Mark Sherman

April 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court on Monday gave police officers protection from lawsuits that result from high-speed car chases, ruling against a Georgia teenager who was paralyzed after his car was run off the road.

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June 29, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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June 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias.By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election deprived the other side of the constitutional right to a fair trial.

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September 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The federal judiciary said Tuesday it will close six courthouses in the South because of inadequate funding from Congress and the prospect of more drastic cuts.

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October 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider whether W.R. Grace & Co. must pay $54 million to clean up asbestos in the Montana mining town of Libby.

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January 18, 2012 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court upheld a law Wednesday giving U.S. copyright protection to paintings by Pablo Picasso, films of Alfred Hitchcock, music from Igor Stravinsky and millions of other works by foreign artists that had been freely available.The justices said in a 6-2 decision Wednesday that Congress acted within its power when it extended protection to works that had been in the public domain.

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November 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The cases being heard Monday involve two Florida convicts. Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman when he was 13.

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February 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics - foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections.President Barack Obama and other critics say the court's decision to let corporations spend their money to directly influence elections opened the floodgates to foreign involvement.

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March 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Two Americans who are being held by the military in Iraq want U.S. courts to keep them from being transferred to Iraqi custody, another Supreme Court case that tests executive authority in wartime.The Bush administration is telling the justices that U.S. courts are powerless to intervene in the cases of Mohammad Munaf and Shawqi Omar because they are being held by international forces, not the U.

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December 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito apparently still harbors some hard feelings toward one Democratic questioner at his confirmation hearings three years ago. Alito made several joking references to Vice President-elect Joseph Biden during a recent speech, including Biden's withdrawal from the 1988 presidential campaign over plagiarizing parts of a speech. Alito quoted the Rolling Stones during his commentary on Biden, and described the change in the justices' musical preferences over the years.

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