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497 entries in 'Headline Legal News' |
2025/04/11
Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over vaping products
2025/03/07
Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
2025/01/09
Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
2025/01/02
Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
2024/12/17
Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
2024/12/11
Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
2024/11/17
Court overturns actor Jussie Smollett's 2019 conviction in hate crime hoax case
2024/11/10
Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s election case after his presidential win
2024/10/21
Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process
2024/10/05
Supreme Court will weigh Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers
2024/09/04
A man who attacked a Nevada judge in court pleads guilty but mentally ill
2024/08/02
Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
2024/07/21
UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal
2024/07/14
New York’s top court allows ‘equal rights’ amendment to appear on November ballot
2024/06/19
Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
2024/06/11
Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
2024/06/05
Ippei Mizuhara sports betting case: Shohei Ohtani interpreter pleads guilty
2024/04/29
Trump hush money trial: Trump held in contempt of court for gag order violation
2024/04/17
Court questions obstruction charges brought against Jan. 6 rioters and Trump
2024/04/04
Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has memoir coming
2024/01/20
Illinois high court hands lawmakers a rare pension-overhaul victory
2023/12/10
Texas Supreme Court blocks Kate Cox's emergency abortion approval
2023/10/14
Court rejects an appeal from former coal company CEO Don Blankenship
2023/10/11
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
2023/09/02
Judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view adult websites
2023/08/22
Some states reject federal money to find and replace dangerous lead pipes
2023/08/10
Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
2023/08/07
Biden goes west to talk about his efforts to combat climate change
2023/07/08
Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
2023/06/17
Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian
2023/06/12
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters
2023/05/15
PA mail-in voting law gets beaten up on GOP campaign trail
2023/04/25
Court denies request to lift gag order in Idaho killings
2023/04/15
Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
2023/04/10
Add value to your neglected assets - Life Insurance Policy Review
2023/03/28
Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
2023/03/21
Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art in Detroit is settled
2023/03/17
Supreme Court remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2023/02/13
COVID could create crisis in Alex Murdaugh murder trial
2023/02/11
Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race
2023/01/26
Alabama prison staff shortage worsens despite court order
2023/01/24
Appeals court upholds lobbyist's conviction
2022/07/22
2 new Family Court judges appointed in West Virginia
2022/05/09
Abortion rights protesters rally in cities around US
2022/04/27
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
2022/04/12
2nd defendant pleads guilty in 2018 hate crime in Washington
2022/03/14
Courts, BMV act after license retained after fatal crash
2022/02/28
Man convicted of fraudulently seeking $13M in COVID-19 loans
2022/02/16
Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts
2021/12/25
Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
2021/12/10
Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
2021/11/16
Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
2021/08/06
Biden’s new evictions moratorium faces doubts on legality
2021/04/18
Judge: Boston exam schools admissions policy ‘race-neutral’
2021/03/28
Governor swears in newest Rhode Island state court judge
2021/03/03
Mississippi told to pay $500K to wrongfully imprisoned man
2021/01/12
India's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws
2020/12/20
Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies
2020/12/05
Judge Calls Trump Request in Wisconsin Lawsuit 'Bizarre'
2020/11/29
Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
2020/08/17
Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death
2020/08/02
Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/10
No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
2020/04/20
Court issues temporary restraining order on Gov. Kelly's order
2020/04/09
Wisconsin’s pandemic election puts focus on state’s court
2020/01/02
President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
2019/12/09
Supreme Court leaves Kentucky’s ultrasound law in place
2019/09/10
New Orleans judges seek review of court fees conflict ruling
2019/07/30
Dubai ruler, princess in London court over welfare of kids
2019/07/20
High court rejects appeal of killer of 4 people in Omaha
2019/05/24
DeVaney sworn in to South Dakota Supreme Court
2019/05/01
Wisconsin court says gun site not liable in spa shooting
2019/03/08
Court: $700M judgment against North Carolina still unpaid
2019/02/15
High court rules for retired US marshal in W.Va. tax dispute
2019/02/06
High court upholds texting suicide manslaughter conviction
2018/12/21
Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
2018/12/16
Judge’s ruling on ‘Obamacare’ poses new problems for GOP
2018/11/24
Lump of coal? Taxes more likely for online gifts this season
2018/11/19
Immigration detainees denied day in court
2018/11/19
New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing
2018/11/11
Court fight likely in 10-year-old girl’s homicide case
2018/11/08
Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall
2018/11/07
Justice Beth Clement leading Supreme Court race
2018/11/05
Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life by high court
2018/10/30
Bomb suspect set for Florida court appearance
2018/10/10
Polish leader appoints top court judges, against ruling
2018/10/05
Cemetery case puts property rights issue before high court
2018/09/25
UN court asked to probe Venezuela; leader defiant in speech
2018/09/17
Belgian court rules out extradition for Spanish rapper
2018/09/05
Court: Cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on streets
2018/08/31
Blankenship ballot bid denied by West Virginia Supreme Court
2018/08/19
Alabama Supreme Court won't move lawsuit against Moore
2018/08/16
Ugandan pop star, a government critic, faces military court
2018/08/13
Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
2018/07/08
Wisconsin court to rule on conservative professor's firing
2018/06/24
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/18
Court makes no ruling in resolving partisan redistricting cases
2018/06/11
MMA star Conor McGregor heads to court for melee charges
2018/06/02
Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run
2018/05/13
Court says Baltimore police could fire officer in force case
2018/04/17
Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise
2018/04/16
Michigan Democrats back Nessel for state attorney general
2018/04/13
Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
2018/04/11
Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
2018/02/24
California parents face new charges in kids' torture case
2018/02/06
Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map
2018/01/03
Top Connecticut court cases in 2018 involve Newtown, Skakel
2017/12/26
Top German court rejects ex-Auschwitz guard's prison appeal
2017/12/15
Often at odds, Trump and GOP relish tax win, court picks
2017/11/23
Court: Stress no grounds for rescinding guilty pleas
2017/11/09
Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
2017/11/07
Human rights group accuses Guatemalan courts of delays
2017/10/24
Ohio court won't hear case in seizure of exotic animals
2017/10/19
The Latest: Spain asks for jailing of Catalonia police chief
2017/10/18
High court to hear appeal in Newtown gun maker lawsuit
2017/10/06
Indiana courts see changes with new e-filing system
2017/09/15
Indian court sentences 2 men to death in 1993 Mumbai blasts
2017/09/06
EU court rejects Hungary, Slovakia appeal in refugee case
2017/09/03
Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment
2017/08/27
Supreme Court Overturns Billings Police Back-Pay Ruling
2017/07/30
Australian court debates release of Queen's secret letters
2017/07/19
EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary
2017/07/01
Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership
2017/06/27
McCarthy found guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Bella Bond
2017/06/16
Michelle Carter text suicide trial verdict: Guilty
2017/06/08
Court: Neighbors can sue pot grower for stinky smells
2017/05/27
Bangladesh Supreme Court removes Lady Justice statue
2017/05/05
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman returns to court in drug case
2017/04/15
Court document: Hawaii mother’s body parts found in freezer
2017/04/11
Official: Man accused in store attack misses court hearing
2017/04/05
Baldwin's Supreme Court nominee fight is early flashpoint
2017/03/16
Trump travel ban in new court setback near nation's capital
2017/02/22
Court: Missouri not required to name execution drug's source
2017/02/20
UK court says income threshold for foreign spouses is lawful
2017/02/11
Kenya court blocks closing of world's biggest refugee camp
2017/01/27
Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/24
Top court reviews free speech case of man's anti-police rap
2016/12/03
Court revives lawsuit against California bullet stamping law
2016/11/04
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/10/20
Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract
2016/10/14
Rights group criticizes Polish law of weakening top court
2016/10/14
Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case
2016/10/03
Supreme Court rejects Whitey Bulger appeal
2016/10/01
Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
2016/09/23
California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review
2016/09/20
DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court
2016/09/04
Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
2016/07/22
Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/06/14
Court upholds net neutrality rules on equal internet access
2016/06/01
NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continue
2016/04/23
Arkansas funeral home pleads guilty over stacked bodies
2016/04/05
Nevada court hears casino mogul Adelson's defamation case
2016/04/05
Supreme Court Rejects Conservative Group’s Argument
2016/03/22
Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial
2016/03/08
Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice
2016/02/29
African-American voters see court fight as affront to Obama
2016/02/19
Nevada's GOP governor honored by mention about high court
2016/01/25
Supreme Court rejects appeal to outlaw death penalty
2016/01/13
Florida asks court to deny inmate's execution-delay request
2015/12/25
Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
2015/12/10
Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
2015/12/02
US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
2015/11/23
Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses
2015/11/18
Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood
2015/11/03
Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/11/03
High court won't hear appeal on mortgage ratings
2015/10/20
Supreme Court won't reinstate $250K award in police shooting
2015/10/14
Court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims
2015/10/02
Connecticut court stands by decision eliminating execution
2015/09/25
Arizona sheriff faces judge after defying court orders
2015/09/19
Appeals court upholds injunction halting health mandate
2015/09/04
Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com
2015/09/02
Alaska Supreme Court won't block Medicaid expansion
2015/08/23
Amended voter identification law subject of court hearing
2015/08/14
Court fines Washington state over education funding
2015/08/11
Appeals court won't reconsider ex-Virginia governor's case
2015/08/05
Maine court: Anti-gay marriage group must disclose donors
2015/07/12
Silicon Valley company starts to take court disputes online
2015/07/07
Peterson returns to court in murder-for-hire trial
2015/07/03
Oklahoma court to look at blocking Tulsa grand jury probe
2015/06/26
Pennsylvania court rejects law that aided NRA gun challenges
2015/06/25
Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias
2015/06/24
US court upholds tough rules on for-profit college loans
2015/06/23
Supreme Court Voids Routine Police Check Of Hotel Registries
2015/06/22
High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional
2015/06/17
Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court
2015/06/12
Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant
2015/06/11
Poll: Most Americans expect Supreme Court to OK gay marriage
2015/06/01
High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats
2015/05/18
Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts
2015/05/12
Ohio man accused in US Capitol terror plot returns to court
2015/03/31
Afghan Court Sentences AP Journalist’s Killer to 20 Years
2015/02/25
Supreme Court sides with Kansas in water dispute
2015/02/16
NYPD officer due in court in stairwell shooting
2015/01/30
Appeals court weighs suit in US Marshals shooting
2015/01/08
Fate of thousands at stake in Massachusetts court arguments
2014/12/31
'Saved by the Bell' Actor Due in a Wisconsin Court
2014/11/07
Court reaffirms BP is liable in Gulf oil spill
2014/11/05
Abortion-rights supporters welcomed the delay Tuesday.
