Judge Rejects Atheist’s Lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle) A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit from an atheist who said having the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins and dollar bills violated his First Amendment rights. U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. said the minted words amounted to a... [News Source]

Judge Rejects Atheist’s Lawsuit (Washington Post) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit from an atheist who said having the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins and dollar bills violated his First Amendment rights. [News Source]

Court tosses lawsuit over “In God We Trust” (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A U.S. district court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a California atheist against the U.S. government for its use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on its coins and currency. [News Source]

Former Wrestler’s Lawsuit Dismissed (Hartford Courant) A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit today by a former wrestler who accused World Wrestling Entertainment of unfairly prohibiting him from seeking work elsewhere. [News Source]

Former wrestler’s lawsuit dismissed (Boston Globe) A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by a former wrestler who accused World Wrestling Entertainment of unfairly prohibiting him from seeking work elsewhere. [News Source]

Correction: Dirty Water lawsuit story (Boston Globe) In a June 9 story about a federal lawsuit by the Standells against Anheuser-Busch Cos. over the use of the 1966 song "Dirty Water," The Associated Press erroneously named the songwriter. The song was written by Ed Cobb, not the band. [News Source]

Kempthorne Now Faces Interior Lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON (AP) - On the job less than a month, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is already being pulled into a 10-year-old class-action lawsuit filed by American Indians that has dogged the Interior Department through the Clinton and Bush administrations. In a motion filed Friday, plaintiffs asked a federal judge to make Kempthorne the third successive Interior secretary held in contempt in [News Source]

Federal judge tosses lawsuit over lawmakers’ pay raise (phillyburbs.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. - A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit that sought to ban the tactics used by the Legislature to give lawmakers, judges and other government workers a pay raise in July. [News Source]

Kempthorne now faces Interior lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) On the job less than a month, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is already being pulled into a 10-year-old class-action lawsuit filed by American Indians that has dogged the Interior Department through the Clinton and Bush administrations. [News Source]

Retrial Date Set for Notorious B.I.G. Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Fox News) The Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles was set for a retrial date by a federal judge who had believed she was deceived by the plaintiff’s attorney. [News Source]