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Pro-RDA Factions File Suit Over California Laws - Bond Buyer

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Pro-RDA Factions File Suit Over California Laws
Bond Buyer
SAN FRANCISCO — California redevelopment agency proponents have filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court to block laws that would kill or drastically curtail the RDAs to fill a gap in the recently adopted budget. ...
Redevelopment agencies take fight to state Supreme CourtCapitol Weekly
Cities challenge state budget measure cutting redevelopment districtsMountain View Voice
Cities fighting to keep local redevelopment fundsKUSI
Los Angeles Times -The Beverly Hills Courier -PublicCEO.com
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:51:12 GMT+00:00

City Asking Cuomo to Veto a Measure It Helped Write - New York Times

City Asking Cuomo to Veto a Measure It Helped Write
New York Times
That news left John F. Grubin, the lawyer who had spent three years arguing against the city in court on behalf of 23 preschool bus companies, pleased but “flabbergasted.” “If what the city is saying is true,” he said of the idea that the city had ...

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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:01:03 GMT+00:00

Cherokee Court Still Deciding On Disputed Election - KOKI FOX 23

Cherokee Phoenix

Cherokee Court Still Deciding On Disputed Election
KOKI FOX 23
After another unofficial recount and another court hearing, the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court still needs another two days to decide what to do next in the disputed election for Principal Chief. Tuesday night incumbent Chad Smith asked the Court to ...
DEVELOPING: Supreme Court hears closing arguments on election appealCherokee Phoenix
Cherokee chief candidates wait up to 2 more daysSacramento Bee
Cherokee challenger asks for ballots to be thrown out or new electionTulsa World
KTUL -KOAM-TV
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:46:29 GMT+00:00

Supreme Court considers regulating prostitution - India Today

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Supreme Court considers regulating prostitution
India Today
In a move which could lead to the formal regulation of prostitution in the country, the Supreme Court is mulling laying down "conditions conducive" for sex workers to carry on their profession with dignity. A bench presided over by Justice Markandey ...
Court orders survey of sex workers for rehabilitationThe Hindu
Apex court appoints panel for sex workersDeccan Herald
Identify sex workers in metros willing to quit: SCTimes of India
Calcutta Telegraph -SamayLive -NDTV.com
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:39:05 GMT+00:00

Lawyer Is Convicted of Larceny in a $100 Million Stock Swindle - New York Times

Lawyer Is Convicted of Larceny in a $100 Million Stock Swindle
New York Times
Mr. Margulies, 47, will face up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced next month in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. “The defendant's pump-and-dump scheme artificially inflated stock prices before he sold off the shares, leaving honest investors ...
Pepper Pike lawyer found guilty of stealing millions of dollars from investorsPlain Dealer
Ex-CEO convicted in scam at auto-chemical companyThe Associated Press
Ex-Industrial Enterprises CEO Found Guilty in $80 Million Stock-Fraud CaseBloomberg

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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:01:04 GMT+00:00

Planned execution puts drugs under new scrutiny - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Planned execution puts drugs under new scrutiny
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lawyers for Cobb County triple murderer Andrew Grant DeYoung sought Tuesday to delay his execution, arguing in federal court that more research is needed. Meanwhile, a Fulton County judge hearing another death row inmate's appeal has issued an ...
In seeking a stay of execution, lawyers argue previous inmate suffered when ...Greenfield Daily Reporter

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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:48:42 GMT+00:00

Rabbi asks court to dismiss suit in NY attack - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Rabbi asks court to dismiss suit in NY attack
Seattle Post Intelligencer
NEW CITY, NY (AP) â€” The chief rabbi in a Hasidic village in New York has asked a court to throw out a civil lawsuit implicating him in the arson attack that badly burned a dissident member. His lawyer says there's no "factual basis" showing Grand ...
Rabbi asks court to dismiss suit in NY attackNewsday (subscription)

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:12:36 GMT+00:00

Ex-Industrial Enterprises CEO Found Guilty in $80 Million Stock-Fraud Case - Bloomberg

Ex-Industrial Enterprises CEO Found Guilty in $80 Million Stock-Fraud Case
Bloomberg
Margulies, 47, of Cleveland, was convicted in New York state Supreme Court of grand larceny, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, violation of general business law and falsifying business records. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 9. ...

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:52:02 GMT+00:00

Florida Supreme Court Won't Hear Reynolds Appeal of $23.8 Million Verdict - Bloomberg

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Florida Supreme Court Won't Hear Reynolds Appeal of $23.8 Million Verdict
Bloomberg
Florida's Supreme Court declined to hear RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s appeal of a $28.3 million verdict in a case that the cigarette maker argued may affect thousands of so-called Engle tobacco claims in the ...
Florida high court upholds $28.3 million smoker verdictTbo.com
Florida Supreme Court upholds $28.3 million smoker verdict against R.J. ReynoldsGreenfield Daily Reporter

