Saturday July 22nd 2006, 11:29 pm
The Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association, Inc., sponsored a seminar in Pine Bluff Saturday to provide information about the organization’s efforts to re-open a race discrimination lawsuit.
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BLACK FARMERS REVISIT LAWSUIT (Pine Bluff Commercial)
Appeals Court Dismisses Ohio Child Support Lawsuit (WTOL News 11)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 7:13 pm
COLUMBUS (AP) -- A federal appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed by parents who said the state failed to make child support payments in a timely fashion.
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Judge Dismisses “Roe v. Wade for Men” Lawsuit (WTOL News 11)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 7:11 pm
LANSING, MICHIGAN (AP) -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a men's rights group on behalf of a Saginaw County man who says he shouldn't have to pay child support.
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Workers’ Comp to Pay $52 Million in Class-Action Lawsuit (WTOL News 11)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 7:09 pm
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The state Bureau of Workers' Compensation will pay $52 million to workers hurt on the job who won a class-action lawsuit that accused the agency of wrongly taking back payments for their injuries, The Associated Press has learned.
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Appeals Court Dismisses Ohio Child Support Lawsuit (WTOL News 11)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 2:46 pm
COLUMBUS (AP) -- A federal appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed by parents who said the state failed to make child support payments in a timely fashion.
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Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 1:15 pm
(AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents
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Federal judge allows Muslim couple’s lawsuit to proceed (Muslim American Society)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 11:06 am
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A federal judge yesterday decided that a Muslim couple's civil rights lawsuit may proceed but without two of the four claims. The two remaining counts claim the couple's civil rights and First Amendment right to associate with whomever they choose were violated.
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Prominent Poker Champs File Antitrust Lawsuit against WPT Enterprises (Online Poker News)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 10:47 am
Several of the poker world's most prominent players, including Joseph Hachem and Chris Ferguson, recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against WPT Enterprises, Inc., operator of the World Poker Tour, in federal district court in Los Angeles.
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Judge allows N.C. air pollution lawsuit against TVA to proceed (WBIR-TV)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 8:14 am
A federal judge threw out a motion to dismiss North Carolina's air pollution lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority. Friday's decision allows the case to move closer to trial.
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Zap drops $5 million lawsuit against fair (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Saturday July 22nd 2006, 6:17 am
Zap Inc. is dropping its $5 million lawsuit against the Sonoma County Fair and, as part of the settlement, the Santa Rosa company's alternative-energy vehicles will be zipping around the fairgrounds for two weeks starting Tuesday.
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