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Apr 09 2024
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A judge blocks the demolition of a groundbreaking Iowa art installation
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to remove a that borders a pond in a Des Moines city park, finding the New York artist who created the work is likely to succeed in her argument that destroying the work would violate her contract with a local art center. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher ordered the temporary restraining order Monday afternoon after
Associated PressApr 22 2024
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Judge denies human-waste-dumping Asheville-area Airbnb owners' motion to dismiss lawsuit
ASHEVILLE - Two Airbnb owners who are being sued for allegedly dumping renter human waste in the woods near their property for several years had their motion to dismiss Buncombe County's lawsuit against them denied April 15 in Buncombe County Superior Court. Sara Burrows and Brad Jordan ran the "Secret Garden of Eden" trio of Airbnbs in Weaverville and use composting toilets in two of the
Asheville Citizen-TimesMar 22 2024
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Federal judge considers sanctions on 11 left-wing lawyers over ‘judge…
MONTGOMERY — Eleven attorneys suing the state of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child and Compassion Act (VCAP) engaged in "judge shopping" to try to move the case to a more sympathetic judge, according to a report unsealed this week. In April 2022, Gov. Kay Ivey signed VCAP ( into law, which prohibits doctors in Alabama from performing transgender operations or prescribing cross-sex hormones and
1819 NewsApr 05 2024
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Bryan Kohberger jury polling angers judge
The judge in the Idaho student murder case has said that he is in "total shock" after Bryan Kohberger's legal team phoned hundreds of potential jurors to ask them about the case. The defense team were attempting to show that local jurors are prejudiced against Kohberger, who has been charged with killing four students in a Moscow, Idaho home in 2022. Judge John Judge accused Kohberger's lawyer
NewsweekApr 17 2024
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Former Richland High grad nominated as Eastern WA federal court judge
A former Richland resident has been nominated to become a federal judge for the Eastern Washington District U.S. Court. Rebecca Pennell is currently a judge for Division III of the Washington Court of Appeals in Spokane, but lives in Yakima. She was appointed to that position by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in January 2016 and was then elected without opposition in 2016 and 2020. Pennell grew up
Tri-City HeraldApr 25 2024
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Judge finds man competent to stand trial in death of UC Santa Cruz student from San Ramon
SANTA CRUZ — A judge found a 20-year-old man charged with killing his UC Santa Cruz student girlfriend competent to stand trial during a hearing Wednesday. Samuel Brannigan Stone, who also had attended UCSC through last semester, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge after the court received a psychiatric evaluation eliminating doubt of his mental capacity. For Mansoor Naseem, news that his
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 19 2024
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Trump lawyers in for 'hellish weekend' after judge issues 'serious sanction': legal expert
Former President Donald Trump's trial antics are already starting to hurt him, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday — and make life hell for his attorneys. The problem is, he explained, Trump's repeated penchant for attacking witnesses and has led to prosecutors keeping a witness who will testify at trial secret, and the judge allowing that would
Raw StoryApr 23 2024
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‘A very violent homicide,’ judge says in ordering trial for man accused in 1985 fatal stabbing
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A fatal 1985 killing involving 34 stab wounds to a victim was a “very violent homicide,” a judge said in ordering a 68-year-old man to trial. Ronald Davis was ordered to trial Monday, April 22 for felony murder in the death of 48-year-old Burnett Frierson some 39 years ago. Police said that Davis’ arrest in an unrelated case led investigators to enter his DNA into the
MLive.comApr 19 2024
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Judge asked to decide who gets $3.6M in Lincoln businessman's life insurance payouts
A Lancaster County judge is being asked to settle a legal fight over what to do with $3.6 million in life insurance payouts to the trust of a Lincoln businessman who left millions more in outstanding bank loans allegedly obtained by fraud. Following Aaron Marshbanks' suicide in a downtown Lincoln parking garage on Nov. 2, 2022, bankers across the state began reporting that he had taken out
Lincoln Journal StarApr 17 2024
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US judge tosses Republican-led states' challenge to Biden asylum policy
April 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed a lawsuit by 19 Republican-led states challenging a rule adopted by the Biden administration that is meant to speed up the processing of asylum claims and deportations at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge David Joseph, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump in Lafayette, said in Tuesday's ruling that
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