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Fire Department Becomes Burning Issue at Supreme Court
When the town of Union, Ohio, was considering whether to establish a fire department, the Union City Council put up a banner over Main Street in support of the ballot initiative. The Supreme Court will consider the resulting legal dispute in its private conference this week. As the 6th Circuit -- which held that the city's actions did not violate the Constitution -- wrote, it is the "rare case" that involves private citizens attempting to curb the speech of the government, rather than the other way around.'Unpredictable' Judge Running Delta Case
In U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Judge Prudence C. Beatty interrupted, critiqued and scolded her way through the first major hearing of Delta Air Lines' reorganization. "Lawyers don't want to get her," says one professor who argued a case in front of her. "She's sufficiently unpredictable." Thursday's hearing produced a major step, as Beatty approved a debtor-in-possession financing plan, but she postponed a decision on a motion by retired Delta pilots.
Sandra Rivera v. Walmart, 22435/08
Publication Date: 2010-09-09 Practice Area: Civil Practice
Industry: Court: Supreme Court, Nassau County, Trial/IAS Part 15 Judge: Justice Thomas Feinman Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 22435/08
Cite as: Rivera v. Walmart, 22435/08, NYLJ 1202471778168, at *1 (Sup, NA, Decided August 19, 2010)Justice Thomas FeinmanDecided August 19
Disbarred D.C. Lawyer Not Deterred by High Court Snub
Disbarred D.C. criminal defense lawyer William Borders Jr. says his battle for reinstatement of his law license will continue in spite of the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of his case Oct. 20. "It's not over," says Borders, who had asked the court to rule that because he was pardoned by President Clinton in 2001 of crimes he committed 22 years ago, his reinstatement as a lawyer should be automatic.AMR, Jet Acquisitions Submit Bids for TWA
Private investment group Jet Acquisitions Group and AMR Corp. both placed bids for bankrupt Trans World Airlines, setting up a possible showdown for control of the nation's eighth-largest carrier. The $889 million cash offer by Jet Acquisitions, a private investment group led by Scottsdale, Ariz., attorney Stanford Lerch, appears to trump AMR's $500 million cash bid, but AMR still has time to amend its offer.
AOL Actions Spell: 'You've Got Trouble'
Attorney Paul Weiss thought he struck a pretty good deal with AOL -- $25 million to settle Illinois state court allegations that AOL charged thousands of customers for services they did not request. Then his mail arrived from Los Angeles federal court warning: You've got trouble. Plaintiffs' lawyers overseeing federal class actions asked for an injunction to block the AOL settlement in Illinois court and got it. They accused AOL, Weiss and his colleagues of engaging in a reverse auction.
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set the stage for a major First Amendment battle over the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Court agreed to give full review of Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, reframing the case in a way that worried Pledge supporters, asking whether the challenged school policy is constitutional in that it "requires teachers to lead willing students in reciting the Pledge."Dad Who Challenges Pledge Receives Custody
Michael Newdow has regained partial legal custody of his daughter, likely boosting the chances that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up his controversial First Amendment challenge to the words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.Trending Stories
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