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May 12, 2010 |

Oregon dad wants bail money back

MEDFORD, Ore. AP - A Central Point man says the Jackson County Circuit Court system is committing theft by refusing to return $100,000 in bail he posted on behalf of his son. And he is vowing to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to get his money back."I was under the impression I could bail my son out without them stealing my money," Kent Gutches says.
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Volkswagen Investors Get Green Light in State Court Gambit Against Porsche
Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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Hedge funds that lost billions shorting Volkswagen stock haven't been easily dissuaded from going after Porsche, which pumped up VW's share price in a botched takeover bid. On Wednesday a group of funds that opted for state court cleared a crucial hurdle, when Porsche's lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell lost a bid to dismiss fraud and unjust enrichment claims that could be worth well north of $1 billion.

April 08, 2013 |

Judge Mary Rudd Robinson still gets to be part psychiatrist on bench

Broward County Court Judge Mary Rudd Robinson received a scholarship to law school where she discovered two loves — the law and the man she followed to Fort Lauderdale and married.
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September 09, 2013 |

Judge Cites Trial, Appellate Errors in Granting Habeas

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act it takes almost a perfect storm of errors for a state court convict to obtain habeas corpus relief in federal court. The case of Eric Williams is one of the few to meet that standard, according to Eastern District Judge John Gleeson.
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February 09, 2009 |

Ala. teen's bus defiance set stage for Rosa Parks

PORTLAND, Maine AP - More than 50 years after her refusal to surrender her bus seat to a white woman set the stage for a similar act of defiance by Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin is finally getting her due as a civil rights pioneer.On March 2, 1955, the 15-year-old schoolgirl from Montgomery, Ala., was dragged off the bus by police, handcuffed and jailed.
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February 28, 2011 |

Former Congressman Takes Law Dean Gig

Chapman University School of Law has tapped Tom Campbell -- a lawyer with a Ph.D. in economics who has been a law professor, a business school dean, a U.S. congressman, a bureaucrat in the Federal Trade Commission, a state finance director and a would-be senator -- as its next dean.
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May 10, 2004 |

Homicide DA has High Energy, Low Profile

If the past month is any indication, a mob of reporters and cameramen will follow every development in the prosecution of alleged cop murderer David Hill. And if history is a guide, Valerie McGuire, San Francisco's lead prosecutor on the case, will steer clear of them. McGuire took over last month as head of the San Francisco DA's homicide unit, having arrived with a reputation for hard work and persuasive courtroom oratory.
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October 18, 2007 |

Probing the Milberg-Weiss Probe

Check out our ongoing roundup on the investigation into the federal kickback investigation into class action giant Milberg Weiss firm and attorney William Lerach.
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