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1 hr ago | Philly.com

Ex-head of charter school appeals fraud sentence

The former board president of Philadelphia Academy Charter School in the Northeast is appealing the sentence she received from a U.S. District Court judge last week on a mail-fraud charge.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, Federal Prisons

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Colusa County Sun Herald

Man convicted of attempted murder may get chance at lighter sentence

Nearly two years to the day after he was found guilty for a 2007 drive-by shooting in Arbuckle, a Williams man was back in a Colusa County courtroom Wednesday hoping for a new, lighter sentence.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Arbuckle, CA, US News

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Appeals Court Hears Del. Death Penalty Case

A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has heard arguments in a class-action lawsuit that has held up executions in Delaware for more than three years.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, US News

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Lawyers Weekly USA

Insurance doesn't cover attempted shooting

An insurance company had no duty to defend or indemnify personal injury claims brought by a woman who was repeatedly shot at by its insured while he was in a drunken rage, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.

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Related Topix: US News

Sun Dec 20, 2009

PennLive.com

Dog owner appeals federal court case ruling over collie seized by Harrisburg Humane Society

Baron, Miles Thomas' collie, was seized by the Harrisburg Humane Society in July.

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Related Topix: US News

Sat Dec 19, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Resentencing ordered for ailing Uniontown bank robber

A man who was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for robbing a Fayette County bank two years ago should be resentenced because a judge failed to take into account the man's deteriorating medical condition, an appeals court ruled.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, PA, Federal Prisons, Prison, Fayette County, PA, US News, Pittsburgh Metro

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Broadcasting & Cable

Court Asks FCC to Defend Media-Ownership Rule Stay

Appeals court gives FCC and backers three weeks to explain why it should delay hearing legal challenges.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US News

Insurance Journal West

Insurance Does Not Cover Shootings by Drunk Pennsylvania Doctor

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a man's drunkenness did not render his attempted shootings of a woman accidental and therefore did not trigger coverage under either his homeowners policy or his personal umbrella liability policy under Pennsylvania law.

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Related Topix: US News

Legal Times

1st Circuit Rules ADA Discrimination Claim Is Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in a case of first impression that an Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination claim against a company in bankruptcy should be treated like a dischargeable bankruptcy claim.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, US News, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Thu Dec 17, 2009

Philly.com

Newspapers, creditors vie on credit-bid issue

Lawyers for the Daily News , Inquirer and Philly.com squared off with their creditors' lawyers yesterday in a key court battle over whether the creditors can bid their IOU's in a bankruptcy auction of the company.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, US News

Wed Dec 16, 2009

News Journal

Appeals Court to hear suit on execution procedures

The class-action lawsuit that has been holding up executions in Delaware for more than three years will be headed to the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Prison, Death Penalty

Tue Dec 15, 2009

XtraMSN Real Estate

Philadelphia Newspapers asks court for cash sale

Creditors of bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers LLC should not be allowed to use their secured debt in a bid for the company because that would discourage cash bidders, an attorney for the company told an appeals court on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US News

Legal Times

Lawyers in T-Mobile Settlement Can't Press for Higher Fees in State Court

A federal judge in New Jersey has nixed an attempt by lawyers unhappy with their fees from a $13.5 million class action settlement with T-Mobile to re-litigate the issue in California state court.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Cell Phones, Electronics, Morristown, NJ, US News

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Workplace Prof Blog

Call for Papers: Symposium: Reflections on Iqbala "Discerning Its...

Call for Papers: Symposium: Reflections on Iqbala 'Discerning Its Rule, Grappling With Its Implications Joe Seiner sends along this call for papers from Nancy Welsh at Penn State Law: On Friday, March 26, 2010, the Penn State Law Review will hold a symposium addressing the Supreme Courta TMs recent decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal.

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Related Topix: US News

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Tribune-Democrat

Cambria asks Supreme Court to reinstate Simmons conviction

Cambria County prosecutors on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence of Ernest "Ernie" Simmons.

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Related Topix: Cambria County, PA, US Supreme Court, US News, Johnstown, PA

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Theeagle.com

Supreme Court skeptical of anti-fraud law

Also Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court: * Refused to grant a stay of execution for Ohio inmate Kenneth Biros, who was put to death with a one-drug lethal injection instead of the usual three-drug cocktail.

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Related Topix: US News, Prison, US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor

NowPublic

U.S. Supreme Court vacates and remands Pennsylvania Kindler case

On Tuesday December 7, 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court has vacated and remanded the Pennsylvania Kindler Case.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Prison

Tue Dec 08, 2009

KRDO

Court: Reconsider death sentence for Kindler

The Supreme Court will let lower courts consider reinstating a death sentence for a convicted murderer who twice escaped from prison after being found guilty of killing a man who was planning to testify against him.

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Related Topix: US News

Sun Dec 06, 2009

The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

Hark! The herald angels sing - or maybe not

'Twas the nightmare before Christmas late last month for Michael Stratechuk of Maplewood, N.J., when a federal appeals court upheld a local school district policy barring religious music from school events during the holiday season.

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Related Topix: Maplewood, NJ, Education Etc., US News, US Supreme Court

Examiner.com

How the Grinch stole the 'holiday formerly known as Christmas'

Wikimedia commons Ok, so perhaps the so-called "War on Christmas" isn't exactly a women's issue, but hey, as a woman, I think it's an issue.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Pennsylvania, US News, Animated TV, South Park, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

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