D.C. circuit reviewing judge’s alleged misconduct
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative judge who is alleged to have made racially discriminatory comments. Judge Edith Jones of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allegedly said at speech in February that certain “racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics [...] |
U.S. Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent the cases of six Texas death row inmates, including one of the infamous “Texas 7″ gang of escapees, back to a lower court for reviews of whether attorneys in earlier stages of appeals let the men down. The decisions are in line with last week’s ruling [...] |
Sotomayor criticizes prosecutor for racial remark
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday publicly criticized a federal prosecutor for what she called “a racially charged remark” during a drug trial. The comment came as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of Bongani Charles Calhoun, who said during his 2011 trial he didn’t know a group of men he [...] |
Supreme Court to weigh petition by jailed ex-lawyer
BY: Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a Feb. 15 conference to decide if it will hear an appeal from imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor. Minor has asked the nation’s high court to overturn his sentence in a Mississippi judicial corruption case. Court officials say a decision could be announced shortly after the [...] |
Supreme Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
BY: Associated Press 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 [...] |
5th Circuit tosses jury’s award in Katrina jail lawsuit
BY: Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a jury’s award of more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane Katrina’s landfall and jailed for more than a month after the storm. A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. [...] |
High court revives class action against Halliburton
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Halliburton Co. shareholders can pursue a class-action lawsuit claiming the oil services company inflated its stock price. The high court overturned a ruling against the shareholders, who want to represent all investors who bought Halliburton stock between June 1999 and December 2001. The lawsuit argues that Halliburton [...] |
Md. wine shipping bill is poised to pass
BY: Nicholas Sohr ANNAPOLIS — Poised to allow Marylanders to receive wine shipments from winemakers, the General Assembly faces the prospect of grappling with the same issue next year as advocates seek an expanded shipping law. Compromise legislation passed key Senate and House of Delegates committees on Tuesday and will be up for debate before both chambers on [...] |
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