Train Disaster Case Appears to Run Aground in 1st Circuit
Victims of a crash that virtually incinerated an entire Canadian town argued that the railroad is playing games with the courts, but the judges seemed unsure.
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Michigan Judge Won’t Hand Off Case Against Ex-Governor
A state judge will continue presiding over the Flint water contamination case against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder after pausing proceedings last week to sort out jurisdiction issues.
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Judge Keeps Fight Over ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Reboot in Federal Court
Attorneys for author Truman Capote’s trust want a state court to resolve what they frame as a contract dispute — but they’ve already claimed copyright infringement in federal court.
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Rwandan Court Rules It Can Try ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero
The terrorism trial of the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” can be held in Rwanda, a judge there ruled Friday, rejecting Paul Rusesabagina’s argument that a court there cannot try him because he is no longer a citizen.
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TV Station Dodges $250M Libel Case Over Report on Tiny House Eviction
After finding Tennessee’s new anti-SLAPP law constitutional, a judge hearing a $250 million defamation case against two TV stations said he did not have jurisdiction over the California station that reported on a Tennessee-based tiny home.
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Kathy Griffin Cleared in Case Brought by Covington Catholic Students
Kentucky’s long-arm statute does not allow students to bring harassment claims against comedian Kathy Griffin and a New York doctor for tweets sent in the aftermath of a viral Washington Monument standoff.
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Flint Water Case Delayed as Ex-Governor Argues for Dismissal
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been charged in the Flint water crisis, but his attorneys argued in a motion to dismiss the misdemeanor counts against him that “neglecting a city is not a crime.”
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UK Dad Can Fight for Custody of Baby Brought to India, Judge Recommends
Filed less than six weeks before Brexit, the case may be one of the last involving the United Kingdom that the EU court considers.
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UN High Court Turns Away Persian Gulf Blockade Dispute
The United Nations’ top court found on Thursday that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a dispute between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates over a land, air and sea blockade.
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Justices Find Courts Can Hear Disputes Over Railroad Disability Benefits
The refusal to reopen a benefits determination by a board that oversees decisions on railroad workers’ pensions can be challenged in federal court, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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UN High Court Will Hear Iran Challenge to US Sanctions
The United Nations’ high court ruled Wednesday that it has jurisdiction to hear a dispute brought by Iran against the United States over the reinstatement of sanctions in 2018.
Read morePatent Dispute
A federal court in Texas ruled Samsung Electronics cannot take any action in its civil case against Ericsson in China that would interfere with the U.S. court’s jurisdiction to determine whether either company “met or breached” fraud obligations relating to 4G and 5G patents.
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An appeals court in Texas dismissed the state’s claims against Volkwagen Germany and Audi Germany over the car manufacturer’s installation of software in diesel cars that evaded compliance with federally mandated emissions standards. The companies’ activities were not “purposefully directed at Texas,” so its contacts with the state are “insufficient to confer specific jurisdiction.”
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Top UN Court Agrees to Hear Guyana-Venezuela Border Fight
The United Nations’ high court held Friday it has jurisdiction to hear a South American border dispute dating back to the 1800s.
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Treasure Sold During Holocaust Fought Over at High Court
A yearslong battle over a medieval collection sold to the Nazis in 1935, now estimated to be worth a quarter of a billion dollars, brought the heirs of Jewish art dealers to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
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Booking.com Loses Appeal Over Hotel Case in Germany
The travel company Booking.com is based in Amsterdam, but it will have to go across the border to fend off a German hotel’s lawsuit, the EU’s high court held on Tuesday.
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A federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled that it has jurisdiction over the Pan American Health Organization as to some of the claims brought against it by four Cuban physicians now living in the U.S. who claim it provided or benefited from their forced labor in Brazil.
Read moreAsylum Seekers
A federal court in California, writing that it “takes no pleasure in this holding,” ruled it lacks jurisdiction to review the claims of 128 asylum seekers who were denied the right to apply for asylum under a Trump administration’s policy of denying asylum to anyone who did not first seek it in Mexico or another country through which they traveled.
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Judge: Federal Court Not the Place to Sue University of California Over Fees
University of California officials cannot be sued on claims of cheating students out of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees for on-campus services not provided due to the Covid-19 pandemic because they are immune from federal lawsuits, a judge said in court Monday.
Read morePop Star Doctor
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that state courts do not have jurisdiction over a California doctor accused by Prince’s family of failing to provide proper medical care by not recommending addiction treatment for the late pop star.
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