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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision striking down a state law designed to save the life of a severely brain-damaged woman.
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A judge refused Thursday to impose a gag order in the case of a man accused of dragging his girlfriend to death behind a vehicle, despite defense claims that heavy publicity could prevent a fair trial.
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A Los Angeles judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on the remains of Anna Nicole Smith but ordered that her body be preserved until a February 20 hearing in the paternity case surrounding her baby.
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A judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on the body of Anna Nicole Smith as part of a paternity suit involving her infant daughter, but he ordered that the body be preserved until a hearing in 10 days, attorneys said.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was wrongly barred from raising new arguments in challenging his 1998 conviction for tax conspiracy.
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A judge refused on Monday to order the teenage boy who accuses Michael Jackson of molesting him to be examined by a psychiatrist chosen by the pop star&#39;s lawyers.
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An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.
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The case of Terri Schiavo, which the Florida high court hears Tuesday, will help establish procedures in future cases.
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo alive, saying he does not remember details of the right-to-die case that stirred national debate.
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The Florida Supreme Court rejected a request by Governor Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision to strike down a law aimed at keeping a severely brain-damaged woman alive through a feeding tube.
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BOSTON -- The state appeals court on Thursday declined to allow a new trial for a father convicted of beating a man to death at their sons&#39; hockey practice.
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A feeding tube for a severely brain-damaged woman can't be removed until appeals are exhausted in her parents' fight to have a new trial in the long-running right-to-die case, a judge ruled Friday.
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Attorneys for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are asking the US Supreme Court to become involved in the ongoing case of a brain damaged woman, Terri Schiavo.
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A federal appeals court Monday rejected Michigan's attempt to ban a procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion, ruling the law unconstitutional because it could also prohibit other abortion procedures.
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I remember seeing some discussion about the Schiavo case on DailyKos a while back. I just wanted to update that the Florida Supreme Court has ruled &quot;Terri&#39;s Law&quot; unconstitutional.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----    Top Florida Court Strikes Down Tube-Feeding Law       The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that a law requiring a brain-dead woman to be connected to a feeding tube was illegal.      "We recognize that the tragic circumstances underlying this case make it difficult to put emotions aside and focus solely on the legal issue presented," the court said in its ruling...
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A judge has denied a request by Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyers to force the child accusing him of abuse to undergo psychiatric tests.