Jesse J Holland

April 28, 2009 | National Law Journal

The state of New York, with the backing of the other 49 states, wants the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision that blocks states from investigating the lending practice of banks. Eliot Spitzer, then New York's attorney general, was denied by a federal judge when he wanted to investigate whether minorities were being charged higher interest rates on home mortgage loans, a practice that is prohibited under various state and federal laws.

By Jesse J. Holland

2 minute read

February 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a suspect's request for a lawyer is good for only 14 days after the person is released from police custody, reinstating the confession of a child molester who had asked for a lawyer nearly three years before he confessed.Michael Shatzer confessed in 2006 to abusing his own son; he had asked police for a lawyer when he was first questioned in 2003.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

4 minute read

October 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JESSE J. HOLLAND and STEVE QUINN

3 minute read

April 02, 2012 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that witnesses who lie to a grand jury are protected from civil lawsuits, giving them the same protection that witnesses get at trials.The justices ruled against Charles Rehberg, an accountant who was indicted three times involving charges that he harassed doctors affiliated with a south Georgia hospital system.

By Jesse J. Holland

3 minute read

June 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - As a federal judge, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor dealt with two important media issues - copyrights and access - and was reversed by higher courts when she ruled that freelance writers need not be compensated for online use of their published work, documents released Thursday show.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

3 minute read

October 28, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Sen. Ted Stevens gambled by asking for a speedy trial, betting a high-powered defense team, some sterling character witnesses and his unblemished record as Alaska's political patriarch would get him a pre-election acquittal on corruption charges.He lost, with a jury on Monday finding him guilty on seven counts of trying to hide more than $250,000 in free home renovations and other gifts from a wealthy oil contractor.

By MATT APUZZO and JESSE J. HOLLAND

3 minute read

May 17, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered "sexually dangerous" after their prison terms are complete.The high court in a 7-2 judgment reversed a lower court decision that said Congress overstepped its authority in allowing indefinite detentions of considered "sexually dangerous.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

3 minute read

March 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let a high school student sue over school officials' refusal to let her play an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her graduation, a decision one justice says could lead to wide-ranging censorship of student speech.The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Kathryn Nurre, a former student at Henry M.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

2 minute read

February 27, 2013 | Law.com

A federal judge said Friday she can't overturn President Barack Obama's decision to revoke a Chinese company's purchase of four wind farm projects in the vicinity of a U.S. naval facility's restricted airspace.

By Jesse J. Holland

2 minute read

October 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A combative Sen. Ted Stevens sparred curtly with prosecutors over his definition of gifts as he concluded his third day of testimony at his corruption trial Monday.The Senate's longest-serving Republican, Stevens is charged with lying on Senate financial disclosure forms about $250,000 in renovations and other gifts he received from oil services contractor VECO Corp.

By MATT APUZZO and JESSE J. HOLLAND

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