Judge Rules Against Hendrix Brother in Estate Case
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A Seattle judge has ruled the brother of rock legend Jimi Hendrix is not entitled to any money from the guitarist&#39;s estate. Leon Hendrix lost his court battle to invalidate the will of his father, Al, who inherited Jimi&#39;s $80 million estate in 1970.
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A man was convicted of fatally shooting his half-sister, niece and grandniece in their beds more than five years ago in a feud over an inheritance.
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THE judge in pop icon Michael Jackson&#39;s child abuse case tentatively ruled today that scores of items of evidence seized at his Neverland Ranch could not be used against him in evidence.
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Michael Stone's appeal against his conviction for the murders of Lin and Megan Russell is heard.
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A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of one of two men charged in the September 2003 slaying of the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
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Boy George won&#039;t be going to jail. But the former Culture Club singer got a scolding from a judge Monday for not complying with the terms of his sentence on a drug charge.
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AUSTIN, Texas - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that Korey Stringer's widow can proceed with her negligence lawsuit against the NFL and equipment maker Riddell Inc. over his heatstroke death.
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A judge found that the evidence did not support the conviction of a former N.Y.S.E. supervisor who once oversaw trading in General Electric stock.
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Prosecutors said Tuesday they will appeal a ruling that overturned the conviction of a day care provider accused of shaking a baby to death in 1995.
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Trustees accused of mismanaging the estate of soul singer James Brown will keep handling his property and trust, but a special administrator will oversee their work, a South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday.
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By Jim Nesbitt, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 8--A Wilmington judge might rule as early as this afternoon whether admitted killer Ann Miller Kontz will be prohibited from having any contact with her 7-year-old daughter.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - A Sullivan County judge threw out a case between a preacher and three feuding sisters and warned them to leave one another alone.  All four faced assault charges that stemmed from a family scuffle and claims of being possessed by demons.
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LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court today threw out a judge&#39;s ruling that awarded $88.5 million to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith from the estate of her late husband, a Houston oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.
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A French country mansion and 33 acres of verdant creekside property in Carmel could slip through Stephen Hilbert&#39;s fingers if a Hamilton County judge&#39;s decision stands.
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A judge refused Thursday to impose a gag order in the case of a man accused of dragging his girlfriend to death behind a vehicle, despite defense claims that heavy publicity could prevent a fair trial.
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More than 20 years ago, federal Judge Bruce Van Sickle issued a landmark decision that led to the release of hundreds of mentally retarded people from two North Dakota institutions. Now, 87 years old and stricken with Alzheimer's, the retired judge is himself at the center of a legal fight to remove him from an institution.