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11 hrs ago | Tribune-Times

Traxler named chief judge

The chief judge of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped down from her post -- citing a newly diagnosed permanent disablement -- and taking the South Carolina native's place is Circuit Judge William.

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Related Topix: US News, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

Federal appeals court upholds award for ex-warden

A federal appeals court has upheld a $510,000 verdict for a former South Carolina prison warden who sued two top officials at the state Corrections Department.

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Related Topix: US News, State Prisons, Lee Correctional Institution, Prison

Tue Jul 07, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court Monitor

Roberts Court Takes Narrow Road to Right

Just before the U.S. Supreme Court recessed for the summer last week, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.

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

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Facing South

Power Politics: Federal court says Appalachian coal giant must rehire union miners

Massey Energy -- the largest coal producer in central Appalachia and a major mountaintop removal operator -- must rehire 85 union miners who lost their jobs after the company took over a West Virginia mine in 2004.

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Related Topix: Massey Energy, Mining, Appalachia, VA, US News, Richmond, VA

Medical News Today

Blogs Comment On Appeals Court Ruling On Virginia Abortion Ban, German Abortion Law, Other Topics

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Abortion ; Primary Care / General Practice ; Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 29 Jun 2009 - 4:00 PDT The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Psychology, Science, US News, Health

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Hometown Annapolis

Court upholds murder conviction

A federal appeals court this week upheld the 2007 conviction and prison sentence of Leeander Jerome Blake in the 2002 murder of Annapolis businessman Straughan Lee Griffin.

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Related Topix: Annapolis, MD, US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Oregonian

Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va.

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine.

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Related Topix: Massey Energy, Mining, Richmond, VA, US News, US Politics

Thu Jul 02, 2009

West Virginia Metro

Massey Loses Dispute Over Mining Jobs

Eighty-five members of the United Mine Workers Union are closer to getting their union jobs back at a mine in eastern Kanawha County now owned by Massey Energy.

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Related Topix: Massey Energy, Mining, US News

Tue Jun 30, 2009

New River Valley Current

Appeals court: Deputy's action was justified

A sheriff's deputy was justified when he barged into a home in the middle of the night without a search warrant, ending up in the bedroom of a 10-year-old girl who reportedly awoke in terror, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, Botetourt County, VA

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Global Catholic Network EWTN

26-Jun-09 - Federal Court Upholds Virginia's Partial-birth Abortion Ban

Richmond, Va., Jun 26, 2009 .- The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday upheld Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Richmond, VA, US News, US Supreme Court

Sun Jun 28, 2009

DFW Catholic

Late-term Abortion Ban Protects a Weakest, Most Helpless Beings,a Federal Court Rules

Browse> Home / Catholic US News / Late-term Abortion Ban Protects - Weakest, Most Helpless Beings,' Federal Court Rules June 26, 2009 Richmond, Va., Jun 26, 2009 / 03:23 am .- The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday upheld Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Richmond, VA, US News, US Supreme Court

Sat Jun 27, 2009

SW Virginia law blog

Fourth Circuit en banc upholds Virginia's partial-birth abortion statute by 6-5 vote

Today in Richmond Medical Center v. Herring , the Fourth Circuit en banc upheld the Virginia law on partial-birth "infanticide," with the six including Niemeyer, Chief Judge Williams, Wilkinson, Shedd, Duncan, Agee, and the five including Motz, Michael, Gregory, King, and Traxler.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News

WFLS

Roberts to speak at judicial center Q&A at Greebrier Resort.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is scheduled to speak at a judicial conference at The Greenbrier resort.

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Related Topix: US News

Telegraph Herald

Wisconsin: Appeals court rules drug search was illegal

Police had no right to enter a home to investigate a domestic dispute since there was no suggestion that anyone was in danger, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday.

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Related Topix: US News, Crawford County, WI

Fri Jun 26, 2009

MediLexicon

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Virginia Abortion Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court two years ago ordered the appeals court to revisit the issue when it upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 , a federal law similar to the Virginia law .

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Abortion, Prison, US News, US Supreme Court, Health

Richmond Times-Dispatch

4th Circuit says water taxi cana t sue Coast Guard

A federal appeals court in Richmond has found that the owners and operators of a capsized Baltimore water taxi cannot sue the U.S. Coast Guard for erroneously certifying that it could carry up to 25 people.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, Boat Disaster

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WHDH

Fed appeals court revives Va. abortion law

A sharply divided federal appeals court upheld Virginia's ban on a type of late-term abortion Wednesday, ruling that the statute does not unduly burden a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy by more conventional means.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Abortion, US News, Virginia, Virginia Government

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Hit and Run

A Never-Ending Sentence for the Sex Crime You Have Yet to Commit

The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear arguments over a federal law that allows the government to confine "sexually dangerous" prisoners in mental hospitals after they've served out their sentences.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Jun 22, 2009

National Public Radio

Supreme Court Rules On Voting Rights Act

June 22, 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court has reached a decision in a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Prison, Federal Prisons

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Daily Record

Healthy man's murder raised the stakes on lawsuit to revoke policy

A long-running lawsuit involving a shady life insurance settlement company, a bevy of questionable insurance policies and a murdered porn shop owner has finally settled.

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Related Topix: US News, Insurance

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