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November 01, 1999 |

Lawyer Succeeds in Voting District Case

A suit charging that several of South Florida's congressional and state Senate districts were illegally drawn to favor African American and Cuban American minorities was dismissed by a federal court in Florida. The judges, however, did not rule on the question central to the case: Were the three districts in question illegally drawn along racial lines in violation of a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning racial gerrymandering?
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May 02, 2007 |

Wrongful death suit to be filed in fatal police shooting of woman, 92

ATLANTA AP - Attorneys for the niece of a 92-year-old woman who was shot and killed by police during a botched drug raid have filed a wrongful death claim with the city as a precursor to a lawsuit.Word of the planned lawsuit came as a civil rights activist flew to Washington on Wednesday to meet with congressional leaders as part of an effort to raise awareness of what he calls the misuse of police informants.
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April 12, 2010 |

A Tale of Two CEOs: KB Home Defense, Prosecution Paint Very Different Pics

At the close of a month-long trial against former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz, prosecutors argued that Karatz, while at first denying stock options had been backdated at the company, changed his tune only after being confronted with damning e-mails uncovered by outside lawyers.
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April 07, 2008 |

Justice's former voting rights chief now in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. AP - The former chief of the Justice Department's Voting Rights Section, who stepped aside in December after apologizing for remarks about minority voters, is now working on election-related issues for the Alabama Law Institute.John Tanner, who is being paid by the Justice Department under a federal program, also will teach at two Alabama law schools.
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August 06, 2009 |

Sluggish July sales show tight-fisted consumers

Shoppers, worried about job security and finding fewer options among the sales bins, remained tight-fisted in July, resulting in sluggish sales for many merchants and raising concern about the back-to-school shopping season's health.
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November 07, 2008 |

Tenn. professor sues Germany for Nazi art seizure

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - An 82-year-old Holocaust survivor and his family are suing the German government over an extensive art collection, including paintings by El Greco and Peter Paul Rubens, seized by the Nazis and sold at auction during World War II.The lawsuit is unusual because it is seeking damages for lost art rather than the return of items that once belonged to Holocaust victims, lawyers said.
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October 18, 2011 |

Law school fights to expose critic

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May 07, 2008 |

Doctor says he will treat patients after DA drops charges

A doctor who had been accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy through a controversial treatment said he plans to continue treating patients now that criminal charges have been dropped.
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January 03, 2000 |

Still Burning

In her final column, Ann Woolner examines efforts to reopen decades-old murder cases as the white south' joins the black south' in a belated bid for justice.
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May 01, 2008 |

Investors stuck on losing end when capital is raised

Financial company shareholders must feel like second-class citizens now, given how they are being treated as some banks raise capital.It's bad enough that investors in National City Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. have seen their stock holdings plunge in value and dividends crimped because of the huge losses caused by the housing slump and credit crisis.
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