Cases Overwhelm Family Court
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On the eve of the second anniversary of the death of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, a new report finds that higher caseloads have overwhelmed Family Court, where abuse and neglect cases are decided.
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By David Bowermaster, Seattle Times  Sep. 21--A long-simmering debate over how justice is meted out in the Western U.S. rose to a boil Wednesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee debated proposals to split the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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As jury selection begins, a frenzy of coverage prompts questions about the media and fair trials.
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TORONTO -- Post-partum depression clinics, breastfeeding clinics and other vital women&#39;s health services are on the chopping block as the province demands that hospitals balance their budgets next year, advocates warned yesterday.
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In most courtrooms, even the most notorious defendant can count on a few basic rights. In Judge Henry R. Bauer&#39;s courtroom in Troy, NY, however, that was not always possible, the state&#39;s highest court found yesterday.
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A majority of the Supreme Court appeared yesterday to find constitutional problems with the federal sentencing guidelines and grappled with whether to dramatically
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By staff reporters and AAP. ANGRY scenes have erupted inside and outside a north Queensland court today where 18 people faced charges over last week&#39;s violent rampage on Palm Island.
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Local courts could offer resolution, but critics say they may not go far enough.
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A German brother and sister who live as a couple and have children take their fight to be together to the courts.
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The rulings of the National Labor Relations Board have poured out one after another in recent months, with many decisions tilting in favor of employers.
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A splintered Supreme Court threw the nation's federal sentencing system into turmoil Wednesday, ruling that the way judges have been sentencing some 60,000 defendants a year is unconstitutional.
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At least nine state bodies have denounced New York StateÂs town and village courts over the last century, joined by at least two governors and several senior judges.
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It is unusual to see an intra-governmental dispute about a case before the Supreme Court, but it has become an annual event for the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the Justice Department.
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Plans to improve the way access to children is handled when parents divorce are due to be announced by ministers.
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With thousands of prison sentences on the line, the Supreme Court will decide whether judges have too much power to tack on extra cell time in a case that one justice said could wreak havoc on courthouses nationwide.
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In a raucous, almost Dickensian hearing at a Manhattan courtroom, dozens of claimants picked at the chaos that once was the glorious Salander-OâReilly Galleries.
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deadline yesterday for lawsuits related to the Sept. 11 attacks prompted a rush to the New York federal courthouse where all such suits have been filed.