Court Cases

Breaking: Guatemalan Court Revokes Passport, Asks for Return of Adopted Child "Karen Abigail"

Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Posted 10.05.2011

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A Guatemalan court has ordered La Procuraduría General de la Nación and the Ministry of External Relations to work with the U.S. Embassy to "locate and retrieve" a child adopted to Timothy and Jennifer Monahan of Missouri in 2007.

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Good Health Declared Unconstitutional

Richard Geldard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Health Care, Politics, Court Cases, Politics News

If this decision is affirmed, we can throw out a whole slew of requirements like mandatory auto insurance or any number of regulations controlling inter-state commerce.

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SHOCK: Court Rules High School Cheerleader Is Required To Cheer For Her Alleged Rapist

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appeals Court, High School Cheerleader, Cheerleading, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Court Cases, Cheerleader, Politics News

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, one of the most right-wing courts in the country, sanctioned a former high school cheerleade...

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Low Gulf Oil Spill Size Estimate Could Save BP Millions Of Dollars In Court

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor, Renee Schoof and Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- BP's estimate that only 5,000 barrels of oil are leaking daily from a well in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Obama administration hasn't ...

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Jurors' Financial Hardship Claims Rise As More Seek To Avoid Missing Work In Downturn

LA Times | Carol J. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this time of double-digit unemployment and shrinking benefits for those who do have jobs, courts are finding it more difficult to seat juries for t...

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PepsiCo's $1.26 Billion Case: How Did This Happen?

businessinsider.com | Erin Geiger Smith|Oct. 28, 2009, 8:02 AM |8 | Posted 05.25.2011

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PepsiCo has been hit with a $1.26 billion judgment for failing to respond -- at all -- to a lawsuit. If someone sues you and you fail to show up, the ...

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Gunning for Chicago

Mike Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guns, Handgun Ban, Chicago, Second Amendment, United States vs. Miller, Court Cases, Supreme Court, Mcdonald vs. City of Chicago, Legal News, Gun Rights, Chicago News

The Supreme Court has agreed to review McDonald vs. City of Chicago, a case that challenges whether or not our local handgun ban is legal. It is a development that deeply concerns me.

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The Husband Did It! The Wife Did It!

Judy Wieder | Posted 05.25.2011

As a non-straight woman living in California, currently married to my partner, but living in fear of Prop 8's outcome, it kills me to see married couples slaughtering each other on a weekly basis.

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Franken's Motion to Dismiss: 2:30 PM CST Today

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

Al Franken says state law prevents a re-do of the recount; Norm Coleman says the opposite. Today at 2:30 CST, a three-panel judge will hear the first motion in the Senate race's election contest.

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"Law & Disorder"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Careers, Criminal Justice System, Humor, Sex, Celebrities, Jury Duty, Court, Trying to Get Out of Jury Duty, Court Cases, Excuses, Style News

I am proud and slightly flummoxed to say that I do not (as yet) have a criminal record. On the advice of my attorney, who is in jail, I can't say anything except that I am disappointed I recently wasn't chosen for jury duty.

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