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Sep 27 2023
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Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit and criticize Black judge's comments on race
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are trying to join a federal lawsuit against the city for violating standards for clean drinking water, even as they say the Black judge presiding over the case is stirring racial division. The activists from the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and People’s Advocacy Institute filed court papers Wednesday asking to
Associated PressSep 27 2023
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FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon, claiming the online retail giant illegally maintains monopoly power.
"Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. "The complaint sets forth detailed allegations noting how Amazon is now exploiting its
Ars TechnicaSep 28 2023
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Judge dismisses Sen. Megan Hunt's defamation lawsuit against Nebraska Freedom Coalition
Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha sued the Nebraska Freedom Coalition for defamation in June, alleging that members Patrick Peterson, Robert Anthony and Malia Shirley made "intentional, reckless, and knowingly false statements" about her, saying she sexually abused and groomed her 13-year-old son. After hearing arguments on the case in August, Douglas County District Judge Todd Engleman dismissed the
Lincoln Journal StarAug 14 2023
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Sixteen young people in Montana just won a historic climate lawsuit
A healthy climate is included in your constitutional rights, at least if you live in Montana. On Monday, District Court Judge Kathy Seeley sided with the 16 young plaintiffs who sued Montana three years ago, arguing that its pro–fossil fuels legislation violated their right to a safe environment. Seeley ruled in the case, Held v. Montana, that “plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional
Mother JonesMar 23 2024
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City sues hotel for exceeding capacity by housing 450 illegal immigrants in Taunton, Mass.
The Republican-run city of Taunton, Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against its only hotel for striking a $10 million taxpayer-funded deal to house illegal immigrants in return for shutting down the property to the public. Taunton is seeking $155,000 from the Clarion Hotel alleging that the property is housing more illegal immigrants than it can hold, per the Daily Mail. The Clarion Hotel
The Post MillennialJul 12 2023
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Trump not entitled to immunity in Carroll defamation lawsuit, DoJ says
The justice department has reversed its position on defending Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by the writer E Jean Carroll, paving the way for a possible trial in January.
The department said in a court filing on Tuesday that it could no longer conclude Trump was acting in his capacity as president when he made allegedly defamatory statements about Carroll in 2019.
The former
The GuardianSep 27 2023
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W.Va. GOP Fights Lawsuit Trying To Keep Trump Off 2024 Ballot
WHEELING — A Texas politician wants to mess with West Virginia’s 2024 election and keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot next year, but the West Virginia Republican Party chair has vowed to protect the interests of the state’s voters. WVGOP chair Elgine McArdle, also an attorney, has joined with the conservative American Center for Law and Justice as its local counsel. The
The IntelligencerNov 08 2023
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Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing sex abuse lawsuit against Latter-day Saint church
COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or social service agencies because the information was received during a spiritual confession. In a
St George NewsSep 27 2023
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‘We want to be involved’: Jackson organizations file motion to intervene in federal water lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - When Ted Henifin was appointed last year, it’s safe to say the majority of Jacksonians just wanted to see the city’s water issues get fixed. Almost a year and hundreds of millions of dollars later, some community members are demanding they be kept in the loop. “All we are asking is to be brought into the process, and to be kept abreast of what is happening in real-time
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