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  • Court rejects challenge to Michigan's emergency manager law

    Court rejects challenge to Michigan's emergency manager law

    Legal Exams 09/13/2016

    An appeals court on Monday rejected a challenge to Michigan's emergency manager law, saying Gov. Rick Snyder's remedy for distressed communities doesn't violate the constitutional rights of residents. Emergency managers have exceptional power to run ...

  • Appeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge

    Appeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge

    Legal Exams 09/12/2016

    A federal appeals court seems likely to side with voting rights groups trying to stop Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from making residents prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Judges heard arguments in the case Th...

  • Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Legal Exams 08/26/2016

    A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky requested that he be assigned to civi...

  • Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Legal Exams 07/26/2016

    Prosecutors have asked a federal appeals court to delay action for 30 days on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's corruption case — to allow both sides time to analyze it. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reportsthe U.S. At...

  • Family files lawsuit against hospital and city in death

    Family files lawsuit against hospital and city in death

    Legal Exams 07/24/2016

    An attorney for a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a patient and employee at a hospital in an apparent random attack says his client is severely mentally ill. Harley Gutin is an attorney for 29-year-old David Owens. He said Monday that his c...

  • Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Legal Exams 07/11/2016

    Another election will be on the November ballot in North Carolina because an appeals court judge recently resigned to take a job in private practice. The candidate filing period for the seat on the state Court of Appeals vacated by Martha Geer begins...

  • Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court

    Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court

    Legal Exams 07/07/2016

    U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern Friday about the state of democracy in Poland, publicly rebuking a right-wing government that has paralyzed the constitutional court and taken steps to control state run media. Obama said he shared his wo...

  • Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos

    Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos

    Legal Exams 06/03/2016

    The Missouri Court of Appeals is being asked to decide whether a divorced St. Louis County couple's two frozen embryos are property or human beings with constitutional rights. Jalesia McQueen, 44, is suing to be able to use the embryos, which have be...

  • Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida

    Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida

    Legal Exams 05/25/2016

    A court hearing involving the Hulk Hogan sex tape case is underway in Florida, with Gawker Media asking for a new trial.   Gawker and Hogan faced off Wednesday morning in a St. Petersburg courtroom. It's the latest chapter in a years-long legal ...

  • Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members

    Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members

    Legal Exams 05/23/2016

    Justice Stephen Breyer said Monday that the Supreme Court has not been diminished by having only eight members since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. Breyer suggested in response to questions at an awards ceremony at the Library of Co...

  • Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court

    Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court

    Legal Exams 04/25/2016

    A volunteer firefighter charged with arson in connection with a brush fire that burned 190 acres in New Hampshire and prompted the evacuation of 17 homes is due to make his first court appearance.   David Plante is scheduled to be arraigned Mond...

  • Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Legal Exams 04/15/2016

    The raging political fight over immigration comes to the Supreme Court on Monday in a dispute that could affect millions of people who are in the United States illegally.   The court is weighing the fate of Obama administration programs that cou...

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