Conaway faults courthouses’ safety, upkeep 
BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City Circuit Court Administrative Judge Marcella A. Holland, City Law Department, clarence m. mitchell jr. courthouse, clerk, Clerk of Court Frank M. Conaway Sr., courthouse east, courts, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake
Calling conditions at Baltimore’s two circuit courthouses “deplorable,” Clerk of Court Frank M. Conaway Sr. sent a letter to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asking for help making the long-sought fixes to the aging facilities. Conditions at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse and at Courthouse East directly across the street have been the subject of many [...]
Aaron Spelling’s widow sues Annapolis auction house over dolls
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: aaron spelling, antique dolls, auction, breach of contract, candy spelling, lawsuit, madame alexander, stuart holbrook, theriault's
WASHINGTON — The widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling is suing a Maryland auction house that sold part of her extensive collection of antique dolls, claiming it owes her money and failed to return unsold items. Candy Spelling filed the lawsuit against Annapolis-based Theriault’s at the end of April. The lawsuit, which was filed in [...]
Manning seeks dismissal of 10 counts in WikiLeaks case
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: army, bradley manning, capt. joshua tooman, classified, david coombs, Defense Department, documents, information, motions, secret internet protocol router network, staff sgt. robert bales, wikileaks
HAGERSTOWN — An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable offense. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s civilian defense attorney, David Coombs, posted the documents late Wednesday on his [...]
Supreme Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clause, discount fee, double jeopardy, freeman family, Inc., Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, lawsuit, loan, loan discount fee, mortgage, Quicken Loans, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, smith family, sonia sotomayor, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate. The high court’s decision tosses out lawsuits filed in 2008 against Quicken Loans, Inc., in Louisiana by three families who claimed they paid the [...]
News Corp. lobbyist testifies on U.K. govt contacts
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: culture, fred michel, Jeremy Hunt, leveson inquiry, lobbyist, Media and Sport, news corp, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., testify
LONDON — A lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. testified Thursday that he thought a U.K. government minister knew that one of his aides was providing Murdoch’s company with information on its bid to take over the British Sky Broadcasting satellite network. Lobbyist Fred Michel told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that he knew [...]
Former Bales defense lawyer joins Manning’s team
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Army Maj. Thomas Hurley, attorney, david coombs, defense, lawyer, Pfc. Bradley Manning
HAGERSTOWN — A military lawyer who formerly represented a soldier charged with fatally shooting 17 Afghan villagers is now defending an Army private accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s civilian lawyer, David Coombs, said on his blog late Wednesday that Army Maj. Thomas Hurley has joined [...]
Court of Appeals bars paternity test
BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: amy mulligan, barred, child, Court of Appeals, court of special appeals, divorced, Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Theresa M. Adams, Judge Lawrence F. Rodowsky, Law, marriage, maryland, Maryland Estates and Trusts Article, paternity test, pregnancy, thomas mulligan
A man who claims he impregnated his girlfriend while she was separated from her husband has no right to a paternity test, Maryland’s top court held Wednesday. William Corbett was seeking visitation rights with the child born to Amy Mulligan, who divorced Thomas Mulligan during her pregnancy but later reconciled with and remarried him. The [...]
4th Circuit clarifies centuries-old definition of piracy
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Lawyer Jon M. Babineau, piracy, pirate, somali, terrorism, u.s. supreme court, USS Ashland
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship. The 200-year-old U.S. Supreme Court definition of piracy has been in dispute in two attacks on Virginia-based Navy [...]
2nd campaign aide to D.C. mayor faces charges
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: adrian fenty, d.c., d.c. mayor, fbi, federal investigation, Howard Brooks, Sulaimon Brown, thomas gore, vincent gray
WASHINGTON — A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray’s 2010 campaign and is likely to plead guilty, a day after another aide’s guilty plea revealed the use of underhanded tactics to get Gray elected. Howard Brooks, a former campaign consultant to [...]
Carr sentenced to life plus 25 years for killing businessman
BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, Baltimore City State's Attorney, chong wan yim, crime, erdman liquor store, gregg bernstein, joshua felsen, murder, shooting, william carr
William D. Carr, convicted in April of gunning down a 55-year old businessman in broad daylight at the Erdman Shopping Center, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus 25 years. Judge Paul Smith imposed the sentence in Baltimore City Circuit Court, where a jury on April 6 convicted Carr of armed robbery and the [...]
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