Recent Updates
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Texas’ high court keeps execution drug supplier secret
Court Watch 04/12/2019A supplier of Texas’ execution drugs can remain secret under a court ruling Friday that upheld risks of “physical harm” to the pharmacy, ending what state officials called a threat to the entire U.S. death penalty system.The decisio...
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Court overrules judge in Coryell County hospital explosion dispute
Class Action 04/11/2019An appeals court in Waco has ruled that a district judge in Gatesville abused his discretion in rulings he made in a lawsuit related to the June 2018 explosion at the Coryell County Memorial Hospital.In a five-page opinion written by 10th Court of Ap...
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Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
Court Watch 04/04/2019Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser couldn’t accompany him.Eff...
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As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow
Business Law 04/03/2019Tesla's CEO Elon Musk is back in the spotlight for saying something when perhaps he should have remained quiet.A federal judge will hear oral arguments Thursday about whether Musk should be held in contempt of court for violating an agreement with th...
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Philippine Supreme Court orders release of drug war evidence
Court Watch 04/02/2019The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of police documents on thousands of killings of suspects in the president’s anti-drug crackdown, in a ruling that human rights groups said could shed light on allegations of extrajudic...
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High court won’t referee dispute over Michael Jordan images
Business Law 03/25/2019The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t step in to referee a copyright dispute between Nike and a photographer who took a well-known image of basketball great Michael Jordan. That means lower court rulings for the athletic apparel maker will sta...
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Unions in court over laws limiting Wisconsin governor, AG
Court Watch 03/23/2019Laws passed by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature during a lame-duck session in December that weakened powers of the Democratic governor and attorney general were back before a circuit judge Monday, less than a week after another judge s...
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Justices spurn Georgia inmate, despite juror’s racial slurs
Business Law 03/18/2019The Supreme Court is rejecting a new appeal from a Georgia death row inmate, despite evidence that a juror in his capital case used racial slurs.The high court had previously blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. But the justice...
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Veterans court may be collateral damage in immigration fight
Court Watch 03/16/2019Three decades ago, Lori Ann Bourgeois was guarding fighter jets at an air base. After her discharge, she fell into drug addiction. She wound up living on the streets and was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.But on a recent day, the former A...
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Smollett team: Court cameras would show state's flimsy case
Immigration Law 03/14/2019A lawyer for Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that she would welcome cameras in the courtroom during the “Empire” actor’s trial on charges accusing him of lying to the police, saying there has been a lot of leaked misinformation and cam...
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Court to rule on Newtown shooting lawsuit against gun maker
Immigration Law 03/13/2019The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on whether gun maker Remington can be sued for making the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.Justices are split on the question as the...
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Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
Bankruptcy Law 03/11/2019A federal court judge will hear motions in a lawsuit over a North Carolina law that mandates the revocation of drivers' licenses for unpaid traffic tickets even if the driver can't afford to pay.Advocacy groups sued in May, seeking to declare the law...