Court Approves Deferred Prosecution of CA
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Computer Associates International Inc.  on Wednesday said it would pay $225 million to settle federal  accounting fraud charges, as the government accused its former  chief executive of obstructing its investigation.
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The California Supreme Court cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit brought by Sav-on Drug Stores workers who say they were improperly denied overtime.
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The trial for boxer Paul Spadafora on charges he shot his girlfriend after a traffic mishap was delayed until next month. Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey A. Manning granted the delay after Spadafora&#39;s lawyer
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A trial resumes today for a Slavic man charged with killing a gay man in Sacramento, Calif.
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By Scott Marshall, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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Individuals who use the Internet  to distribute information from another source may not be held  to account if the material is considered defamatory, the  California Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a reversal of a  lower court decision.
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EAGLE, Colo.  - The trial in the Kobe Bryant rape  case looked set to go ahead later this month after the state's  highest court ruled against prosecutors on Monday over a key  piece of evidence in the high-profile case.
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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The state Supreme Court today promised a speedy decision after hearing arguments over the fate of hundreds of mistakenly rejected ballots in Washington&#39;s incredibly close governor&#39;s race.
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A California murder conviction should not have been overturned because the victim's family wore buttons with his photograph during the trial, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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A woman whose dogs fatally mauled a neighbor could get more prison time, after the California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a trial judge to consider convicting her of second-degree murder rather than involuntary manslaughter.
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The US Justice Department has agreed to defer prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in its long-running investigation of accounting fraud
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California dropped its criminal investigation of Diebold Election Systems Inc. on Tuesday, instead joining Alameda County and two electronic-voting activists in suing the Texas-based touch-screen voting machine maker.
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Justice Department deems soon-to-expire agreement a "success," but unimpressed prosecutors representing California and other state plaintiffs urge lengthier oversight period.
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era.