West Virginia Chief Justice Steps Away From Case
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Chief Justice Elliott E. Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court disqualified himself  from further participation in a case involving a powerful coal executive.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 18 -- Gen. Pervez Musharraf's lawyer told the Pakistani Supreme Court on Tuesday that Musharraf would step down from his job as army chief if he is elected to another term as president this fall. But the pledge failed to appease Pakistani opposition leaders, who continued...
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William S. Lerach, who has been embroiled in a seven-year federal investigation into possible kickbacks to plaintiffs for their testimony, is retiring from his firm.
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The district attorney dropped a defamation charge against a man accused of driving his ex-boss to suicide, saying the charge was probably unconstitutional.
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A child abuse case against a former US bishop is dropped, hours after he was charged.
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County Mayor Nancy Workman, facing criminal charges of misspending taxpayer money, announced she was withdrawing from the Nov. 2 election.
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CHAKWAL, Pakistan  - Pakistan's suspended chief justice traveled into the Pakistani heartland on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome from opposition supporters now posing a growing challenge to President Pervez Musharraf.
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A justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court and a powerful coal-company executive met in Monte Carlo, as the executiveâs companies were appealing a $50 million jury verdict against them to the court.
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The judge presiding over the murder trial of a man accused of a courthouse shooting stepped down Wednesday from the case, citing a magazine article in which he was quoted as saying of the defendant, "everyone in the world knows he did it."
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Federal judge Charles Pickering, appointed by President Bush less than a year ago without Congressional approval, said Wednesday he will step down from the bench.
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Supreme court rules that president's suspension of chief justice was illegal.
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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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By Carrie J. Sidener, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb. 21--A woman convicted of killing her husband will stay out of jail for four months while she undergoes hip surgery.   Campbell County Circuit Court Judge J.S.
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The Supreme Court dismissed a case Monday in which a defendant says his lawyers gave him bad advice by telling him to reject a plea deal that would have spared him a death sentence.
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A judge dismissed grand jury indictments Friday that accused a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife of involvement in an arson at their home, but prosecutors noted the couple had not been absolved and the investigation was continuing.
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Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger,   a national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, was voluntarily disbarred from the practice of law yesterday by the D.C. Court of Appeals.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned from office on Monday, ending a controversial tenure as chief law enforcement officer that blemished the administration of President George W. Bush.