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Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Nearly half of Americans would like to see the U.S. Senate confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, but most expect a partisan battle, a poll released Friday indicates.
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Dustin McDaniel (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will testify at the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Senate Judiciary Committee said.
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Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has received the endorsement of an American Bar Association panel less than a week before she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearings.
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Colin Powell (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor should not be derailed because of a ruling she endorsed in a race bias case that the high court overturned, Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, said Sunday.
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Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Republicans on Capitol Hill say they are wondering what role U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor played in lawsuits filed by a Latino legal advocacy group when she sat on the group's board.
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Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-President Barack Obama on Thursday praised this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn.
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Jon Bruning (R) LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline)-The arbitrator appointed to resolve a multistate water fight among Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska says Nebraska has violated a U.S. Supreme Court decree.
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Rob McKenna (R) OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-The federal government should be careful not to fetter efforts by state attorneys general to go after consumer frauds in the banking industry, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said.
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U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- State attorneys general can investigate national banks but they cannot on their own subpoena financial institutions that have branches in other states, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters were unfairly denied promotions because of their race.
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U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -Seamen injured on the job may sue for punitive damages if their employers refuse to pay for medical care and time off, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal of a Massachusetts decision that requires out-of-state corporations to pay state taxes if they have a "substantial nexus" in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. won a major court battle Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a permit that will allow the company's Alaska gold mine to put rock waste into a nearby lake on federal land.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has ordered ExxonMobil to pay nearly $500 million in interest on punitive damages awarded in lawsuits over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska.
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O'Connor CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has agreed to serve as the honorary chairwoman of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's special commission on state courts, his office announced today.
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Anthony Kennedy PALO ALTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy told Stanford graduates Sunday to help spread principles of justice.
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Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that it is too early to know if Republicans will seek to block the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.
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Greg Abbott (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy plan would force car dealers in Texas into a contract that violates state law, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said.
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Benjamin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A former Putnam County circuit judge will stand in for West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin in the reconsideration of a controversial Massey Energy appeal.
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U.S. Supreme Court building NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Troubled U.S. automaker Chrysler LLC was sold Wednesday to Italian automaker Fiat SpA, a day after a U.S. Supreme Court hold was lifted.