New Orleans Judge Frees 4 Amid Backlog
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6 -- A judge upset by a backlog of cases decided to release four New Orleans inmates from jail Friday and postpone their trials until they can get adequate representation from the spread-thin public defender's office.
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A Family Court judge who last year stirred debate about parental responsibilities ordered a second drug-addicted woman to have no more children until she proves she can look after the seven she already has.
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A judge in one of the nation's longest-running school desegregation cases released the Little Rock district from federal supervision Friday, nearly 50 years after President Eisenhower sent in troops to escort nine black students into all-white Central High.
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DALLAS - A judge who welcomed a former fugitive back to her courtroom with balloons, streamers and a cake defended her actions Wednesday, saying that getting a killer and abuser of women off the streets is reason to celebrate.
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Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the $4.85 billion settlement to allow them to keep some of their clients outside the settlement while others accept it.
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By Denny Walsh, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--A Sacramento federal magistrate judge, concerned about the gravity of the accusations and the level of detail in the government's papers, on Thursday ordered four of the 10 men charged with plotting Laos' overthrow held without bail.
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The judge who sent Paris Hilton to  jail called a hearing for Friday on why the hotel heiress was  released early and placed under house arrest in a move swiftly  challenged by prosecutors and local politicians.
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When a federal judge took four years off the prison sentence of former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew S. Fastow last week, he surprised legal analysts, angered onetime employees and sparked anew a debate about just punishment for white-collar criminals.
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For the second time in eight days, a judge ordered the Bush administration to immediately resume making housing payments to thousands of families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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A federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program "a legal disaster" Wednesday and ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor provide reasons why they were denied aid.
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By LUBNA TAKRURI WASHINGTON - A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. Administrative law judge Roy L.
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A federal judge has ruled that thousands of homeowners flooded after Hurricane Katrina can move forward with their attempts to seek compensation from insurers, a ruling that runs counter to a previous federal court decision.
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The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has loosened a sweeping gag order after objections from prosecutors, news organizations and attorneys for the accuser.
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LOS ANGELES, June 8 -- A sobbing, shouting Paris Hilton was led from the courtroom Friday and ordered by a judge to return to jail to serve out the remainder of her 45-day sentence.
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A District of Columbia judge on Monday lost his $54 million lawsuit against a dry-cleaning shop that misplaced his pants.
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A sobbing Paris Hilton was ordered  back to jail on Friday as a judge overruled a sheriff&#39;s  decision to place the hotel heiress under house arrest for  psychological problems after she spent three days behind bars.
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Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on federal sentencing had been keenly awaited for months because it was expected to resolve questions that had put cases on hold throughout the federal system.