Judge Snuffs Out Fire Tax Lawsuit
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OAKLAND -- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Oakland homeowners against the city's fire tax assessment district.   Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch last week ruled there was "good cause" to throw out the lawsuit.
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A judge on Tuesday prevented O.J. Simpson from receiving any further compensation from a canceled book deal and TV interview, and ordered the bundled book rights to be auctioned off.
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The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former White House budget director David A. Stockman yesterday rejected a bid to remove the lead prosecutor.
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A federal judge has dismissed a civil case against a military contractor accused of improperly billing Iraq reconstruction authorities for tens of millions of dollars worth of security services that it did not provide.
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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 Supreme Court said yesterday that it will not get involved in a lawsuit brought by a congressional staffer who was fired by former  senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota.
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A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases.
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A New York federal judge on Monday  tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company  behind the Atkins low-carb diet that he alleged caused his  cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty.
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A federal judge has dismissed a New York Times lawsuit against the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, saying classified documents the newspaper was seeking under the Freedom of Information Act were properly withheld.
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A judge declines to grant an injunction banning a national newspaper story on the cash-for-honours inquiry.
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A federal judge on Saturday denied a tobacco industry request to delay the government's &#36;280 billion racketeering case against the industry which is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 21.
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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 federal judge dismissed an airline industry lawsuit that sought to block a state law, which would ensure basic services are provided to delayed passengers, the New York State attorney general said on Thursday.
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A federal judge has set off a free speech tempest after shutting down a U.S. Web site for posting internal documents accusing a Cayman Islands' bank branch of money laundering and tax evasion schemes.
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A Dallas judge blocked the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit against Halliburton, saying the deal does not appear to be fair and reasonable.
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A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday   further put off a hearing into auto parts maker Delphi Corp.'s   DPHIQ.PK request for authority to impose wage and benefit   cuts on U.S. unionized workers to allow more talks.
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A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the parents of JonBenet Ramsey against Fox News Channel, saying a network report unfavorable to the couple was not defamatory.