Indigents Sue NorCal Public Defender
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - Contra Costa County illegally throws indigent defendants in jail until a public defender "deigns to come to court," two men claim in a federal class action. John Farrow...
View ArticlePort Authority Must Face Sex Discrimination Suit
(CN) - A woman who says the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unfairly demoted her can pursue sex-discrimination claims, a federal judge ruled. Carol Maresca worked for Port Authority...
View ArticleGirl Says Minister Abused Her for Years
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CN) - New Wine Ministries pastor Matthias Anderson sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl and continued molesting her for three years, the girl claims in court. Jane Doe sued...
View ArticleRolling Stock Given a Break on NY Sales Tax
ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - New York cannot charge sales tax on "rolling stock," trucks and railcars acquired as part of subsidized business expansions, an appeals court ruled. In related opinions,...
View ArticleNasty Dispute From Hip-Hop 'Reality' Show
ATLANTA (CN) - A music producer claims in court that a reality TV star defamed him on "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta," by claiming he beat her up. Mickey Wright Jr. demands $65 million in damages...
View ArticleCops Off the Hook for Death of Teen They Shot
(CN) - A federal judge refused to hold police officers liable for the death of a teenager whom they handcuffed and left facedown in the mud after shooting him. Police officer Dean Gransden...
View ArticleCop Calls Suburban Chicago Force Racist
CHICAGO (CN) - Elgin turns a blind eye to racism in its police department, where white officers support the Ku Klux Klan, call black children "chitterling" and gang members "hood niggers," a...
View ArticleUnhappy Tenant Strikes Out With Revamped Suit
(CN) - A woman depicted in a series of articles as a "serial scammer" cannot prevail on trespass and invasion-of-privacy claims, a federal judge ruled, over a year after losing defamation claims....
View ArticleCruise Dancer Can't Sue Over Amputation Mishap
(CN) - A Canadian dancer whose toes were amputated after an accident aboard the cruise ship where he was working must arbitrate his claims, a federal judge ruled. Anthony Yuzwa, a graduate of...
View ArticleGreens Fight Power Line From Wind Farm
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Environmentalists sued the Departments of Energy and the Interior, claiming a 230,000-volt transmission line from a proposed wind farm in Baja California will kill golden eagles...
View Article9th Circuit Gets Toughon Drug Sentencing Issue
(CN) - Federal courts do not have to defer to state-court probation orders when determining eligibility for relief from mandatory minimum sentences, the full 9th Circuit ruled. The en banc...
View ArticleGirl Says LA Deputy Sheriff Raped Her
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff raped and sodomized a girl after meeting her on a domestic violence call, her guardian claims in court. Guardian ad litem Latanya Swayzer...
View ArticleCourt Won't Look at Obama's NLRB Nominees
CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit dodged a case challenging controversial labor board appointments that were made while the U.S. Senate was not officially in recess. The U.S. Steel, Paper and...
View Article$100 Million Claim Filed inNewtown School Massacre
NEW HAVEN (CN) - A New Haven attorney has asked for permission to sue Connecticut for $100 million, for a 6-year-old client who heard the gunfire and screams of her classmates at the Newtown...
View ArticleWisconsin OKs Same-Sex Partnership Registry
(CN) - A "family values" advocate who reportedly never married and lives with a longtime female companion lost her quixotic protest of Wisconsin's Domestic Partner Registry. Wisconsin...
View ArticleNYPD Tests
MINEOLA, N.Y. - The Fast Track claims its former president Michael Yanosik swiped intellectual property and equipment to form a competing company, Elite Strategic Training, to provide test prep...
View ArticleMore Chicago Cops
CHICAGO - Four Chicago police officers shot up a car after a "minor traffic infraction," grievously wounding an innocent 15-year-old boy, he claims in Federal Court.
View ArticlePublic School
HONOLULU - A public school disciplined an autistic 8-year-old girl by forcing her head down on a table and holding her by the neck for five minutes as she screamed, her mother claims in Federal...
View ArticleChicago Cops
CHICAGO - Chicago police Officer Edwin Utreras punched a woman in the face without cause and had her maliciously prosecuted, and the city knew from previous litigation that Utreras is "sadistic...
View ArticleTech Patents
WILMINGTON, Del. - Preservation Technologies claims Cablevision Systems Corp. violates seven patents on multimedia streaming, in Federal Court.
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