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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court says a convicted murderer waited too long to ask the federal courts to overturn his conviction. The high court threw out an appeals court ruling saying ...
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High court rejects appeal over divided jury
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a defendant who was convicted of attempted murder in Louisiana by a jury's 10-2 vote. The justices acted without comment Tuesday ...
Read More »High court rejects appeal seeking bigger US House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal that calls for greatly increasing the House of Representatives to reduce discrepancies in the population of congressional districts from one state to another.
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Read More »High court rejects appeal seeking bigger US House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal that calls for greatly increasing the House of Representatives to reduce discrepancies in the population of congressional districts from one state to another.
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Read More »High court turns down Patriot Act challenger
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to take up a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Patriot Act from a lawyer who was once wrongly suspected in deadly terrorist bombings in Spain.
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Read More »Request for open filings refused
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to make public a national patient advocate’s appeal in the case of a Kansas doctor linked to dozens of patient overdose deaths.
Read More »Court won’t hear appeal on 9/11 prosecution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Morocco native who wants to sue a prosecutor for misconduct. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Karim Koubriti.
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Read More »FCC indecency policy ruling appealed
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are appealing a recent court decision that struck down a 2004 government policy that says broadcasters can be fined for allowing even a single curse word to be uttered on live television.
Read More »Judge denies appeal based on scared juror
NEW YORK CITY — The judge in the Brooke Astor case ruled Thursday that an altercation between two jurors was not serious enough to warrant overturning the convictions of the philanthropist’s son and his co-defendant.
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Read More »British woman on death row loses appeal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a British woman on death row in Texas for killing a young mother.
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