Court urged to enter spurned spouse case
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A plumber and a millionaire squared off in Mississippi over a woman. The woman chose the rich guy. The plumber sued the millionaire and won more than $750,000.
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Lawyers and judges are pushing to have New York's divorce law changed, saying it is archaic and heightens hostilities between spouses.
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Prosecutors on Friday urged the judge overseeing the racketeering case against former Gov. George Ryan to set a firm trial date, complaining that additional delays could harm their case because witnesses might die before they have a chance to testify.
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The Supreme Court refused to hear a case Monday that challenged a Massachusetts court decision that allows same sex marriage in that state.
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It's not business as usual: the two partners could be headed to court over alleged patent infringements and, depending on the outcome of their dispute, may choose to go their separate ways.
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The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial may ask jurors to consider a lesser charge, after they fail to reach a verdict.
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Ministers are to consult on creating a crime of forced marriage in the UK.
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A local authority is asking the High Court if a chronically ill woman can be helped to travel abroad for an assisted suicide.
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A marriage between former chess grandmaster Bobby Fisher and a Japanese woman, that would help the American avoid being deported to the United States, is in limbo due to a legal snag, his lawyer has said.
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Defense attorneys on Thursday challenged the lead detective assigned to investigate Laci Peterson's disappearance on his claim that husband Scott Peterson seemed uninterested in how the case was going.
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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to the Massachusetts law that allows gay and lesbian couples to wed, preserving Massachusetts&#39; status as the only state in the nation where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Martha Stewart is urging an appeals court to overturn her conviction because she was &quot;tarred&quot; by prosecutors&#39; implications she committed the uncharged crime of insider
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The US Supreme Court today refused to accept a challenge to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages to begin in that state last year.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - An emotionally charged case  pitting a husband against his brain-damaged wife's parents goes  before the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday for a ruling that  may help decide if she lives or dies.
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An Oregon county that stopped issuing marriage licenses until a court could decide whether gay marriage was legal has been told to again offer them to couples.
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The current motion is in addition to the request for a summary judgment IBM has been seeking since early July. If the initial request is granted, it could bring the case to a close without trial. Although summary judgment arguments ...
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New instructions aimed at ending murder trial deadlock.