The Court of Special Appeals has affirmed a $5 million judgment against Georgia Pacific Corp. in favor of a University of Maryland nursing professor who lost a lung to mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos fibers that stuck to her grandfather’s work clothes in the late 1960s.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia’s congressional redistricting plan against a challenge that small population variations among its three congressional districts violate the Constitution. The justices, in an unsigned opinion, reversed a lower federal court ruling ...

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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 ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county’s challenge to the landmark civil rights law. The provision requires state, county and local governments with a history of ...

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LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as a federal appeals court panel upheld California’s ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities. The ruling marked the second time the ...

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An inoperable weapon provides no defense to the crime of illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Maryland’s top court has ruled. In its 4-2 decision, the Court of Appeals rejected the argument by Rodney Taureen Moore’s attorney ...

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WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia can bar residents from owning assault weapons and require them to register their handguns without violating the Second Amendment, but the district must explain further why its numerous handgun registration requirements are necessary, a ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision that denied protesters the right to hold a sidewalk chalk demonstration outside the White House. The demonstrators in November 2008 wanted to protest President Barack Obama’s support for abortion ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Nevada ethics law that governs when lawmakers should refrain from voting on official business because they might have a conflict of interest. The court reversed a Nevada Supreme Court decision ...

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Former CareFirst Inc. CEO William L. Jews will receive his entire $18 million severance package after the state’s highest court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the Maryland Insurance Administration. The Court of Appeals’ decision ends a legal ...

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