Jesse J Holland

October 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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June 08, 2009 | National Law Journal

Iraq's current government cannot be sued for the actions of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Supreme Court said Monday as it threw out lawsuits filed by Americans who were held by the government of the now-deceased dictator. Foreign nations usually are immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts, but federal law strips that protection from countries that support terrorism. Under Saddam, Iraq was considered a state sponsor of terrorism.

By Jesse J. Holland

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September 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Federal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah.The Mine Safety and Health Administration has been investigating two cave-ins in August 2007 at Crandall Canyon that killed six miners and three rescuers.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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April 27, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday investors who lost huge amounts betting on the blockbuster drug Vioxx can sue Merck Co. over whether the pharmaceutical giant provided enough information about the painkiller's risks before it was pulled from the market.The high court agreed with a federal appeals court's decision to allow a class-action securities lawsuit.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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October 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The wife of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens testified Thursday she didn't know a crooked businessman was bankrolling the couple's chalet renovations, saying she thought the checks she made out to a general contractor covered the job."I believed any work that was done on the chalet, we were billed for and we would pay for," Catherine Stevens said while testifying for her husband at his corruption trial.

By TOM HAYS and JESSE J. HOLLAND

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December 05, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP-A former FEMA worker who stole the identities of disaster victims to go on shopping sprees - which a federal judge called "low down" - was sentenced Friday to more than five years in federal prison.Robert G. Davis, 44, of the District of Columbia, got 64 months in prison from U.S.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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February 22, 2002 | Law.com

The General Accounting Office sued Vice President Cheney in district court in Washington, D.C., on Friday to obtain a list of officials from Enron and other companies who met with President Bush's energy task force. The White House said it was ready to fight in court. This is the agency's first suit ever against a president's administration or officials.

By Jesse J. Holland

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January 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to clarify how long a suspected criminal's request for a lawyer during police interrogation should be valid, taking on a case where a child molester asked for a lawyer almost three years before admitting to the abuse.The high court agreed to consider the state of Maryland's appeal of a decision throwing out child molester Michael Shatzer's confession.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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February 26, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects.

By Jesse J. Holland

3 minute read

October 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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