Tag: State courts
Supreme Court upholds tribal police in traffic stop, search
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that tribal police officers can stop and search non-Indians on tribal lands for potential violations of state...
Georgia high court upholds man’s death sentence
ATLANTA — Georgia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a man's death sentence for killing his ex-fiancĂ©e's adult son, saying he failed to prove beyond...
Execution set for 2nd SC inmate suing over death penalty law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an execution date for the second of two men on death row suing...
Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed...
Execution date set for inmate suing SC over firing squad law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday set an execution date for one of two death row prisoners suing the state...
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Oklahoma's request to retain custody of a man who has been on death row for killing...
SC high court hears 1st suit in monument protection law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court heard its first challenge to the state law protecting Confederate and other historical monuments since it...
High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
Supreme Court: Guam can pursue $160M dump cleanup lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says the U.S. territory of Guam can pursue a $160 million lawsuit against the federal government over the cost...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...