Tag: Courts
Indiana court allows seizure of federal relief payments
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents with past-due debts could see that money taken from the new federal pandemic relief payments that have been arriving in...
Ukraine’s president dismisses head of Constitutional Court
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president has dismissed two judges from the country’s Constitutional Court, saying in a decree issued Saturday that certain jurists "pose...
US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art
NEW YORK — A U.S. appeals court sided with a photographer Friday in her copyright dispute over how a foundation has marketed a series...
Ruling denying adoption by same-sex Nebraska couple reversed
OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday reversed a ruling by a lower court judge who denied a same-sex couple’s petition to...
Daily Mail seeks to reverse order denying trial credentials
MINNEAPOLIS — A British newspaper asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday to swiftly throw out a judge’s order denying it credentials for...
Tennessee’s governor signs transgender athlete bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law Friday banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, making it the third state...
Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths
SAO PAULO — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing....
Canada’s Supreme Court says carbon price is constitutional
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price is entirely constitutional.
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British judge: Vatican made ‘appalling’ claims in UK probe
ROME — A British judge has blasted Vatican prosecutors for making “appalling” misrepresentations to the court about their investigation into the Holy See’s investment...
South Africa’s ex-president should be jailed, argues lawyer
JOHANNESBURG — Lawyers for a commission investigating corruption in South Africa have asked the country’s highest court to jail former president Jacob Zuma for...
