Judge refuses to dismiss spying lawsuit
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A federal judge Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's domestic spying program, rejecting government claims that allowing the case to go forward could expose state secrets and jeopardize the war on terror.
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A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a California voter initiative that increases monitoring of sex offenders and limits where they can live.
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The federal judge who ordered a halt to   the Bush administration's program of domestic wiretapping on   Thursday allowed the surveillance to continue for a week to   allow an appeals court to weigh in on an issue expected to end   up with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Blog: A judge has ruled that Linden Lab can't dismiss a property case against it, or move the case to arbitration.
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A judge handling James Brown's contested fortune refused Friday to remove himself from the case despite an argument from the late soul singer's former trustees that he forced them to resign.
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A US judge rejects a call for a separate inquiry into the CIA's destruction of tapes of terror suspects being interrogated.
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A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame  and her husband against Vice President Cheney and other top  officials over the Bush administration's disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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A military judge refused to dismiss charges against the only officer accused of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, rejecting defense arguments that a senior officer had illegally influenced the case.
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The judge overseeing a faltering criminal tax shelter case indicated that he might not dismiss charges against indicted defendants from the accounting firm KPMG.
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High court declines to take up appeal of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit accusing the National Security Agency of illegal spying on millions of Americans.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by outed spy Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and other top Bush administration officials.
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A military judge has refused a Pentagon request to reconsider his dismissal of charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan.
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Concerned about government secrecy in a terrorism case, a federal judge expressed skepticism Friday at the Bush administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia man held in Saudi Arabia.
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The federal judge handling lawsuits against the nation's telecoms rules the companies have to answer spying allegations. But the real point is to force the feds to show their cards. In 27B Stroke 6.
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A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Canadian mining company of polluting the Columbia River with heavy metals for decades.
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The federal judge who struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program turned aside a government request for an indefinite stay Thursday but said the government could have a week to appeal.
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A federal judge declined Tuesday to throw out a conviction or order a new trial for a former Bush administration official convicted of lying about his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.