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2008
Slashdot | White House Wins Ruling On E-mail Records
by mbertier
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The ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found the agency does not have "substantial independent authority" so it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act."
Blind Access Journal: Appeals court rules paper money unfair to blind - May. 20, 2008
by naudjf
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he U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2006 district court ruling that could force the United States to redesign its money so blind people can distinguish between values. Suggested solutions include making bills different sizes, including raised markings or using foil printing which is a method of hot stamping that is tactically discernable.
MichaelMoore.com : California's top court overturns gay marriage ban
by soul1383
SAN FRANCISCO - In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot.
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2007
The Associated Press: EBay Wins 'Trademark Dilution' Suit
by pmdm
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling in September 2005 against Perfumebay.com and Perfume-bay.com. EBay had argued that the names confused customers, who might think they were on an official eBay site.
‘Duck tour’ biz gets in hot water: Hub outfit told to drop logo, similarity to rival - Local & Regional - BostonHerald.com
by pmdm
U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton ordered Super Duck Tours to stop using the words “duck tours” and its cartoon duck logo because of their confusing similarities to those of its 13-year-old competitor, Boston Duck Tours. The company will appeal the ruling.
Vegas Trademark Case Could Quash Derby Shirts - News Story - WLKY Louisville
by pmdm
The Las Vegas Visitors Authority has won a ruling in U.S. District Court protecting its trademark slogan "What Happens Here Stays Here."
Michigan Man Pays $335 Court Fee in Pennies
by herbtarlick
A Michigan man awarded $335 in a small claims court ruling last month was paid in pennies in what the man he sued said was a gesture of contempt.
Online Dating Sites Are Simplifying Their Services
by kyl
(via)
As dating online is fast and extremely well-liked, currently online dating sites are simplifying their services. After many years of giving added stuff to users, online dating sites are currently revolving the clock reverse. They're returning to the basics to get members for online dating sign up, matching up and going out as quickly as possible.
Dean Shanson, Dating Now's singles expert says, "90% of the qualities on chief online dating sites just get in the way of the site's announced aim: getting singles together as quickly as possible. When we started on ruling about formation of a fresh type of online dating site, we purposely searched for ways to move users as speedily as possible from sign up to opening day."
The outcome is that while a number of online dating sites ask for page after page for personal information, counting the whole thing opening from education to favorite breakfast cereal, fresh online dating sites like DatingNow allow visitors to register and get search outcomes in a small, single page profile.
Shanson says, “That may come into view to go in opposition to the latest style but, the online dating site's easy system has struck a chord with online dating singles. At first, we just ask them for the basics where they’re from, what they’re searching for, and how old they are. We’ve practiced that user’s love the fact that they don’t have to fill in a vast form enclosing questions before they can start searching for love."
Even though Dating Now was just opened in the month of September 2003, the online dating site has previously registered and visited by more than hundred of singles for online dating .
Google appeals European 'Gmail' trademark ruling
by pmdm
Giersch and Google also are in legal disputes in Norway, Switzerland and Monaco
2006
Shots fired at Palestinian leader's home | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
by hemanshu_desai
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Fighting between the ruling Hamas movement and its Fatah rivals escalated Sunday, with an attack launched on the foreign minister's convoy followed by shots fired at the Palestinian president's Gaza residence in apparent retaliation, witnesses said.
Jersey same-sex ruling may energize conservatives
by jasontromm
Republican prospects in November's elections are decidedly brighter today as result of the ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court on same-sex marriage.
The court ruled that same sex partners must be granted the same rights and benefits afforded opposite-sex couples under New Jersey's civil marriage statues, but deferred to the state legislature the decision on whether the same sex arrangement should be called marriage. So the court essentially said that same sex partnership walks like a duck, looks like a duck and should be granted all the rights and benefits of a duck, but concluded it didn't have the authority to call it a duck.
A Matter of Appearances
by jasontromm
(via)
When Judge Anna Diggs Taylor was given the job of deciding whether the Bush administration’s wiretapping program was unconstitutional, she certainly understood that she would be ruling on one of the most politically charged cases in recent history. So it would have been prudent for her to disclose any activity that might conceivably raise questions about her ability to be impartial. Regrettably, it was left to a conservative group, Judicial Watch, to point out her role as a trustee to a foundation that had given grants to a branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, a plaintiff in the case.
Tories open nine-point lead as Labour drops to 19-year low
by ravi
Guardian: UK public too (like Spain and Italy) unhappy with ruling party's Iraq action.
Liberals: Born to run
by jasontromm
I knew the events in the Middle East were big when the New York Times devoted nearly as much space to them as it did to a New York court ruling last week rejecting gay marriage.
Some have argued that Israel's response is disproportionate, which is actually correct: It wasn't nearly strong enough. I know this because there are parts of South Lebanon still standing.
Most Americans have been glued to their TV sets, transfixed by Israel's show of power, wondering, "Gee, why can't we do that?"
The Official Dilbert Website features Sc...
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The Official Dilbert Website features Scott Adams daily Dilbert strips, Dilbert merchandise, and Dogbert's New Ruling Class.
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Ruling on Japan poison-diary girl
by felixlaumon
Quote: A Japanese teenage girl who poisoned her mother and kept a blog diary of her worsening condition is being sent to reform school.
N.H. Town Votes on Justice Souter's House
by jasontromm
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In a largely symbolic gesture, voters in Supreme Court Justice David Souter's hometown weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to seize his 200-year-old farmhouse as payback for a ruling that expanded government's authority to take property.
Mo. Court Upholds 24-Hour Abortion Wait
by jasontromm
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions, a decision that turns the focus of the legal battle to federal court.
The unanimous ruling Tuesday by Missouri's highest court focused on whether the 2003 law ran contrary to the state constitution. The judges rejected arguments that it was overly vague and deprived people of liberty and privacy rights.
Partial-birth ban headed to Supreme Court?
by jasontromm
With three federal appellate courts now ruling the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2004 unconstitutional, the issue likely will be decided by the newly configured Supreme Court, with two conservative justices recently appointed by President Bush.
Intelligent Design as Philosophy Fails
by multilinko
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Any scientist hoping that the Dover verdict would keep the teaching of evolution out of controversy and courts for a little while has got to be disappointed with recent developments. The Dover verdict stated plainly that Intelligent design was not science, and didn't belong in a science class. Politicians in several states already seem intent on testing whether the ruling will apply more broadly than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, a public school district in El Tejon, California, has taken different approach in a high school course: teach ID, but don't call it science. Taking a cue from suggestions made in the wake of Dover, they called the course the "Philosophy of Design." Both the class and the lawsuit it spawned came to an end today, but it's worth examining in detail, both because I haven't found it summarized well elsewhere, and because it points to where the controversy over the teaching of evolution might be headed.
US Supreme Court Ruling a Relief for Some Patients
by mikepower
Charlene Andrews, who has terminal breast cancer, has not yet asked a doctor for the fatal dose of barbiturates that would enable her to take her own life.
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Official Yu-Gi-Oh card rulings for all Yu-Gi-Oh cards powered by the Netrep API. The most accurate Yu-Gi-Oh ruling system in the world. You got questions we got answers.
2005
Intelligent-design backers blast judge
by jasontromm
Jurist in Dover case 'activist' with 'delusions of grandeur'
The think tank regarded as the leading proponent of "intelligent design" theory reacted strongly to U.S. District Judge John E. Jones' ruling yesterday against the Dover, Pa., school board, calling him "an activist judge who has delusions of grandeur."
