News from 2007
Four named finalists for Idaho Supreme Court
Justice Linda Copple Trout BOISE -- Two women are among the final four candidates to take the seat on the Idaho Supreme Court left vacant by the August retirement of Linda Copple-Trout, who was the first woman on the state's highest court when she was appointed by former Gov. Cecil Andrus in 1992.
Cal. refiner goes tree-planting to expand in AG Brown's backyard
Jerry Brown (center) SACRAMENTO -- Houston-based energy company ConocoPhilips yesterday became the country's first oil refiner to purchase carbon-offsets to help fund growth.
Abramson sworn in to Kentucky court
Abramson is sworn in FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Ernie Fletcher recently appointed Kentucky's newest Supreme Court justice, former Court of Appeals judge Lisabeth Hughes Abramson.
Dann, for better or worse, making headlines
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann fashions himself a newsmaker, but it's unlikely this is what he had in mind.
Cuomo wants energy company's case thrown out
Cuomo NEW YORK - An energy company hoping to construct a power line through upstate New York is arguing that it has been harmed by state law, and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants the lawsuit dismissed.
Cal. SC caseloads grow as Bar dumps inactives, court report says
Chief Justice Ronald M. George SACRAMENTO -- The California Supreme Court's workload is increasing at a rate that mirrors similar growth in caseloads for the overall California court system.
Voters can decide Ore. tax-increase ballot initiative, SC rules
Chief Justice Gerry Alexander OLYMPIA -- The Washington Supreme Court waved through a controversial ballot title aimed at requiring a two-thirds majority for state tax increases in a high-profile ruling Friday.
Drug company settles with DOJ
Dann The manufacturer of the prescription drug Anzemet will pay more than $180 million to settle charges that it inflated the drug's price brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.
New Jersey won't bundle Vioxx claims
Top row, L to R: Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto; Justice Barry T. Albin; Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.; Justice Helen E. Hoens; Front row, L to R: Justice Virginia Long; Chief Justice James R. Zazzali; Justice Jaynee LaVecchia. TRENTON, N.J. - Third-party payors may not create a nationwide class intended to group claims against Merck & Co., the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously decided Thursday.
Alaska AG tells state regulators to rule on power plant complaint
Bill Erickson JUNEAU -- Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg has refused to weigh in on a controversial plan to build two new power stations in south-central Alaska.
Gov. wanted another Roberts for Mo. SC, picks Breckenridge instead
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's unheralded decision last week to elevate an Appeals Court judge to the state's Supreme Court could turn controversial.
Dann sued by gaming company
Dann ELYRIA, Ohio - Another gaming company is claiming Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann is trying to put it out of business and has filed suit against him.
Ohio SC: No business-on-business violence
Justice Maureen O'Connor COLUMBUS, Ohio - Businesses may be sued, as long as it is not by other businesses, under the state's Consumer Sales Practice Act, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously decided Wednesday.
Justice Ziegler to get rap over knuckles from Wisc. SC colleagues
Justice Annette Ziegler MADISON -- The latest member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court must have breathed a sigh of relief at the punishment she finally faces before comfortably settling onto the top bench.
Stick to the statutes, South Carolina SC says
Pleicones COLUMBIA, S.C. - In clearing up a Workers' Compensation issue, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided one of the state's circuit courts tried to get a little too fancy with the law.
Indicted company accuses AG Coakley of chasing settlements
Coakley BOSTON - The company blamed for a fatal tunnel collapse during Boston's ongoing roadway construction project says Attorney General Martha Coakley is looking for a scapegoat and trying to scare other companies into settlements.
Blumenthal plotting legal action against FAA
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HARTFORD, Conn. - Wednesday's decision by the Federal Aviation Agency to reroute airplanes over the southern part of the state upset a lot of powerful people in Connecticut, including Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
McGraw files proceedings against lenders
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is getting tired of Internet payday lenders not listening to him.
AGs' report: Microsoft monopoly strong as ever
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite an agreement with the federal Department of Justice, a group of state attorneys general have been arguing that Microsoft still possesses a monopoly in the world of personal computer operating systems.
Blumenthal complains about utility, has request denied by DPUC
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn.- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal took his gripe with Connecticut Light & Power to the state Legislature Tuesday, claiming the utility owes consumers an apology.