2014/11/04
Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case
2014/10/20
Appeals court reinstates Texas voter ID law
2014/09/02
Court agrees to review Alaska Roadless Rule case
2014/08/19
Washington high court to hear charter school case
2014/08/13
Appeals court OKs permits for Upper Peninsula mine
2014/07/01
US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand
2014/06/25
Court rejects appeal of gay jury selection case
2014/06/13
Court: No blanket exemption for police dashcams
2014/06/10
High court won't hear California's prison appeal
2014/05/30
Supreme Court Says Mich. Can't Block Indian Casino
2014/05/27
Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court
2014/05/20
Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal
2014/05/16
Court: Red Bulls must pay $2.8M in property tax
2014/05/13
European court: Google must yield on personal info
2014/05/05
Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case
2014/04/30
Court considers whistleblower free speech rights
2014/04/21
High court to hear dispute about TV over Internet
2014/04/17
Court rules for environmentalists in water fight
2014/04/15
Court date reset in Vegas Strip bird death case
2014/04/08
Court OKs $57M verdict for WA home-care workers
2014/04/03
Supreme Court Refuses To Overturn Arizona Marijuana Ruling
2014/03/31
Another Apple-Samsung skirmish heads to court
2014/03/24
Egypt court sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death
2014/03/10
Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
2014/02/24
Arizona high court bars cuts to public pensions
2014/02/20
Fight over gay marriage moving to federal courts
2014/02/20
Supreme Court affirms pipeline value decision
2014/02/07
Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high
2014/02/03
Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request
2014/01/24
Supreme Court debates 'straw purchasers' gun law
2014/01/16
High court rejects Ohio killer's last-minute plea
2014/01/10
Court suspends ban on a show by French comic
2013/12/23
Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws
2013/12/20
Calif. high court mulling release of law test data
2013/12/12
NY court: Reporter shielded in Colo. shooting case
2013/12/09
Haiti protest derides Dominican court ruling
2013/12/05
Supreme Court won't stop NY's Internet taxation
2013/12/02
Nevada Supreme Court upholds ethics laws
2013/11/29
Amanda Knox appeals slander case to European court
2013/11/08
Anti-whaling activist to testify in US court
2013/10/25
Appeals court rejects secret Delaware arbitration
2013/10/23
Farmers tied to listeria outbreak to plead guilty
2013/09/23
Wenatchee lawyer picked for federal judgeship
2013/08/28
Committee OKs school spending report for WA court
2013/07/18
Court: Legal status can't be used in civil cases
2013/07/16
Court sides with Yahoo in data collection case
2013/07/12
Ill. Supreme Court ends challenge to abortion law
2013/07/06
SC high court overturns $11M defamation verdicts
2013/06/20
Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
2013/06/11
Court: $1M coverage for Conn. fire victim families
2013/06/07
Intel chair says NSA court order is renewal
2013/05/30
Chicago man pleads guilty in NY hacking case
2013/05/29
Wal-Mart pleads guilty in hazardous waste
2013/05/24
Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court
2013/05/23
Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
2013/04/12
Court shoots down Yakama tobacco company lawsuit
2013/03/31
US appeals court grants Hobby Lobby full hearing
2013/03/03
Justices voice skepticism of voting rights law
2013/02/12
3 plead guilty to falsifying OH weapons permits
2013/01/24
Economist convicted of tax fraud in NY court
2013/01/19
High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman
2013/01/11
Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case
2012/12/27
Ohio schools officer to plead guilty to sex charge
2012/12/20
Appeals court sides with newspaper in labor fight
2012/12/04
Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case
2012/11/15
Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail
2012/11/06
Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case
2012/10/12
Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting
2012/09/27
Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute
2012/09/12
KC law firm owner faces murder, forgery charges
2012/09/07
Ga. county must $4 million to billboard firm
2012/08/17
3M Co. sues former law firm for switching sides
2012/08/10
Fed. appeals court denies ex-Ill. governor appeal
2012/08/04
Court orders Chevron to stop drilling for oil
2012/07/27
Court sides with NJ judges in pension dispute
2012/07/18
Tenn. court says convicted killer can keep money
2012/07/09
Texas Voter ID Law to be Tested in a Federal Court
2012/07/06
Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case
2012/07/02
GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case
2012/06/28
High court ruling vindicates Obama on health care
2012/06/15
Penn State: Court should dismiss Spanier's lawsuit
2012/06/09
NY court limits disclosure in old communist probe
2012/06/04
High court protects Secret Service agents
2012/05/26
Court orders woman to stay away from Jeff Goldblum
2012/05/19
Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce
2012/05/08
Court says illegal immigrants can't have guns
2012/04/30
Designer Louboutin hits back in red sole lawsuit
2012/03/06
Ryan & Maniskas, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2012/02/23
NY court decision bolsters anti-fracking movement
2012/02/22
Court says police cannot be sued over warrant
2012/02/15
Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU
2012/02/13
Federal court rules for Ohio festival free speech
2012/02/10
Miss high court hears challenge to Barbour pardons
2012/02/07
Utah high court to hear posthumous benefits case
2012/02/04
Magnet Toy Class Action Settlement
2012/02/03
Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case
2012/02/02
HIV-positive man who sued Atlanta gets new hearing
2012/01/30
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action
2012/01/27
US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups
2012/01/26
NY court: Judge can't block $18B Ecuador judgment
2012/01/23
US high court: warrant needed for GPS tracking
2012/01/18
Pacman Jones pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
2012/01/17
Court rejects appeals in student speech cases
2011/12/30
Del. court says ex-HP CEO can't keep letter secret
2011/12/28
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit
2011/12/27
Court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds
2011/12/27
Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private
2011/12/21
Suspect in immigration agent killing held in US
2011/12/20
Gingrich assails judges as he courts conservatives
2011/12/16
Court hearing set in White House shooting case
2011/12/14
Next ICC prosecutor warns against sex crimes
2011/12/13
High court to review tough Arizona immigration law
2011/12/09
CA same-sex marriage ban gets another day in court
2011/12/09
Appeals court blocks cement plant pollution rule
2011/12/07
Political aide to former Md. governor found guilty
2011/12/05
CARRIER iQ, Inc. Sued in Class Action
2011/12/01
Court reviews Ga. firing of transgender woman
2011/11/28
Court to look at overtime pay for drug sales reps
2011/11/22
Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea in Va.
2011/11/18
Federal court issues new political maps for Texas
2011/11/17
Missouri Supreme Court upholds strip club restrictions
2011/11/14
Company pleads guilty to dumping wastewater in Harvey Canal
2011/11/09
Calif high court hears debate over worker breaks
2011/11/07
NY investment firm among owners of Maine casino
2011/11/07
Court to look at life in prison for juveniles
2011/11/03
Appeals panel sides with CBS over Super Bowl fine
2011/11/01
Scandal-plagued former Bell official sues city
2011/10/31
Alabama immigration fight recalls civil rights era
2011/10/28
Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
2011/10/21
Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding
2011/10/21
Artists sue auction houses over royalties law
2011/10/18
Arpaio to testify about failed investigations
2011/10/06
High court appears to favor Ala. death row inmate
2011/10/04
Court turns away appeal over commandments display
2011/09/27
High court to decide lawyer immunity question
2011/09/24
Samsung seeks iPhone, iPad sale ban in Dutch court
2011/09/22
Court rules that UBS trader should stay in custody
2011/09/09
Guilty plea for Va. man in $318K Social Security fraud
2011/09/01
Group seeks appellate action on gays in military
2011/08/26
No choking charges for Wis. Supreme Court justice
2011/08/18
NY court rejects $18M class action writers deal
2011/08/18
Man found guilty in Atlanta of killing boxer
2011/08/17
EPA settles with owners of Mass. chemical plant
2011/08/16
2 enter guilty pleas in GOP corruption case
2011/08/12
Lawyer: 'Jeopardy!' burglary suspect a prostitute
2011/08/12
Miss. judge suspended for misconduct
2011/08/10
Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal
2011/08/09
Pozen says Texas court upholds Treximet patents
2011/08/05
Lawyer pleads guilty to $47 million Ponzi scheme
2011/08/03
Kansas workers seek to bar immigration questions
2011/08/01
DeMocker defense says former lawyer will keep mum
2011/07/20
Court reverses conviction on online Obama threat
2011/07/20
Fresno DA charges woman after deadly bus crash
2011/07/16
Challenge to visa lottery dismissed by judge
2011/07/11
Arizona court vacates $75 million cash-only bond
2011/07/05
Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched
2011/06/29
BofA Near $8.5B Deal to Settle Big Investors' Claims
2011/06/27
Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges
2011/06/27
Wis. Gov: Supreme Court needs to resolve discord
2011/06/24
Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
2011/06/24
Va suit settled over coalbed methane rights
2011/06/23
Casino owner cited in complaint against Ala. judge
2011/06/20
Court says age must be considered in interrogation
2011/06/14
2 ex-judges, lawyer back to prison in Miss scheme
2011/06/11
Ohio judge says Ford must pay dealers $2B
2011/06/11
Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
2011/06/07
Court: No shield law for message boards posters
2011/05/19
Mack Trucks, Volvo to pay $525M to settle suit
2011/05/17
Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
2011/05/12
Phoenix realtor pleads guilty to mortgage fraud
2011/05/09
Courts nationwide hold hearings with video
2011/05/04
Judge clears 'Housewives' firing lawsuit for trial
2011/05/02
Polygamous church dispute may head to Utah court
2011/05/02
Insurer settles suit with former USU frat members
