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High Dudgeon: Jurors Stage "Mutiny" in Pot Case
Potential jurors staged a "mutiny" during a felony drug case, a Missoula County prosecutor says, and authorities worry the result will be viewed as a game-changer when it comes to future attempts at prosecuting drug cases in Montana.United States, appellee v. Otis Parkes, defendant-appellant
Hobbs Act Requires Jury to Find Robbery of Drugs, Drug Proceeds, Affects Interstate CommerceFBI agent killed serving warrant near Pittsburgh
GLENSHAW, Pa. AP - A former police officer who had been an FBI agent for less than two years was fatally shot Wednesday as he served a warrant at the home of an alleged cocaine dealer near Pittsburgh.Agent Samuel Hicks was shot about 6 a.m. in the middle-class community of Indiana Township. He was taking part in a drug-ring roundup at the home of Robert Korbe, who was taken into custody on the drug charges.View more book results for the query "*"
Family Responsibilities Discrimination Claims Are on the Rise
Employees across the nation -- both women and men -- are increasingly alleging discrimination based upon family caregiving responsibilities. Randi W. Kochman, a partner in Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard's employment law department, discusses the legal theories supporting these claims, and details some pending cases. One involves a female attorney's claim that a compensation committee member suggested she give up shareholder status and work part-time to spend more time with her family.Practitioners Blast ABA Over Ethics Opinion Charges
Pa. High Court: Slipshod Workmanship Doesn't Trigger Accident Coverage
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has established a bright-line rule holding that an insurer's duty to defend a policyholder insured against accidents cannot be triggered by allegations of shoddy workmanship. The case arose from a complaint filed by Bethlehem Steel Corp. over a faulty coke oven battery. The oven manufacturer said the damage was caused by heavy rains during construction, but the high court rejected the argument that this was an accident for purposes of the manufacturer's insurance policy.Exxon footnote shrouded in mystery
The footnote was easy to miss. It began on page 27 of Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, issued by the Supreme Court on June 25, and it ended on the next page. But Justice David Souter's footnote 17 has reverberated around law schools, leading Hugh Young, a lawyer involved in the landmark punitive damages case, to predict that "it is going to become the great mystery footnote of the decade.Trending Stories
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