimed at Michigan Republicans
• Courtroom video depicts abusive conduct by judge
• Coyle pleads not guilty of bunny murder in Rhode Island Superior Court
• CT Supreme Court protects trial witnesses
• Currier case considered by Vermont Supreme Court

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• Dawes County Court ordered to vacate conviction
• Death Row Inmate asks South Dakota Supreme Court to allow his execution to proceed
• Defendant collapses as judge hands down sentence
• Delaware judge wants details on financial arrangement
• Delaware man has bond raised after suicide attempt
• Delaware Superior Court judge rules on Libertarian multiparty election filing
• Delaware Supreme Court affirms $2 billion judgement
• Delaware Supreme Court issues important e-discovery ruling

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• Delaware Supreme Court sends back appeal
• Developments in Jerry Sandusky case
• Dinosaur dispute case sent to settlement talks
• District Court rules in Hawaiian sovereignty case
• Divorced parents may be required to pay for college
• Drug dealers won't get their $7k back, Wyoming high court rules
• Drug testing for students upheld by high court
• Drunk driving case reaches Massachusetts Supreme Court
• DUI judge charged with DUI

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• Engagement ring dispute goes all the way to South Carolina Court of Appeals
• Ex-officer receives 5 year prison sentence
• Ex-soldier sentenced to 80 years in prison

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• False testimony leads to freedom for novelist accused of murder
• Father seeks to collect $325,000 from former state trooper
• Federal Judge Grants Nebraska Gas Firm Immediate Access to Private Property
• Federal judge stops law to defund Kansas Planned Parenthood
• Finding Supreme Court justices not an easy task for Tennessee case
• Firing of court employee appropriate, judge finds
• Five states appeal asian carp case to the Supreme Court
• Former NM Judge attacked and severly beaten
• Former police chief to receive retrial for murder charges
• Former senator accused of accepting bribe appeals ruling
• Former workers' compensation director asking state Supreme Court to throw out felony conviction
• Funeral home receives injuction from judge

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• Georgia judge rejects appeal by death row inmate's brother
• Georgia Supreme Court rules that right to a speedy trial was not violated
• Georgia Supreme Court to rule on legality of infrared searches
• Gov. Hickenlooper to appeal ruling to state Supreme Court
• Governor signs new DUI bill into law
• Great Falls man pleads not guilty in homicide
• Group challenges law requiring disclosure of campaign spending
• Gun club brought before Development Review Board

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• Hawaii dog breeding company charged with animal cruelty
• Hawaii newspaper sues governor over judicial nominees
• High court rules against employee in Tennessee workers' comp case
• Homicide suspect seeks prison change
• Hunger strike case heard by Connecticut Supreme Court

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• Idaho Supreme Court nails Rep. Hart on unpaid taxes
• Idaho's high court rules that schools are not responsible for wrongful conduct of students
• Illinois appellate court overturns conviction, releases Juan Rivera after 19 years
• Illinois Supreme Court rules school lawsuit possible in wake of sexual abuse
• Imposed restrictions remain in place in biofuels patent case
• Indiana Court of Appeals rules man did not prove intoxication
• Indiana Lawmakers Attempt to Clarify Right to Resist Police
• Indiana Supreme Court rules Charlie White eligible for office
• Iowa Court of Appeals upholds journalist's free speech
• Iowa Supreme Court finds that lawsuit against Iowa Educators Corporation can continue
• Iowa Supreme Court hears challenge in fatal football coach shooting case
• Iowa Supreme Court limits suits via uninsured motorist coverage
• Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of Mennonite community
• Iowa Supreme Court rules that parent's financial standings should be considered in college payments
• Iowa to pay $2.1 million to Ohio mother

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• Jerry Sandusky hearing starts today
• Judge Carey rejects motion to acquit in Waterman Case
• Judge denies convicted man DNA testing for second time
• Judge in Trayvon Martin case refuses to step down
• Judge issues decision in Docs vs. Glocks case
• Judge orders cannibalism suspect transferred for competency evaluation
• Judge Philip Pallenberg sets trial date for man accused of beating 2-year-old girl
• Judge recuses self during initial court appearance
• Judge Refuses to Dismiss Prosecutors in Public Corruption Case
• Judge rejects group's attempt to halt bear hunt
• Judge Rejects Part of a Nebraska City's Ordinance
• Judge releases threat suspect to parents
• Judge rules against Pennsylvania Voter ID law
• Judge rules against union, favoring city
• Judge rules for gay couple in birth certificate lawsuit