2011/04/28
Iowa court reverses child endangerment conviction
2011/04/28
Ohio man pleads guilty in abortion-gunpoint case
2011/04/25
High court rejects quick review of health care law
2011/04/25
Md. court considering same-sex spousal privilege
2011/04/17
US court turns away new appeal from Uighurs
2011/04/10
Lawyers for NFL, players talk mediation with judge
2011/04/06
Texas death row inmate gets reprieve
2011/03/24
Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem
2011/03/22
High court unlikely to grant right to lawyer
2011/03/11
Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison
2011/02/25
US high court says Nevada can ban brothel ads
2011/02/25
Scott+Scott LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2011/02/25
France's Publicis faces $100 million gender bias lawsuit
2011/02/24
Vivendi To Cut US Class Action Provision
2011/02/21
Horizon Lines to plead guilty to fixing prices
2011/02/19
as man on Neb. death row appeals to high court
2011/02/18
Fla. Ruling Big Tobacco Won Comes Back To Bite It
2011/02/03
Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit
2011/02/01
Trenton voids law firm contract for contributions
2011/01/26
Mo. court sides with immigrant in adoption appeal
2011/01/18
Court won't stop class-action suit against Pella
2011/01/11
Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees
2011/01/03
Court: Couple Can't Have Adult Child's Records
2010/12/20
Mont. Supreme Court considers access restrictions
2010/12/16
Searchers seek gunman in Utah ranger shooting
2010/11/29
Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy
2010/11/26
$450m class action launched against NAB
2010/11/03
Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick
2010/10/25
BP expected to pay Florida $20M for seafood inspections
2010/10/04
Court won't speed challenge to MN disclosure law
2010/09/22
Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban
2010/09/22
American Bar Association Honors Philadelphia Firms
2010/09/16
Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud
2010/09/16
Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed
2010/09/09
Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation
2010/08/23
Doctor charged in Jackson's death due in court
2010/08/18
Paralegal, husband indicted in $1 million law-firm embezzlement
2010/08/09
BP Deposits $3 Billion in Spill Fund
2010/08/03
Mo. man pleads guilty in 10-fatality Okla. wreck
2010/08/03
Murder conviction of mom reversed in California
2010/07/29
Judge delays injunction in Neb. immigration suits
2010/07/27
Goldman Allowed to Keep Issuing Securities
2010/07/20
Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black
2010/07/12
Self Representation Hurting Individual Cases, Courts, Say Judges
2010/06/28
Ore. trial court to reconsider $100M tobacco case
2010/06/21
Major Class Action Settlement Hung Up Over Legal Fees
2010/06/21
US court tosses protester's arrest at Liberty Bell
2010/06/14
Calif. high court to hear church's property appeal
2010/06/09
Ex-lawyer faces sentencing for Ponzi scheme
2010/05/28
US defends attending Sudan leader's inauguration
2010/05/24
China to frame its first immigration law to attract foreigners
2010/05/17
Trial for Chandra Levy slaying suspect stays in DC
2010/04/28
Ex-SEC lawyer gets 8 years for pump-and-dump fraud
2010/04/16
NY immigration agent pleads guilty to sex coercion
2010/02/28
Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control
2010/02/25
Obama nominates Berkeley prof to appeals court
2010/02/22
State won't pay legal fees for computer lawsuit
2010/01/20
Samsung to pay Rambus $700 million in settlement
2010/01/06
Appellate court overturns Kickapoo conviction
2009/12/19
Supreme Court halts release of 2 murderers
2009/11/18
Guilty plea in Wash. shooting spree that killed 6
2009/11/02
Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit
2009/10/26
Nokia’s lawsuit against Apple over iPhone likely a negotiating tactic over licensing fees
2009/10/02
Madoff trustee sues Madoff family for almost $200M
2009/08/28
ACLU Demands Info On DHS Computer Searches At Borders
2009/08/27
Veteran Says Mercenaries Shot Him In Iraq
2009/08/26
Former Prof Arrested, Accused of Taking 2 Guns Into Law Library
2009/08/26
Former Stanford Investment Advisers Push to Get Assets Unfrozen
2009/08/25
Class Claims Facebook Invades Privacy, Sells Personal Information
2009/08/24
Newly Released Documents Show Rehnquist's Private Side
2009/08/19
Asbestos Tests Must Continue
2009/08/17
Bogus 'Emergency' In Forest, Groups Say
2009/08/13
Texas Judge Orders Microsoft To Stop Selling Word In The US
2009/08/12
Top Madoff Aid Pleads Guilty
2009/08/06
Suspended Boston Cop Sues City
2009/07/30
11-Word Press Snippets Might Violate Copyright
2009/07/28
Sotomayor Running Out Of Potential GOP Support
2009/07/24
Lawyer Says LexisNexis Charges Sneaky Fees
2009/07/23
Student Athletes Sue NCAA For Profits From Their Images
2009/07/22
Mexican TV Can't Be Shown On US Internet
2009/07/21
One More Week For Sotomayor Vote
2009/07/20
Lawyers' Depresssion Soars During Recession
2009/06/17
John Hinckley Gets More Freedom
2009/05/29
Conrad Black Asks for Release from Prison
2009/05/26
Judge Sonia Sotomayor Accepts Nomination to Supreme Court
2009/05/14
US judge OKs $116M ruling in deadly terror attack
2009/05/07
Conservative Sessions leads court nomination fight
2009/04/28
