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Opinions – 2/6/12: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (access required)

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 5, 2012
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Administrative Law Civil commitment BOTTOM LINE: The U.S. District Court did not err in finding that the government failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that defendant was “a sexually dangerous person,”; the court reasonably found one expert’s opinion to be more credible than the others offered as to whether defendant would have serious [...]

Opinions – 12/5/11: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (access required)

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 4, 2011
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Election Law Campaign contributions prohibition BOTTOM LINE: District court’s denial of lobbyist’s constitutional challenge to North Carolina’s statute limiting campaign contributions to public officials affirmed, because the statute, which prohibits only contributions with monetary value, was properly tailored to address political corruption and did not otherwise impinge lobbyist’s First Amendment right to support political candidates. [...]

Mental health advocates boo ‘haunted’ asylum

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 22, 2010
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Asylum Haunted House

SPRING CITY, Pa.  — Since the last residents left more than 20 years ago, Pennhurst State Hospital has been vacant, its sprawling complex of buildings crumbling, overcome by brush in the suburban Philadelphia countryside. The old asylum may not be still much longer. It’s being filled with fake skeletons, hanging torsos, coffins, exam tables and [...]

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Brendan Hogan is all smiles with his 1-year-old son, Declan, during the hooding ceremony Friday for graduates of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law at the Hippodrome Theatre. The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its commencement ceremony Monday afternoon. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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