Recent Updates
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US urges UN court to toss out Iranian case on frozen assets
Court Watch 10/08/2018The U.S. on Monday urged the United Nations' highest court to toss out a case filed by Iran that seeks to recover around $2 billion worth of frozen assets the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked...
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Kavanaugh to hear his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice
Court Watch 10/07/2018A Supreme Court with a new conservative majority takes the bench as Brett Kavanaugh, narrowly confirmed after a bitter Senate battle, joins his new colleagues to hear his first arguments as a justice.Kavanaugh will emerge Tuesday morning from behind ...
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Trial set for 1 of 4 impeached W.Va. Supreme Court justices
Court Watch 09/30/2018The first West Virginia Supreme Court justice to go on trial in an impeachment scandal is looking forward to explaining her decisions since taking office.Justice Beth Walker's trial is set to start Monday in the state Senate. Senators are serving as ...
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Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access
Court Watch 09/29/2018The Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal from a California billionaire who doesn't want to open a road on his property so that the public can access a beach.The justices said Monday that they will not take up Vinod Khosla's appeal of a Califor...
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French court upholds Kate Middleton topless photos fine
Court Watch 09/19/2018A French court of appeals has upheld a ruling Wednesday that two directors of French celebrity magazine Closer should be fined a maximum 45,000 euros ($52,500) for breaching the privacy of Kate Middleton, when publishing topless photos of the Duchess...
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Guatemala court orders UN anti-graft chief be readmitted
Court Watch 09/17/2018Guatemala's Constitutional Court has ordered President Jimmy Morales to allow the head of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission to return to the country.Ivan Velasquez is the head of the commission known as CICIG for its initials in Spanish. It ha...
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Egypt court returns ex-president Mubarak's 2 sons to prison
Court Watch 09/15/2018Acting on a judge's order, Egyptian police detained the sons of former president Hosni Mubarak on Saturday along with three others in connection with insider trading charges for which the five are on trial, security officials said.They said the arres...
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The Latest: Authorities: Officer arrested for manslaughter
Court Watch 09/10/2018The Texas Department of Public Safety says a white Dallas police officer has been arrested on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a black man at his apartment.The department said in a news release Sunday night that Officer Amber Guyger was book...
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No decision about jailing Chicago officer over interviews
Court Watch 09/01/2018A judge has declined to immediately decide whether a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald should have his bail revoked or increased because he talked to the media .Judge Vincent Gaugh...
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Appeals court won't block ruling on candidate party label
Court Watch 08/24/2018North Carolina Republicans have been dealt another setback in their efforts to remove a state Supreme Court candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.The state Court of Appeals declined Monday to hear the request of GOP legislative leaders to blo...
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Man admits slaying wife, blames her for daughters' deaths
Court Watch 08/20/2018The father of two young girls found submerged in oil tanks after being missing for days told authorities his pregnant wife killed the children after learning he wanted a separation, and that he erupted in rage after witnessing the killings and strang...
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Court: Starbucks, others must pay workers for off clock work
Court Watch 07/27/2018Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The unanimous ruling was a big victory for hour...