The 'Ultimate Pool Table,' Hey?
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) - A business claims in court that it paid $73,000 for "the ultimate pool table," which has a glass top that the vendor failed to mention "could not withstand ordinary use...
View ArticleNo Dam Injunction for Mussels, Circuit Says
MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City is not liable for a flooded dam that allegedly threatened an endangered species of dwarf mussel, the 2nd Circuit ruled. Neversink Reservoir, built near the...
View ArticleJust a Darn Minute, Pastor Tells New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A pastor with a passion for talking about Jesus on Bourbon Street at night sued the city over an ordinance that bans "any Christian speech on Bourbon Street at night." In...
View ArticleLake Tahoe Forest Plan Minded the Woodpecker
(CN) - The needs of the black-backed woodpecker factored into agency approval for a forest-thinning project near Lake Tahoe that is now nearly complete, the 9th Circuit ruled. The Forest...
View ArticleDoctor Ruse Led to Marriage, Dad Says
HOUSTON (CN) - A Sikh couple got their son a bride by falsely claiming he was a doctor, the bride's father claims in court. Harry Takhar sued Sukhdev and Paramijit Hyare in Harris County...
View ArticleJewish School Need Not Heed State Commisison
(CN) - Massachusetts officials cannot force a religious school run by a conservative Jewish temple to rehire an older teacher, the state's high court ruled. Temple Emanuel of Newton runs the...
View ArticleSEC's Competence Called Into Question
MILWAUKEE (CN) - A Wisconsin company claims in court that the SEC is withholding evidence of "a large securities trading fraud ... in the 'high-frequency' trading industry," and may be doing so to...
View ArticleLCD Manufacturer Owes $500M for Fixing Prices
(CN) - A federal judge ordered a Taiwanese manufacturer to pay $500 million for fixing the prices of the liquid crystal display panels that it sold to Apple and other companies. AU Optronics...
View ArticleJohn Hinkley Jr. Faces Difficulty in Release Bid
WASHINGTON (CN) - The psychiatric hospital treating John Hinckley Jr. must recalibrate its plans to expand privileges for the failed Reagan assassin, a federal judge ruled. Hinckley has been...
View ArticleTexas Purges 'Potentially Deceased'Voters From Rolls, Residents Say
(CN) - The Texas Secretary of State is purging people from the voting rolls after informing them that they are "potentially deceased," after secretly, and illegally, giving herself the power to do...
View ArticleMontana Forest-Cutting Project Evades Challenge
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Friday refused to interfere with a project to reduce vegetation in a Montana forest that has not seen a wildfire in more than 100 years. Federal officials say that...
View ArticleAmish Beard-Cutters Face Life for Hate Crimes
CLEVELAND (CN) - A jury convicted 16 people, including an Amish bishop, of federal hate crimes against members of their own community whose beards they sheared. Each of the defendants could...
View ArticleWells Fargo Gets Green Light on Bias Settlement
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge entered a consent order that the U.S. government reached with Wells Fargo Bank over racial discrimination claims. In its July complaint, filed simultaneously...
View ArticleSikh Massacre Lawsuit Hinges on Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling
MANHATTAN (CN) - Claims over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India will be put on ice until the Supreme Court decides whether foreign entities can be liable here for atrocities overseas, a federal...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Victims in Alaska Lose Novel Suit
(CN) - Native Alaskans whose village is teetering on the edge of survival cannot use a federal public-nuisance law to nail energy giants on global warming, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday....
View ArticleSeven Sentenced for Defense Contract Fraud
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Four Navy officers and three defense contractors were sentenced Tuesday for multimillion-dollar purchasing order frauds at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, federal...
View ArticleDallas Asks High Courtto Help Remove Judge
DALLAS (CN) - Enjoined from removing a municipal judge who is running for a seat on Dallas County district court, the city of Dallas asked the state Supreme Court to intervene. Dallas says...
View ArticleGeorgians Fight State's 'Education Empire'
ATLANTA (CN) - Georgia school districts are using taxpayer dollars illegally to fund a campaign against a constitutional amendment on charter schools, five taxpayers claim in a class action....
View ArticleTelecoms Duck Case Over Federal Wiretapping
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court has declined to consider claims against telecommunications companies that participated in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program. The...
View ArticleDeli Sues Trademark Office Over Apostrophe
(CN) - A Philadelphia delicatessen has sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over an apostrophe, insisting that its "Philadelphia's Cheesesteak" is "so superlative" so "gloriously gluttonous,"...
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