Salina Town Justice Andrew N. Piraino is appealing a recent Supreme Court decision in Onondaga County that allows the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to proceed with its complaint against him.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away the latest attempt by actor Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges overturned. The high court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Snipes ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a witness identification of a man suspected in a break-in of a car should be thrown out. The high court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from Barion Perry, who is in prison for breaking into a car in 2008.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook lawsuit at the heart of the Hollywood blockbuster “The Social Network” lives on. Two former Harvard University classmates of company founder Mark Zuckerberg asked a federal appeals court Monday ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death penalty for a man convicted in a double murder despite complaints that his lawyers did not offer evidence of his psychological condition at his penalty trial.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a Alabama man can be executed after his lawyers missed a paperwork deadline. The court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Cory Maples.

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Veterans may have caught a break when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in early March that the Department of Veterans Affairs 120-day deadline for filing a notice of appeal is a procedural rule that does not have jurisdictional consequences.

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The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up an appeal of the health care challenge until it has gone through the federal appellate court process. A federal court in Virginia invalidated the portion ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court said Monday it won't review a decision throwing out a lawsuit stemming from the New England Patriots' 2007 "Spygate" scandal. The high court refused to revive a New York Jets fan's class-action lawsuit ...

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R. Carlos Carballada would like to move past the question of his authority as acting mayor, but there may be another challenge on the horizon. Monroe County Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark on Monday ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a death row in inmate in Texas whose lawyers say they have been unable to get a court to consider claims that their client is mentally retarded, and thus ineligible for execution.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has refused to toss a defamation award to a fired pastor, despite claims by the church that dismissed him that its actions are protected by the Constitution's religious freedom guarantees.

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