Judge Upholds $100M Verdict for Mattel
2009/04/20
South Korean Blogger Acquitted
2009/04/17
Davis Polk Recruit Ex-SEC Aide
2009/04/16
18-month sentence for South Korean blogger
2009/04/15
El Segundo Ponzi Scheme Targets Latinos
2009/04/14
Tainted Chinese drywall shows up in Katrina homes
2009/04/11
Differing Views in GOP Voting
2009/04/09
Texas Court Upheld Civil Verdict
2009/03/04
CA Court to Rule Over Gay Marriage Ban
2009/02/20
US Demands 52,000 IDs from Swiss Banks
2009/02/10
Media Giants Forcing Smaller Guys Out
2009/01/27
Wrongfully convicted, man can't sue prosecutor
2009/01/20
ACLU Challenges Gov't Secrecy in the False Claims Act
2009/01/07
Hollywood Firm Dreier Trying to Sever Ties
2009/01/05
Holocaust Survivors' Class Action Dismissed
2008/12/29
Relatives mourn family slain in Santa shootings
2008/12/17
Internet gambling tycoon gives up $300M in plea
2008/12/16
Ill. gov. says ready to tell his side of scandal
2008/12/14
Oklahoma files appeal in poultry litter case
2008/12/02
Ill. corruption figure Rezko sentencing set Jan. 6
2008/08/25
RI gov, union back in court over health insurance
2008/08/23
Indictments to stand against DeLay associates
2008/05/05
N.Y. Judge Files $10 Million Defamation Suit
2008/04/04
Know Your Lawyer in Illinois
2008/03/27
Nominees Announced for 10TH Judicial Circuit
2008/03/20
State bar hears from Supreme Court candidates
2008/03/14
Kentucky Bar Association investigates two presidents-elect
2008/03/11
Lawyer who abandoned client suspended
2008/03/07
State Bar of Arizona to move Tucson regional office
2008/03/07
Minnesota Bars Beat Smoking Ban
2008/03/06
NJ State pays $250K to settle lawsuit
2008/03/06
Legislators get bar's ear on lawyer discipline
2008/03/06
A Key Case on Gun Control
2008/02/29
Notable California Trials
2008/02/23
Bar association moving to first permanent location
2008/02/22
Virginia Bar president considers attorney trust audits
2008/02/21
Drexel Law Gets Provisional Accreditation
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Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over vaping products
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2025/04/11 04:27
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A former Conservative lawmaker and 14 others have been charged with cheating when placing bets on the timing of Britain’s general election last year, the Gambling Commission said Monday.
Craig Williams was one of several people who had been investigated for cashing in on insider knowledge on the date then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would call the election. Other members of the Conservative Party that controlled government at the time and a police officer were among those facing charges that carry a potential two-year prison term, if convicted.
It’s legal for politicians to wager on elections, but the investigation was about whether they used inside information to gain an unfair advantage. One of the popular bets at the time was to wager on the date the prime minister would call an election.
At the time, the conventional wisdom was that Sunak would call an election in the fall, but he surprised people in May when he set the election date for July 4th. The announcement was a disaster as Sunak was drenched in pouring rain outside his residence and word quickly spread that a handful of people with connections to the party had placed suspiciously timed bets.
The vote six weeks later ended up being a bloodbath for Conservatives, as the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, swept them out of office for the first time in 14 years.
Williams, who was Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary and running for reelection, had disclosed he placed a 100-pound ($131) bet on a July election days before the date had been announced.
“I committed an error of judgment, not an offense, and I want to reiterate my apology directly to you,” he said in a video posted on social media in June.
In the election, Williams lost his seat representing an area of Wales, finishing third.
Others facing charges included Russell George, a Conservative in the Welsh parliament, Nick Mason, a former chief data officer for the Tories and Thomas James, the director of the Welsh Conservatives.
Anthony Lee, a former Conservative campaign director, was also charged alongside his wife, Laura Saunders, who ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament representing an area of southwest England.
George was suspended by the Conservative Party after news of the criminal case.
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
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2025/03/07 15:20
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A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.
By a 5-4 vote, the court’s conservative majority ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act with water pollution permits that contain vague requirements for maintaining water quality.
The decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court that EPA can set specific limits that tell cities and counties what can be discharged. But the agency lacks the authority “to include ‘end-result’ provisions,” Alito wrote, that make cities and counties responsible for maintaining the quality of the water, the Pacific Ocean in this case, into which wastewater is discharged.
