It's Wesley Chapel Vs. Union: Village Asks Judge for Temporary Restraining Order Against County
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--Wesley Chapel has filed a complaint against Union County and asked that a judge resolve a dispute over the village's zoning power.
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By Sylvia Lim, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 16--MANATEE -- County officials Friday were pointed in their response to a court order asking the county to back up its hearing officer's rejection of the proposed Manatee Technical Institute campus on Caruso Road.
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A judge from a suburban county has been appointed to preside over the murder trial of accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols
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By Laura Barnhardt, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 8--Arguing that a retreat center proposed by Loyola College would have little effect on its rural northern Baltimore County neighbors, lawyers for the college asked the Court of Special Appeals yesterday to uphold county approval of the project.
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City officials asked a judge to ban members of the Mob Piru street gang from being able to congregate in a neighborhood of Compton Â and asked that the order include Marion "Suge" Knight.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--DURHAM -- In a lawsuit, a Durham man is disputing a January decision by county commissioners that blocked a townhouse development off Farrington Road.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb. 14--Over the objections of developers and housing advocates, Monterey County supervisors Tuesday approved an interim ordinance that would delay any new major rural subdivisions until after a special election in June.
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Officials in a suburban New York village will not appeal a federal judge's decision to temporarily block its upcoming election after federal officials said the voting method discriminates against Hispanics and violates the Voting Rights Act.
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Same-sex marriage was legal here for less than 24 hours before the county won a stay of a judge's order on Friday, a tiny window of opportunity that allowed two men to make history but left dozens of other couples disappointed after a frantic rush to the altar.
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By ANABELLE GARAY  DALLAS - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.  U.S.
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On Tuesday, a second Washington Superior Court judge ruled that prohibitions on same-sex marriage cannot survive court scrutiny. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks based his decision
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The sheriff has asked a judge's permission to release the results of a state probe into allegations that Michael Jackson was "manhandled" by authorities after his arrest for investigation of child molestation.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 10--We all want creepy predators locked up. But not the way NBC does it.   And not the way police handled it in one Collin County town.
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By Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Sep. 12--WILKES-BARRE -- A federal magistrate has recommended that Denise Carey be permitted to continue with a lawsuit that said the city retaliated against her for speaking out against the closure of a fire station near her home.
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CROWN POINT, Ind. - A judge detained and questioned a row of spectators when a cell phone rang for a third time in her courtroom, later ordering two people to serve community service for contempt of court.
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By Ronnie Moore, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 9--RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Catoosa County officials will ask the Georgia  Supreme Court to consider hearing an appeal of a Superior Court ruling the  county must issue a construction permit for an asphalt plant.