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:21:44 GMT+00:00

Land acquisition: HC scraps another Noida extension - Indian Express

The Hindu

Land acquisition: HC scraps another Noida extension
Indian Express
The decision comes barely a fortnight after the Supreme Court upheld the high court's verdict cancelling acquisition of more than 150 hectares in neighbouring Shahberi village. A division bench of Justices Sunil Ambawani and SS Tiwari set aside the ...
Builders pay lip service to buyers, lick own woundsTimes of India
Developers to move Supreme Court: CREDAIHindustan Times
What's in store for buyers in Greater Noida? Experts debateMoneycontrol.com
NDTV.com -Economic Times -SamayLive
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:48:14 GMT+00:00

Missouri Supreme Court upholds utility merger - Kansas City Star

Kansas City Monitor

Missouri Supreme Court upholds utility merger
Kansas City Star
AP JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the merger of two Kansas City-based utilities, ruling that the possible concerns about gift policies and private meetings were not sufficient reasons to reject it. ...
Court decision backs St. Louis County trash districtsSTLtoday.com
Mo. Supreme Court upholds merger of 2 utilitiesCanadianBusiness.com
Court upholds KCP&L mergerNews-Press Now
Lakenewsonline.com -St. Louis Public Radio News -OzarksFirst.com
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:45:27 GMT+00:00

Armstrong lawyers say leaks occurred - Boston Globe

USA Today

Armstrong lawyers say leaks occurred
Boston Globe
Armstrong's lawyers asked the court to consider holding secret hearings to question the agents, and to contemplate requesting telephone records and e-mails of contacts between media and government members with access to grand jury information. ...
Lawyers for Lance Armstrong want probe into 'media leaks'Southwest Riverside News Network

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:02:15 GMT+00:00

Aurelius Got Early Updates on WaMu Talks, Lawyer for Shareholders Claims - Bloomberg

Aurelius Got Early Updates on WaMu Talks, Lawyer for Shareholders Claims
Bloomberg
Aurelius Capital Management LP used its law firm to get non-public information about progress in Washington Mutual Inc. (WAMUQ)'s bankruptcy, a lawyer for WaMu shareholders said in court. ...

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:16:48 GMT+00:00

Vegas arena initiative before Nevada Supreme Court - Greenfield Daily Reporter

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Vegas arena initiative before Nevada Supreme Court
Greenfield Daily Reporter
Opponents of a ballot measure backed by Caesars Entertainment to build a sports arena on the Las Vegas Strip are taking their fight to the Nevada Supreme Court. In a brief filed Monday, the Las Vegas Sun reports, Taxpayers for the Protection of Nevada ...
Las Vegas Strip sports arena battle headed to Nevada Supreme CourtKVVU Las Vegas

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:39:53 GMT+00:00

Gould, Taylor Ask Supreme Court To Reconsider - New Haven Independent

Gould, Taylor Ask Supreme Court To Reconsider
New Haven Independent
The lawyers for two New Haven men exonerated—then unexonerated—of a murder formally petitioned the state Supreme Court to revisit its recent overturning of a decision that sprang them from prison. ...

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:38:43 GMT+00:00

Wis. Supreme Court upholds DUI case that had no witnesses - Chicago Tribune

Wis. Supreme Court upholds DUI case that had no witnesses
Chicago Tribune
AP A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court today upheld the sixth drunken driving conviction of man who no one actually saw driving a vehicle or even sitting behind the wheel. The 2007 conviction of Greg Kandutsch was based solely on circumstantial evidence ...
Court upholds circumstantial OWIMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:14:23 GMT+00:00

State Decides Against Appeal of Immigration Law Ruling - Inside INdiana Business (press release)

State Decides Against Appeal of Immigration Law Ruling
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has decided not to appeal a federal court ruling that is holding up parts of the state's immigration law. He says the office will push continue to defend the law in the US District Court for the Southern District ...

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:33:47 GMT+00:00

Utah Supreme Court rejects father's attempt to overturn his daughters adoption - ABC 4

Deseret News

Utah Supreme Court rejects father's attempt to overturn his daughters adoption
ABC 4
The State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the girl's adoptive parents. The child's biological father says he never gave up his parental rights. The justices rejected the biological father's appeal to overturn the adoption. He says the battle for baby ...
Utah high court rules in favor of adopted parents in 'Baby Emma' caseDeseret News
High Court Upholds Utah Adoption of Baby EmmaSalt Lake City Weekly

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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:19:02 GMT+00:00

UPDATE 3-US judge says Toyota can appeal ruling in lawsuit - Reuters

Reuters

UPDATE 3-US judge says Toyota can appeal ruling in lawsuit
Reuters
Selna's court in Santa Ana is overseeing hundreds of cases against the Japanese automaker related to safety problems. Toyota said it was gratified by the ruling. Plaintiffs' lawyer Marc Seltzer expressed confidence that if the Ninth Circuit takes the ...
Toyota Can Appeal Part of Ruling in Car Owner Speed-Up Suits, Judge SaysBloomberg

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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:31:13 GMT+00:00

Judge hears final arguments for Dean Foods settlement with dairy farmers - vtdigger.org

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Judge hears final arguments for Dean Foods settlement with dairy farmers
vtdigger.org
An attorney for Dean Foods said the company had done nothing wrong. The plaintiffs and the defendants were in US District Court in Rutland on Monday to make their arguments at a “fairness” hearing before Judge Christine Reiss, who approved the initial ...

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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:40:55 GMT+00:00

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