Nevada Judge Throws Out Lap-Dance Law
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A Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled. District Court Judge Sally Loehrer affirmed a lower court ruling that as many as five misdemeanor criminal cases filed against Las Vegas strippers should be dismissed.
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A judge on Monday dismissed a woman's attempt to get a restraining order against U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, with whom she claimed to have had an extramarital affair.
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A judge Tuesday threw out a civil lawsuit filed against William Kennedy Smith by a former personal assistant who alleged he sexually assaulted her.
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A Spanish judge has taken away visiting rights from a man who took his 10-year-old son to a running of the bulls during the annual Pamplona festival last week, Spanish media reported Tuesday.
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A judge Tuesday tossed out a legal challenge aimed at blocking Nevada's five electoral votes from being cast next month for President Bush. In election challenges in two other states, a recount was sought and another was ended.
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A judge on Friday dismissed charges of attempted sexual assault against three men accused of trying to dig up a woman's body to have sex with the corpse, noting that Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia.
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A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.
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A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by parents who wanted to keep their young children from learning about gay marriage in school.
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A judge in the US state of Iowa strikes down a ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional.
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The N.B.A. commissioner has concluded that the leagueâs rules on gambling were unrealistic, and has decided to stop punishing referees for minor violations of league rules.
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Federal judge rules the Nevada Democratic party can hold caucuses at Las Vegas casinos
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In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind, a judge on Wednesday upheld the federal law letting states ban same-sex marriages, dismissing a lawsuit by two women seeking to have their Massachusetts marriage recognized here.
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A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus.
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A judge on Friday threw out a racketeering murder conviction against two detectives accused of moonlighting as hitmen for the mob, saying the statute of limitations had expired on the slayings.
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Uganda's Constitutional Court throws out a law which prevented political parties from contesting elections.
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In a victory for hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, a judge declared part of New York's lobbying law unconstitutional Wednesday, ruling regulators don't give those facing possible penalties the right to be heard.
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 17 -- A federal judge on Thursday refused to shut down nine casino-based sites for Saturday's caucuses, delivering a victory to Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in what has become an increasingly bitter Democratic contest here.