Hurlbert disputes effect of key ruling
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VAIL, Colo. -- Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case said this week they were unconcerned with a ruling that many legal experts said would have torpedoed their chances of convicting the NBA star.
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Voting 9 to 0, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York that found the system for choosing nominees to the stateâs trial court unconstitutional.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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A state judge said lawyers for the former chairman of the N.Y.S.E. had not questioned his objectivity until rulings went against them.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's chief justice returned to work yesterday, days after the Supreme Court reinstated him in a landmark ruling that struck a blow for democracy and undermined the authority of President General Pervez Musharraf.
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Concerned about government secrecy in a terrorism case, a federal judge expressed skepticism Friday at the Bush administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia man held in Saudi Arabia.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said he is not sure he was being truly impartial when the high court was asked to settle the disputed 2000 presidential vote in Florida.
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While it is risky to predict how the justices will decide, some expressed skepticism today about the case.
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At issue is whether a set of Congressional guidelines or a judge's reasoned judgment should prevail.
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The justicesâ questioning indicated that a majority did not accept the basic argument brought by challengers to Indianaâs voter-identification law.
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A ruling this week by a U.S. Army panel could lead to the overturning of one of the largest courts-martial of World War II.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A lawyer for the state said Thursday that the Arkansas Human Services Department disagrees with a judge&#39;s ruling that struck down a ban on gay foster parents.
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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly century-old ruling that prohibited manufacturers from dictating the minimum prices retailers must charge for their goods, saying such agreements could spark competition rather than stifle it.
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A plea to declare capital punishment for juvenile offenders unconstitutional received a skeptical hearing at the Supreme Court yesterday, as one of two justices likely to be pivotal to the outcome voiced repeated doubts.
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A senior judge questions why a leading loyalist was not arrested after breaching a bail condition.
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The Supreme Court bolstered trial judges' authority to shape juries in death penalty cases yesterday, ruling that a court in Washington state properly disqualified a man who expressed doubts about capital punishment during pretrial questioning.
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The US supreme court signalled its shift to the right yesterday in a decision that undermines a landmark legal ruling of the civil rights era that outlawed segregation in schools.