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Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley
Publication Date: 2011-08-17
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When Jonathan Turley is not teaching at George Washington University Law School or blogging, he is a litigator whose cases can never be described as boring. In this video interview with Tony Mauro, Turley discusses his high-profile case on Utah's anti-polygamy law.

November 09, 2007 |

Georgia woman claims she married James Brown in 1953 _ and they never divorced

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP _ A Georgia woman who claims to have married James Brown in 1953 says in court papers they were never divorced and she wants to be part of his estate.Velma Warren Brown, 73, filed a sworn statement in Aiken County court Wednesday claiming she was never served with divorce papers and didn't sign any agreement severing her marriage to the late soul singer.
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January 19, 2004 |

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August 01, 2011 |

Polygamist leader: God demands judge's removal

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April 29, 2011 |

Appeals court blocks polygamy land trust ruling

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a federal judge in Utah from handing control of a communal land trust back to leaders of Warren Jeffs' polygamous church.
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July 06, 1999 |

Husband Shunned for Declining To Give a Get Won't Get a Dime

A federal judge last month dismissed a defamation suit by a Jewish congregant against a rabbinical board that urged he be ostracized for not granting his wife a Jewish divorce. U.S. District Judge Harold Ackerman found no basis for subject matter jurisdiction, since ruling on the merits of the suit, Klagsbrun v. Va'ad Harabonim of Greater Monsey, 97-3134, "would entail judicial intrusion into ecclesiastical doctrine and practice, which is unquestionably forbidden ground under the First Amendment."
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August 18, 2008 |

Texas officials want 8 sect kids back in custody

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) _ Lawyers for Texas child welfare authorities and the parents of eight children from a polygamist sect agreed Monday to try negotiating a settlement before beginning new custody hearings.
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July 27, 2010 |

Utah court reverses polygamist leader convictions

SALT LAKE CITY AP - The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin.Jeffs, 54, was convicted in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice.
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December 23, 2008 |

Texas report: Abuse widespread in polygamist sect

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