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State Supreme Court Bans Sitting Justice From Filing His Dissent
The Mississippi Supreme Court ordered one of its sitting justices not to publish his dissent with the Court's majority decision. Apparently the Court stopped its court clerk from filing Justice Oliver Diaz's opinion into the record...

a stifled dissent . . .
State Supreme Court Bans Sitting Justice From Filing His Dissent The Mississippi Supreme Court ordered one of its sitting justices not to publish his dissent with the Court's majority decision...

Supreme Court issues opinion on waiver of Article III Judge
The United States Supreme Court issued one decision this morning. In Gonzales v. United States, the Court held that a defendant's attorney may agree to have voir dire conducted by a magistrate and that a defendant's personal waiver is not required...

Alabama Supreme Court can only review grounds accepted on certiorari
The Alabama Supreme Court quashed a writ of certiorari in Ex parte State of Alabama Dept. of Revenue, [Ms. 1061766] (Ala. March 21, 2008) because it could not reach the issue presented...

US Supreme Court rules on state criminal vs. international law/presidential powers
The United States Supreme Court has issues a 6-3 decision in Medellin v. Texas. In a 6-3 opinion, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court holds that neither a decision by the International Court of Justice or a Memorandum by the President was a directly enforceable binding federal law on Texas in its determination of whether the defendant was entitled to file a second, successive habeas petition...

Supreme Court Arguments for March 12, 13 & 14, 2008
Appellate briefs are posted at the Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Click here. For Kentucky Supreme Court LIVE arguments, click here on date and time of argument...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Sperm Donor
Ordered to Pay Child Support

Hope Food Supply
ordered to shut down by FDA and recall seafood products