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Read More »Cecilia Marshall, late justice’s wife, dies at 94
Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who worked alongside the civil rights champion at the NAACP, died Tuesday at the age of 94, the Supreme Court announced.
Read More »Jury clears NCAA in ex-football player’s death
A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit seeking $55M by the widow of a former USC football player who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated head trauma that led to his death.
Read More »Investigators: Meat plant cleaner employed minors
A Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of meatpacking plants nationwide is defending itself against allegations that it employed more than two dozen minors at three slaughterhouses.
Read More »It’s Jack Daniel’s versus dog toy at high court
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a dispute over a dog toy that got whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s barking mad.
Read More »Iowa jury gives $27M verdict in misdiagnosed flu case
An Iowa jury has returned a $27 million verdict against a Des Moines medical clinic after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured.
Read More »Motion could delay Wisconsin abortion case
Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul said Monday that he wants his lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban to move quickly through the courts, but it could be months before anything happens after defense attorneys signaled they would try to dismiss it next year.
Read More »North Dakota faults judge’s reasoning on abortion ban
The North Dakota attorney general’s office said Monday that a judge did not use a “rational mental process” when he determined there was a “substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the state’s abortion ban would succeed.
Read More »How same-sex marriage gained bipartisan support
While public opinion and different state laws on abortion rights are sharply dividing the country, there’s growing indication that most people agree on another once-controversial topic – protecting same-sex marriage.
Read More »Lawmakers urge action after report of other high court leak
The Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing allegations that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception.
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