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Monthly Archives: December 2006
City can’t violate ‘non-order’ court order: SC
Iowa Supreme Court building
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court today agreed with the city of Dubuque that it was found in contempt of a court order that did not order it to do anything. Read More
News, State Supreme CourtsCourt stamps out long-running landfill lawsuit
Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN — Today’s Supreme Court decision in an acrimonious dispute between a landfill operator and a Texas county appears finally to have ended a 13-year legal saga. Read More
News, State Supreme CourtsA-G seeks to settle Katrina-insurance lawsuits
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is inviting more insurers to discuss a possible settlement in his 15-month-long legal battle with five insurance companies over whether to pay policyholders for flood damage arising from Hurricane Katrina. Read More
News, State AGsSC restricts lawyer fees in contractor disputes
Washington Supreme Court
OLYMPIA – Building and construction contractors who succesfully sue against another’s surety bonds cannot collect additional attorney’s fees outside of the value of that bond, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today. Read More
News, State Supreme CourtsCompany says A-G’s pollution lawsuit “about money”
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he was suing four Houston-area chemical plants owned by Houston-based Lyondell for state and federal pollution violations. Each plant could be liable for millions of dollars in fines for the alleged breaches. Read More
News, State AGsSupreme Court orders A-G to rewrite draft initiatives
Oregon Supreme Court
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday gave Attorney General Hardy Myers two raps over the knuckles over the wording in draft versions of two attorney general-sponsored “initiative petitions” to be put to voters in future. Both proposals were bounced back to Myers for major rewrites.
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