“When a permit contains such requirements, a permittee that punctiliously follows every specific requirement in its permit may nevertheless face crushing penalties if the quality of the water in its receiving waters falls below the applicable standards,” he wrote.
One conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in dissent. Limits on discharges sometimes still don’t insure water quality standards are met, Barrett wrote.
“The concern that the technology-based effluent limitations may fall short is on display in this case,” Barrett wrote, adding that “discharges from components of San Francisco’s sewer system have allegedly led to serious breaches of the water quality standards, such as ‘discoloration, scum, and floating material, including toilet paper, in Mission Creek.’”
The case produced an unusual alliance of the liberal northern California city, energy companies and business groups.
The EPA has issued thousands of the permits, known as narrative permits, over several decades, former acting general counsel Kevin Minoli said.
The narrative permits have operated almost as a backstop in case permits that quantify what can be discharged still result in unacceptable water quality, Minoli said.
With the new restrictions imposed by the court, “the question is what comes in place of those limits,” Minoli said.
Alito downplayed the impact of the decision, writing that the agency has “the tools needed” to insure water quality standards are met. |
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
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2025/01/09 15:46
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President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.
Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial and conviction last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
The justices asked for a response from prosecutors by Thursday morning. Trump’s team sought an immediate stay of the scheduled sentencing, saying it would wrongly restrict him as he prepares to take office. While Merchan has indicated he will not impose jail time, fines or probation, Trump’s lawyers argued a felony conviction would still have intolerable side effects.
The sentencing should be delayed as he appeals the conviction to “prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the Presidency and the operations of the federal government,” they argued.
The emergency motion is from lawyers John Sauer, Trump’s pick for solicitor general, who represents the government before the high court, and Todd Blanche, in line to be the second-ranking official at the Justice Department.
They also pointed to the Supreme Court ruling giving Trump and other presidents broad immunity from prosecutions over their actions in office, saying it supports their argument that his New York conviction should be overturned.
Their filing said the New York trial court “lacks authority to impose sentence and judgment on President Trump — or conduct any further criminal proceedings against him— until the resolution of his underlying appeal raising substantial claims of Presidential immunity, including by review in this Court if necessary.”
The Republican president-elect’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, called for the case to be dismissed in a statement. Trump simultaneously filed an emergency appeal in front of New York’s highest court.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, meanwhile, said it will respond in court papers. Trump’s convictions arose from what prosecutors said was an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election.
Daniels claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. He denies it.
The Supreme Court’s immunity opinion came in a separate election interference case against him, but Trump’s lawyers say it means some of the evidence used against him in his hush money trial should have been shielded by presidential immunity. That includes testimony from some White House aides and social media posts made while he was in office.
Merchan has disagreed, finding they would qualify as personal business. The Supreme Court’s immunity decision was largely about official acts of presidents while in office.
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
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2025/01/02 04:05
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A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said.
The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty. The attacks by al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped spur U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in what the George W. Bush administration called its war on terror.
The military appeals court released its ruling Monday night, according to the U.S. official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Military prosecutors and defense attorneys for Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the attacks, and two co-defendants reached the plea agreements after two years of government-approved negotiations. The deals were announced late last summer.
Supporters of the plea agreements see them as a way of resolving the legally troubled case against the men at the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Pretrial hearings for Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi have been underway for more than a decade.
Much of the focus of pretrial arguments has been on how torture of the men while in CIA custody in the first years after their detention may taint the overall evidence in the case.
Within days of news of the plea deal this summer, Austin issued a brief order saying he was nullifying them.
He cited the gravity of the 9/11 attacks in saying that as defense secretary, he should decide on any plea agreements that would spare the defendants the possibility of execution.
Defense lawyers said Austin had no legal authority to reject a decision already approved by the Guantanamo court’s top authority and said the move amounted to unlawful interference in the case.
The military judge hearing the 9/11 case, Air Force Col. Matthew McCall, had agreed that Austin lacked standing to throw out the plea bargains after they were underway. That had set up the Defense Department’s appeal to the military appeals court.
Austin now has the option of taking his effort to throw out the plea deals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Separately, the Pentagon said it had repatriated one of the longest-held detainees at the Guantanamo military prison, a Tunisian man who U.S. authorities approved for transfer more than a decade ago.
Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi’s return to Tunisia leaves 26 men at Guantanamo. That’s down from a peak population of about 700 Muslim men detained abroad and brought to the prison in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Al-Yazidi’s repatriation leaves 14 men awaiting transfer to other countries after U.S. authorities waived any prosecution and cleared them as security risks.
The Biden administration, pressed by rights groups to free remaining Guantanamo detainees held without charge, transferred out three other men this month. The U.S. says it is searching for suitable and stable countries willing to receive the remaining 14.
In a statement, the U.S. military said it had worked with authorities in Tunisia for the “responsible transfer” of al-Yazidi. He had been a prisoner at Guantanamo since 2002, when the U.S. began sending Muslim detainees taken abroad there.
Al-Yazidi is the last of a dozen Tunisian men once held at Guantanamo.
Of those remaining at Guantanamo, seven — including Mohammed and his 9/11 co-defendants — face active cases. Two others of the 26 total have been convicted and sentenced by the military commission.
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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
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2024/12/17 14:22
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At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.
The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage points over the last four years, setting the country apart from other wealthy nations where most people on average still express trust in their systems.
The results come after a tumultuous period that included the overturning of the nationwide right to abortion, the indictment of former President Donald Trump and the subsequent withdrawal of federal charges, and his attacks on the integrity of the judicial system.
The drop wasn’t limited to one end of the political spectrum. Confidence dropped among people who disapproved of the country’s leadership during Joe Biden’s presidency and among those who approved, according to Gallup. The respondents weren’t asked about their party affiliations.
It’s become normal for people who disapprove of the country’s leadership to also lose at least some confidence in the court system. Still, the 17-point drop recorded among that group under Biden was precipitous, and the cases filed against Trump were likely factors, Gallup said.
Among those who did approve of the country’s leadership, there was an 18-point decline between 2023 and 2024, possibly reflecting dissatisfaction with court rulings favoring Trump, Gallup found. Confidence in the judicial system had been above 60% among that group during the first three years of Biden’s presidency but nosedived this year.
Trump had faced four criminal indictments this year, but only a hush-money case in New York ended with a trial and conviction before he won the presidential race.
Since then, special counsel Jack Smith has ended his two federal cases, which pertained to Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and allegations that he hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. A separate state election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, is largely on hold. Trump denies wrongdoing in all.
Other Gallup findings have shown that Democrats’ confidence in the Supreme Court dropped by 25 points between 2021 and 2022, the year the justices overturned constitutional protections for abortion. Their trust climbed a bit, to 34%, in 2023, but dropped again to 24% in 2024. The change comes after a Supreme Court opinion that Trump and other former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
Trust in the court among Republicans, by contrast, reached 71% in 2024.
The judicial system more broadly also lost public confidence more quickly than many other U.S. institutions over the last four years. Confidence in the federal government, for example, also declined to 26%. That was a 20-point drop — not as steep as the decline in confidence in the courts.
The trust drop is also steep compared with other countries around the world. Only a handful of other countries have seen larger drops during a four-year period. They include a 46-point drop in Myanmar during the period that overlapped the return of military rule in 2021, a 35-point drop in Venezuela amid deep economic and political turmoil from 2012 to 2016 and a 28-point drop in Syria in the runup and early years of its civil war.
The survey was based on telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,000 U.S. adults between June 28 and August 1. |
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
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2024/12/11 17:45
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.
The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dismissing the parents’ lawsuit.
Three justices, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, would have heard the case. That’s one short of what is needed for full review by the Supreme Court.
Parents with children in Eau Claire public schools argued in a lawsuit that the school district’s policy violates constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom.
Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents’ case.
Lower courts had found that the parents lacked the legal right, or standing. Among other reasons, the courts said no parent presented evidence that the policy affected them or their children.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals included two judges Republican Donald Trump appointed during his first term.
But Alito described the case as presenting “a question of great and growing national importance,” whether public school districts violate parents’ rights when they encourage students to transition or assist in the process without parental consent or knowledge.
“Administrative Guidance for Gender Identity Support” encourages transgender students to reach out to staff members with concerns and instructs employees to be careful who they talk to about a student’s gender identity, since not all students are “out” to their families. |
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Court overturns actor Jussie Smollett's 2019 conviction in hate crime hoax case
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2024/11/17 22:27
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Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope.
The order is a win for McCormick and a loss for Casey as the campaigns prepare for a statewide recount and press counties for favorable ballot-counting decisions while election workers are sorting through thousands of provisional ballots.
McCormick’s campaign called it a “massive setback” for Casey.
The Democratic-majority high court’s order reiterates the position it took previously that the ballots shouldn’t be counted in the election, a decision that Republicans say several Democratic-controlled counties nevertheless challenged.
In a statement, Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said a lack of legal clarity had surrounded the ballots, putting county officials in a position where they were “damned if they did and damned if they didn’t — likely facing legal action no matter which decision they made on counting.”
It comes amid a gust of fresh litigation in recent days filed by both campaigns, contesting the decisions of about a dozen counties over whether or not to count thousands of provisional ballots.
Casey’s campaign says the provisional ballots shouldn’t be rejected for garden-variety errors, like a polling place worker forgetting to sign it. Republicans say the law is clear that the ballots must be discarded.
The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead.
As of Monday, McCormick led by about 17,000 votes out of almost 7 million ballots counted — inside the 0.5% margin threshold to trigger an automatic statewide recount under Pennsylvania law.
Statewide, the number of mail-in ballots with wrong or missing dates on the return envelope could be in the thousands.
Republicans last week asked the court to bar counties from counting the ballots, saying those decisions violate both the court’s recent orders and its precedent in upholding the requirement in state law that a voter write the date on their mail-in ballot’s return envelope.
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