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Goodwin Liu has blended in easily on California's Supreme Court
Santa Clara :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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The law professor had returned from Washington the night before, having lost his bruising 16-month battle to win Senate confirmation for a federal appeals court seat. Conservative Republicans had tarred the Obama nominee as a liberal activist, and
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Flaying court orders
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 1 year ago
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We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible [only] because we are final. (The word only' was notably omitted in the reproduction of this quotation by the Supreme Court in its verdict)...Whether for better or worse, the Supreme
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Iowa Supreme Court narrowly sidesteps legal fight over sufficiency of Iowa schools
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Iowa Supreme Court justices this morning backed away from a potential constitutional fight over Iowans' alleged right to a meaningful public education by narrowly refusing, amidst their own internal fight on the court, to reinstate a 2008 Polk County
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Court upholds California dairy law
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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An ambivalent appeals court has upheld a law backed by the California dairy industry and authored by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, that forcibly folded a large Arizona dairy into a web of government regulations...Circuit Court of Appeals rejected
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New DEP pick says he will 'apply the law'
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 2 years ago
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When Michael Krancer found himself the deciding vote on a mine-safety case in 2001, he went to the bottom of a Washington County mine to make sure he understood the issues at hand. The United Mine Workers were appealing an exemption approved by the
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By dissenting, Judge Kaul could tilt public opinion over the Ocampo Six
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 years ago
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Rating Many judges who disagree with their fellow judges prefer to keep their mouths shut...It takes great moral fortitude to write a dissenting opinion in a cause celebre such as that in which prominent Kenyans the so-called Ocampo Six have been
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Dissenting SC justice parries plagiarism countercharges
Pio :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno defended herself from countercharges of plagiarism hurled at her by SC Associate Justice Roberto Abad after the high court refused to reconsider its decision to exonerate SC Associate Justice Mariano
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Judge's Ruling Says: Go Check Out The YouTube Video, Which 'Speaks For Itself'
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Eric Goldman points us to a recent concurring opinion (pdf) by Judge Kozinski in a case involving a guy who was kicked out of a city council meeting for giving a Nazi salute, and then claimed his free speech rights were impeded upon...But what is
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Court Rejects Patent On 'Watch An Ad To Get Content'
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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It resulted in an interesting discussion in our comments, where some patent system defenders insisted that the patent was perfectly legit...It has ruled that the patent is not valid (the ruling covers Hulu and WildTangent -- YouTube was dismissed
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N.J.'s highest court rules insurance company must defend man whose houseguest overdosed
Little Falls :: NJ :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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The state Supreme Court today ruled an insurance company must defend a homeowner in a case in which a party guest overdosed on illegal drugs. Finding language in Pennsylvania General Insurance Co.'s exclusion clause to be ambiguous, the court said
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