Court Backs Activists in 'McLibel' Case
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Two activists convicted of libeling the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not get a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.
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Supporters of banning gay marriage won two major court rulings Friday, with a federal appeals court reinstating Nebraska&#039;s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage and the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that voters should have a say on the issue.
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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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Environmental groups are still angry over an assertion made before the Supreme Court a month ago during arguments in a far-reaching clean air lawsuit.
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The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that Massachusetts is meeting its constitutional duty toward schools in lower-income communities, rejecting a lawsuit that challenged the state's education funding formula.
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An appeals court found colleges have the right to keep recruiters off campus to protest the exclusion of gays from the military.
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In a victory for animal-rights   supporters, a U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that   members of The Humane Society of the United States can sue the   federal government over the way chickens and turkeys are   slaughtered.
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A state appeals court ruled Thursday that California's ban on gay marriage does not violate the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians, a critical defeat for a movement hungry for a win after high courts in New York and Washington state upheld similar bans.
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A ruling is expected in the final round of a legal wrangle between McDonald's and two environmental campaigners.
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By Mark Larabee, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 14--A federal appeals court sided with conservationists Monday in  their long-running battle with the U.S.
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In a victory for animal-rights  supporters, a U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that  members of the U.S. chapter of the Humane Society can sue the  federal government over the way chickens and turkeys are  slaughtered.
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By Ryan Robinson  Ruling seen as a "significant victory" against huge shopping center planned near Buck. But appeal possible, other legal issues still being reviewed.
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The US Supreme Court yesterday let stand a ruling that dismissed a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA, ending a case that helped feed the reputation of Madison County, Ill., where it originated, as a "judicial hellhole."
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Greenhouse gases that spur global warming are on the docket at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that pits environmental groups against the U.S. agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.
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TORONTO (CP) - The province's court of appeal is upholding Ontario's right to negotiate with Six Nations protesters who continue to occupy a former housing development site in Caledonia.
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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U.S. burger chain McDonald's Corp has won a five-year legal battle against a tiny Malaysian eatery called "McCurry", persuading a judge that passers-by might confuse it with the fast-food giant.