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• Judge Rules Former U.S. Senator Can Be On Primary Ballot
• Judge rules that Oregon death row inmate has right to reject clemency
• Judge Stallman rules against occupy protesters
• Judge suspends North Carolina District Attorney
• Judge's ruling reversed because of ties to hospital
• Jury selection process in Anchorage finalized for Waterman trial
• Justice Eakin back to rhyming ways

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• Kansas school districts sue for funding
• Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments on smoking ban
• Kentucky attorneys seek for Christian healthcare group to be found in contempt
• Kentucky Court of Appeals reinstates lawsuit by ticket broker
• Kentucky high court rules that cities must pay millions to firefighters
• Kentucky legislative redistricting conflict rages on
• Kentucky man unlikely to receive settlement from Klan leader
• Kentucky Supreme Court rules that guns are allowed on university grounds in vehicles

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• Lethal injection procedure violates Montana constitution, judge rules
• Life sentence upheld in attempted kidnapping case
• Louisiana insurer must pay $93M, Supreme Court rules
• Louisiana sues county in Arkansas over photocopies
• Louisiana Supreme Court internally decides next Chief Justice

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• Maine's high court clarifies tax rules for pilots
• Man accused of trying to bribe a judge
• Man challenges sentence under NC's Racial Justice Act
• Manufacturers allowed to appeal planned wind farm
• Marks v. Koch becomes Colorado Law
• Maryland court declares old law unconstitutional in lead paint case
• Menendez sworn-in to Juneau Superior Court
• Michigan Attorney General contests District Judge's term dates
• Michigan courts halt recall vote for state Rep. Paul Scott
• Michigan Supreme Court rules on Rosa Parks' estate
• Military judge Gregory Goss orders Ft. Hood shooting suspect forcibly shaved
• Mine permit arguments heard by West Virginia judge
• Minnesota man sentenced for threatening a deputy
• Mississippi judge rules that Legislature can't set cap on damages
• Mississippi pastor charged with video voyeurism
• Missouri judge considers whether Governor Nixon exceeded his constitutional powers
• Mistrial declared in high profile case
• Morris trial date set for January
• Mother of missing girl sentenced for welfare fraud
• Municipal court judge sues city over pay cut

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• N.J. Supremes rule that the League of Municipalities is a government body
• NCAA says lawsuit over nickname controversy should be thrown out
• Nebraska woman fights order to testify
• New Hampshire Supreme Court orders retrial of sexual assault case due to jury bias
• New Jersey hybrid charter school opens despite legal challenge
• New Mexico Supreme Court rejects redistricting maps
• New Mexico Supreme Court to hear photography case
• New NH voter registration law challenged in Strafford County Superior Court
• New redistricting panel to be convened after original panel blows deadline
• Newspaper Sued by Judge
• NH High Court to hear open meetings case addressing attorney-client privilege
• NH Judge blocks law restricting residency around schools
• NH Supreme Court considers right to attorney for indigent parents
• NH Supreme Court limits access to police records
• NH Supreme Court rules court ordered psych exams do not violate Fifth Amendment
• NH Supreme Court rules Lynn right in not recusing himself
• NH Supreme Court upholds delayed murder conviction
• NH Supremes hold property owners accountable for injured emergency workers due to negligence
• NJ Judge Minkowitz blocks access to a cell phone password under the 5th amendment
• NJ Supreme Court fastracks pension lawsuit
• NJ Surpeme Court blocks destruction of police notes
• NM Supreme Court to rule on public records case
• No Ballots Until Perry Hearing
• No hunger strikes for Connecticut inmates, court rules
• No wage cut for Minnehaha County deputies, judge rules
• North Carolina judge allows access to Butch Davis' cellphone