MIAMI (Legal Newsline)-A case pending in the U.S. Supreme Court has given lobbyists in Florida hope that they will once again be able to wine and dine state lawmakers.
Nahmias ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has named federal prosecutor David Nahmias to the state Supreme Court to replace retired Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears.
Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the nation's first Hispanic justice.
Mark Shurtleff (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Thursday took aim at U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor over her views on gun rights.
Steve Six (D) TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - Kansas Attorney General Steve Six signed papers Wednesday, officially ending a 20-year dispute between his state and Colorado over usage of the Arkansas River.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Legal Newsline)--The attorneys general from 16 western states are meeting in this resort town for the next three days to discuss a bevy of legal issues related to the West, including water rights, Indian gaming and cross-border relations with Mexican authorities.
Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday in support of making federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - There is no need for the West Virginia Supreme Court to hear a headline-causing case a third time, attorneys for Harman Mining Co. said Thursday.
Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At this point in the process, any Senate Republican who opposes Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court does so at his or her own risk, an observor said.
Ayotte WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided not to hear an appeal that sought to overturn a New Hampshire law against the collection and disclosure of the prescribing practices of physicians.
Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Arguments have been set in the West Virginia Supreme Court for the third round of Massey Energy's appeal of a $50 million verdict against it.
Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- Judge Sonia Sotomayor's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin Monday, with legal grillings from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.