$3.4B Indian land royalty settlement upheld
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: court, indian, land royalty, native american, Settlement, u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, upheld
HELENA, Mont. — A panel of appellate judges has upheld a $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and hundreds of thousands of Native American plaintiffs whose land trust royalties the Department of Interior mismanaged. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge of the settlement [...]
Judge weighs dismissal of Frederick growth dispute
BY: The Frederick-News Post
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: audubon society of central maryland, Board of County Commissioners, chesapeake bay foundation, court, dispute, growth, judge, lawsuit, Maryland Department of Planning
FREDERICK — A Frederick County judge is considering dismissing a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups challenging the county’s plan to increase development potential by about 50 percent. The Frederick News-Post reports that Circuit Judge Julie Solt will issue a written opinion based on arguments she heard Tuesday. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Audubon [...]
Twins conceived after dad’s death won’t get benefits
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: benefits, children, robert capato, social security administration, Supreme Court, twins, washington
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man’s children who were conceived through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits. Justices unanimously ruled that twins born to Robert Capato’s surviving wife Karen did not qualify for survivor benefits because of a requirement that the federal government use state [...]
Somerset deputy wins $1.1M for firing 
BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: award, damages, doctor arrest reports, fired, grievance, James “Troy” Durham, lawsuit, Maryland Court of Specials Appeals, noneconomic damages, Office of the Maryland Attorney General, police department, Somerset County sheriff’s deputy, termination
A federal jury awarded $1.1 million to a former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy who claimed he was fired for complaining about being forced to doctor arrest reports. James “Troy” Durham, now working as custodian at a high school in the county, sued Somerset County Sheriff Robert N. Jones in September 2010. Last week, the jury [...]
Losing party’s costs don’t include document translators
BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: 9th circuit, baseball player, injury, interpreter, justice samuel alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd., Kouichi Taniguchi, lawsuit, Northern Mariana Islands, Supreme Court, translator, united states
The cost of having documents translated is not covered under a federal statute that requires the losing party in litigation to pay for “compensation for interpreters,” the Supreme Court held Monday. The decision reverses an award of $5,517.20 in costs to Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd., for money it spent on translators while defending a premises [...]
Baltimore man convicted in murder-for-hire of dentist
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: Albert Ro, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, dante jeter, dentist, first-degree murder, guilty, maryland, murder, murder-for-hire, shontay hockman
ANNAPOLIS — A man who was paid $1,000 by his cousin to kill a dentist she was stealing from has been convicted of first-degree felony murder. Twenty-five-year-old Dante Jeter of Baltimore was also found guilty Monday by an Anne Arundel County jury of other offenses in connection with the slaying of 51-year-old Albert Ro in [...]
Maryland aims to raise sex trafficking awareness
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: catonsville, crime, governor's office of crime control and prevention, Homeland Security Special Agent Adrian Sanders, maryland, sex trafficking awareness, Virginia Geckler
Comments: 1
CATONSVILLE — Maryland is aiming to teach social workers and law enforcement officers to spot signs of sex trafficking. A two-day conference that opened Monday in Catonsville aims to boost coordination among federal, state and local agencies and improve the response to victims. Gov. Martin O’Malley says the state’s location along several transportation systems makes [...]
3rd person arrested in Lutherville medical clinic raid
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: baltimore county police, Healthy Life, investigation, lutherville, maryland, medical clinic, raid, Schedule II narcotics, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Baltimore County Police say a third person has been arrested in a narcotics investigation of a Lutherville medical clinic. Forty-five-year-old Alina Margulis of Brooklyn, N.Y., surrendered to police Monday morning. She had been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute Schedule II narcotics. Bail was set at $50,000 and Margulis was ordered to surrender her [...]
Supreme Court won’t reduce student’s $675k music download fine
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Boston University, Charles Nesson, download, file, illegal download, Joel Tenenbaum, music, Recording Industry Association of America, sharing, Supreme Court
BOSTON — A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to hear his appeal. Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, R.I., said he’s hoping a federal judge will reduce the [...]
Catholic dioceses, colleges sue over mandate for contraceptive coverage
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: birth control, catholic university of america, lawsuit, mandate, new york, notre dame, president obama, Roman Catholic dioceses, U.S. Health and Human Services Department
Comments: 2
NEW YORK — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control coverage, filing federal lawsuits Monday on behalf of dioceses, schools and health care agencies that argued the requirement violates religious freedom. Among the plaintiffs is the University of Notre Dame, which in February praised [...]
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