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Alfonso Rodriguez Appeals for a New Hearing
A man sentenced to death for killing Dru Sjodin is asking for a new hearing in front of a federal appeals court.
Man asks for rehearing in death penalty case
A man sentenced to death for the killing of a University of North Dakota student is asking for a new hearing in front of a federal appeals court.
Community bids Chapman farewell
Mayor Dennis Walaker officially declared Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, a oePresident Joseph Chapman Daya in the city of Fargo.
Eighth Circuit Recent Decisions
Percy Green, II v. City of St. Louis, et. al., No. 06-3349 Holding that a plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case on his claim that the City of St.
Pamela Jodway joined the Lansing Economic Area Partnership as vice president of marketing.
Appeals court rules Vick can keep bonus money
The eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that embattled Philadelphia Eagles quarterback can keep the $29.5 million in bonus money he earned with the Atlanta Falcons prior to his suspension.
Appeals court rejects challenge to Missouri execution team's training, competence
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit challenging the training and competence of Missouri's execution team in a decision likely to move the state closer to resuming executions.
Judge dismisses defamation claim
A federal district court judge has dismissed a defamation claim against the Pottawattamie County attorney.
Court Won't Dismiss DeAunta Farrow Suit
A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss a civil lawsuit against two West Memphis police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy.
Eight Missouri death-row inmates lose legal appeal
A group of Missouri death row inmates on Tuesday lost an appeal that had temporarily halted executions in the state.Though the ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals moves the state closer to once again scheduling executions, it could be several more months before the ruling is considered final.The three-judge appeals court panel on ...
Appeals court says prison officials can't be sued
James Norman's lawsuit alleged prison officials should have protected him from a September 2005 assault that left him with a cut above the eye, a broken nose, abrasions and a concussion.
New damages trial for Wyeth in Ark. hormones case
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
8th Circuit Affirms Arkansas Court Ruling in Products Liability Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have been linked to breast cancer.
New damages trial for Wyeth in Ark. hormones case
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Susan Richard Nelson to be named federal judge
Federal Magistrate Susan Richard Nelson will be nominated for the vacant federal judgeship from Minnesota, I'm reliably informed.
New Trial For Wyeth On Hormones Punitive Damages
A federal appeals court says drugmaker Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the company should pay punitive damages for continuing to make and sell an estrogen-replacement drug after scientific studies had linked it to breast cancer.
The new issue of the Weekly Standard carries my article "The flying imams win." In the article I take a brief look back at Judge Montgomery's July decision denying official immunity to the law enforcement officers who detained and questioned the flying imams at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism-October 30 -- By: Ed Whelan
In her majority opinion, Judge Diana Murphy treats as a factual finding the district court's determination that the statement that an abortion "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being" is a value judgment, rather than a medical fact, and she relies on a declaration submitted by one of the plaintiffs to provide ...
Deferring Crop Insurance Income
Under Treasury Regulation 1.451-6 , crop producers who typically don't sell - and claim income - from their crops until the year after production typically can also wait to declare crop insurance indemnity payments.
Gavel to Gavel: Architecture, law
As a Tulsa attorney appealing a case from the Northern District of Oklahoma, I was summoned to Denver to give oral argument, an abbreviated presentation of the case, but which can have stressful overtones.
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