Appeals court reverses Steinbeck copyrights ruling

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NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that awarded John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter publishing rights to 10 of the author's early works, including The Grapes of Wrath. The appeals court in Manhattan said a lower court judge made a mistake in calculating that the works belonged to the son, Thomas Steinbeck, and granddaughter Blake Smyle. Submitted by: InstantPros | Visited 10 times | Comments 0

♦ Court ruling ends CAW’s blockade of GM’s Canadian headquarters

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Following a court ruling last Friday, the CAW has ended its blockade of General Motors’ Oshawa, Ontario headquarters. The blockade began nearly two weeks ago after GM announced that it would be closing its Oshawa truck plant but the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the blockade was illegal. However, the ruling judge did not completely side with GM... Submitted by: acsitesupport - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Appeals court affirms COPA violates First Amendment

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet. The decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is the latest twist in a decade-long legal battle over the Child Online Protection Act... Submitted by: gotlinks - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Appellate court: Texas illegally took polygamist sect kids

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SAN ANGELO, Texas — In a ruling that could torpedo the case against the West Texas polygamist sect, a state appeals court Thursday said authorities had no right to seize more than 440 children in a raid on the splinter group's compound last month. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the state failed to show the youngsters were in any immediate danger... Submitted by: Tooschee - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Ex-Khmer Rouge minister in court

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The Khmer Rouge's former social welfare minister has made her first appearance at Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court. Ieng Thirith, 76, is seeking bail on charges of crimes against humanity relating to the regime's brutal four-year rule in the late 1970s. Three of the five former Khmer Rouge leaders held by the court have already had their requests for bail denied. One of them... Submitted by: un!expected - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Court: Texas to appeal polygamist ruling

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SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Texas child welfare authorities plan Friday to appeal a stinging ruling that found they had no right to seize more than 440 children from a polygamist sect's ranch, a court spokesman said. Child Protective Services notified the Texas Supreme Court on Friday that "they will file something today," court spokesman Osler McCarthy said. Submitted by: vladm74 - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Sharif poll ban faces challenge

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The Pakistani government says that it will challenge a court decision barring the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, from standing for parliament. Current Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said an appeal against the ban would be filed in the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Lahore high court ruled Mr Sharif, who heads a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League... Submitted by: Gavilles - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Court upholds Black conviction

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A federal appeals court has upheld former media tycoon Conrad Black's convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice. The US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld a federal court jury's verdict Black cheated his Hollinger media empire of millions of dollars. It also upheld his obstruction conviction for removing 13 boxes of evidence from his office. Submitted by: XiNiX - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Navy Appeals Supreme Court Ruling Over Sonar Use In California

1 vote	The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal on a Bush Administration ruling that restricted the Navy’s use of sonar off the southern California coast. Submitted by: gaap - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ France virgin case couple 'angry'

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A French Muslim couple have opposed a government decision to contest a court ruling annulling their marriage because the bride lied about being a virgin. Her lawyer has said she accepts the judgement of a court in Lille and simply wants to get on with her life. The court granted the man's request for an annulment after ruling he had been tricked into the marriage. Submitted by: Majnoon - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Madonna Skips Malawian Court Date.

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Madonna Skips Malawian Court Date.... Pop superstar Madonna is snubbing a court hearing in Malawi on Thursday (15May08), where her adoption of two-year-old David Banda is expected to be confirmed. The 49-year-old was scheduled to jet to the African nation to appear in the capital Lilongwe's High Court but has pulled out just days before, claiming... Submitted by: lash - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Appeals court: Paper money discriminates against blind

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The ruling upholds a decision by a lower court in 2006. It could force the Treasury Department to redesign its money. Suggested changes have ranged from making bills different sizes to printing them with raised markings. The American Council for the Blind sued for such changes but the Treasury Department has been fighting the case for about six years. Submitted by: verycoolguy - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NY court upholds firing worker over smoking breaks

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York appeals court has upheld the firing of a worker who took smoking breaks despite a new policy by her employer. The court shows the woman, paralegal Karen Krindel of Rochester, was fired in November 2006 after 15 months on the job because she didn't comply with a new written policy that banned smoking breaks. Submitted by: golftrainer - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ High court rules against execution of child rapists

1 vote	WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declared by a 5-4 vote Wednesday that the crime of child rape does not warrant the death penalty. The decision overturns a ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court that would have allowed the execution of a man convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter. Writing for the majority... Submitted by: CivilCitrus - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Last surviving Brown v. Board plaintiff dies at 88

1 vote	TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88. Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1950... Submitted by: darkwebmaster - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Supreme Court, long quiet, ends term with a growl

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This Supreme Court term the term had fewer of the controversial cases than in its previous term, where there were 24 5-4 splits. WASHINGTON (AP) — For most of the term, Supreme Court justices showed remarkable restraint. They displayed broad agreement even in some volatile areas and refrained from angry dissents. Then they decided the tough cases. The court, in its three most important cases... Submitted by: iatbm - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Government strikes out on COPA—ruled unconstitutional again

1 vote	A federal court once again struck down the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) today, ruling it unconstitutional, overbroad, and vague. It has been 10 years since the law's introduction and it has yet to be enforced thanks to the courts ruling repeatedly against it, despite the government's continued appeals. Read More... Submitted by: resolva - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Court nixes expedited trial on Yahoo severance plans

1 vote	A Delaware Chancery Court on Monday denied a fast-track schedule to hold a trial on whether to invalidate Yahoo's controversial employee severance plans, prior to the company's annual shareholders meeting on August 1, according to a Reuters report. Two Detroit pension funds... Submitted by: sickboy08 - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Doctors worried by Supreme Court gun ruling

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Last month's Supreme Court ruling striking down a strict gun control law in the U.S. capital will lead to more deaths and accidental injuries, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine said on Wednesday. They joined a growing clamor from medical doctors, especially emergency room physicians, who fear a surge of accidental deaths... Submitted by: andot13 - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NY court drops last claims against Grasso

1 vote	ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York appeals court Tuesday ordered the remaining state court claims of excessive pay dismissed against former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package. Submitted by: nstar612 - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Opposition mounts to French ruling against Muslim woman

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The ruling, delivered last month by France's highest administrative court, upheld immigration officials' refusal to grant citizenship to a woman, dubbed Faiza X in the court document, because of her religious beliefs. While the decision has solicited wide approval from politicians across France, others point to it as a sign of intolerance. Submitted by: duez - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment