Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Massey Energy may not file a supplemental brief detailing West Virginia Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's voting record in its cases, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a state's appeal to reinstate its law blocking spammers from sending mass unsolicited e-mails to computer users.
Sarah Palin (R) JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline)-Alaska Acting Attorney General Richard Svobodny has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision not to allow a streamlined appeal process for some wetlands decisions.
J.B. Van Hollen (R) MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline)-The Wisconsin attorney general said Wednesday he plans to appeal a court decision that state judges can be active in party politics.
Stuart Ishimaru WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Discrimination claims filed last year with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose to their highest level in the agency's history, officials said.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear three cases against Dow Chemical Company over the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Two of the nation's leading legal observers on Monday called for a compensation program for patients injured by unknown side effects from federally-approved medications.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Colorado in a dispute over expert witness fees related to a long-running water dispute.
Mark Bennett WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal today by Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett, who wants the high court to overturn a recent state court decision that prevents Hawaii from selling or transferring 1.2 million acres of ceded lands.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- A unit of AT&T Corp. did not charge Internet service providers unreasonable rates for access to the company's network, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Milgram TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear the appeal of a group of utilities upset with mercury emissions regulations pleased New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram.
King WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The State of Alabama may not participate in the oral arguments of a key judicial recusal case scheduled to be heard in March by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sharon Keller (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-The presiding judge of the highest criminal court in Texas has been charged by the state judicial ethics commission.
Barbara Crabb MILWAUKEE, Wis. (legal Newsline)-State judges in Wisconsin may join political parties, endorse partisan candidates and solicit campaign donations, a federal judge has ruled.
Martha Coakley (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of 18 state attorneys general are pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce laws enacted to curb climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions.
Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-In signing his first piece of legislation, U.S. President Barack Obama provided a bonanza for the nation's trial bar, legal reformers say.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--Companies can be held liable for firing workers after they cooperate in sexual harassment investigations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider an appeal by Mohawk Industries Inc., which wants kept secret its communications with a lawyer who investigated an employee complaint the company was hiring undocumented workers.
Cecil Roberts, Jr. FAIRFAX, Va. (Legal Newsline)-An call by the Alabama attorney general to get his counterparts around the nation to oppose the appeal Hugh Caperton and Harman Mining have before the U.S. Supreme Court against Massey Energy has drawn the ire of the president of the United Mine Workers.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a former Texas woman who claims she was physically and emotionally abused during a forced exorcism in 1996.