Court Rules in Gun Case
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court unanimously refused on Monday to broaden the impact of a law that adds extra prison time to the sentences of drug traffickers who use a gun in carrying out their crimes.
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The murder trial of a man accused of a shooting spree that began in a courthouse has been suspended for about a month by the judge, who cited state delays in covering some defense expenses.
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Advocates of gun rights said the decision raised the prospect of a national re-evaluation of the meaning of the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners.
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The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Vermont courts, and not those in Virginia, have exclusive jurisdiction over a case involving two women battling for custody of a child they had while they were in a lesbian relationship.
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A judge ruled Wednesday that a woman who killed her minister-husband with a shotgun can begin supervised visits with her three young daughters, but did not decide whether she can have custody of them.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to clarify when police can use deadly force to stop fleeing criminal suspects but said a lower court got it wrong in allowing a lawsuit against an officer in Washington state who shot a burglary suspect.
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A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia's long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias.
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The Bush administration told the Supreme Court last night that, although the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own firearms, an appeals court used the wrong standards in declaring the D.C. handgun ban unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court agreed to review a murder case in which a judge excluded reliable evidence that someone other than the defendant was the killer, one of three criminal appeals the justices accepted Thursday.
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A ban on the manufacture and possession of military-style assault weapons came to an end in the United States with a bitter dispute between political rivals and a debate over its effectiveness.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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A man who went to prison two decades ago for setting his 6-year-old son on fire in a custody dispute was found guilty Tuesday of illegally possessing a gun &#151; a conviction that could send him to prison for life.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a murder conviction in the 1994 sniper death of a University of Kentucky athlete, saying the prosecutor committed a "flagrant" violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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In a victory for the gun industry, the  Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed two suits against  firearms makers, distributors and dealers which had sought  damages for gun-related deaths and injuries.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a 30-year-old Washington, D.C., law that bans handguns in homes, a precedent-setting ruling that dealt a setback to a city with one of America's highest crime rates.
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In a case that could shape firearms laws nationwide, attorneys for the District of Columbia argued Thursday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals.