Marianna Wharry

May 08, 2023 | Law.com

A former Oregon securities broker was sentenced to federal prison for willfully evading a $2.5-million personal income tax payment to fund his lavish…

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May 08, 2023 | Law.com

The Department of Justice began delivering payments this month to individuals from a recent federal lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Housing…

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May 05, 2023 | Law.com

"The Supreme Court affirmed the [d]ivision's determination that it could not advance the fifth place candidate," Patty Sullivan, a spokeswoman for Alaska's Department of Law, told Law.com. "As for the [c]ourt's assertion that Dr. Gross's name should have been on the ballot, the [d]ivision was surprised by that part of the decision. No one argued that AS 15.10.100 required the [d]ivision to include a candidate on the ballot even after he withdrew. The [c]ourt came up with that reading of the statute on its own, without the benefit of briefing from the parties. The [d]ivision is evaluating the decision and considering whether it warrants a petition for rehearing."

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May 04, 2023 | Law.com

A Montana First Judicial District Court judge struck down state Rep. Zooey Zephyr's legal challenge and denied her reinstatement to the to the state House floor Tuesday night.

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4 minute read

May 02, 2023 | Law.com

The 2-1 majority disagreed with Murphy's contention and said the company "overreads" the limit of the law's congressional commitment to timber production in the O&C Act, and that it "improperly discount[ed]" the statute's delegation of authority to the Department of Interior and its secretary for managing land from the act for uses other than timber.

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May 01, 2023 | Law.com

The Washington state high court unanimously held upheld charges alleging that school board members violated open meetings law by not publishing the discussion about rescinding the mandate.

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April 27, 2023 | Law.com

"Given this, the witnesses, documents and other evidence relevant to this case are not located in Indiana. And so, the interests of FTN [FedEx] and ADG [Airboss] in the relative ease or access to sources of proof, cost of obtaining the attendance of witnesses and other factors that would also impact the trial of the case would be negatively impacted by a transfer of the claims at issue to the Southern District of Indiana," U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby wrote of a request to transfer a case to Indiana, where the parties have no ties.

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4 minute read

April 27, 2023 | Law.com

The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously denied a coalition of media companies' petitions seeking to vacate a judge's gag order in the criminal case of Bryan Kohberger, suspected of murdering four University of Idaho students.

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3 minute read

April 25, 2023 | Law.com

The decision marks a split from three other circuits on the issue of whether the major questions doctrine, which requires that Congress speak clearly if it wishes to assign to an agency decision of vast economic and political significance, applies to the president.

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April 24, 2023 | Law.com

Questions over whether Tacoma properly maintained a roadway with visibility issues remain unresolved, the Washington State Court of Appeals said in reinstating a wrongful death claim brought by a Washington man's estate against the city.

By Marianna Wharry

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