Judge Throws Out Flood Lawsuits
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By Terry, Juliet A  An Ohio County judge has dismissed the lawsuits filed by as many as 1,180 southern West Virginians for damage in the Coal River area dating back to July 8, 2001.  Likening their lawsuits to a fishing expedition, Circuit Judge Arthur M.
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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A federal judge in Texas yesterday threw out a lawsuit against Halliburton Co. that had been brought by survivors and the families of those killed when a fuel convoy was assaulted by insurgents outside Baghdad in April 2004.
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A U.S. judge on Thursday threw out 20  separate class action and individual lawsuits against an  Italian insurance company for failing to pay benefits to  Holocaust victims and surviving family members.
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A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Cheney and top administration officials over the disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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By Scott M. Larson, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 7--Town council had stopped a development because it didn't have  sprinklers, but judge ruled that wasn't proper.
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A US judge throws out a lawsuit brought by seven inmates at Guantanamo Bay challenging their detention.
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By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jan. 31--A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit brought by a former Grand Forks man against two police officers and two jail administrators after a violent struggle with law enforcement after a standoff in May 2004.
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For the second time, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a military contractor that whistleblowers accuse of scamming the U.S. government out of tens of millions of dollars in the first months of the Iraq war.
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A judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Chairman Jeffrey Henley that accused them of insider trading before the company announced an earnings shortfall in 2001.
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A judge Monday threw out a $10 million civil assault suit filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.
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Homeowners suing insurance companies for denying their claims after Hurricane Katrina must file their lawsuits individually, a federal judge ruled.
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US legal regime at GuantÃ¡namo Bay in chaos as judge throws out all charges against detainee.
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A judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit  against Fox News filed by the parents of murdered child beauty  queen JonBenet Ramsey, saying the network did not defame the  couple or their son.
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Citing national security, a federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&amp;T from giving telephone records to the government for use in the war on terror.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an agreement that Georgia reached with the Army Corps of Engineers for water rights to a major federal reservoir outside Atlanta, handing Alabama and Florida a major victory in the states' long-standing water wars.
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A federal judge yesterday tossed out Hollinger International Inc.&#39;s $1.25 billion suit against embattled press tycoon Conrad M. Black and other top corporate officials, ruling that the company