School districts drop lawsuit over education spending (The Ledger Independent) LOUISVILLE -- A coalition of state school districts is dropping a lawsuit designed to force state lawmakers to spend more money on schools. [News Source]

Canada faces first class action lawsuit over madcow disease (AFP via Yahoo! News) A Canadian judge has allowed the first class action lawsuit by cattle farmers seeking billions of dollars in damages against the federal government over its alleged mishandling of the madcow disease scandal, a lawyers for the plaintiffs said Sunday. [News Source]

Quebec court OKs lawsuit that charges Ottawa bungled mad cow crisis (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) MONTREAL (CP) - A Quebec Superior Court ruling has given the go-ahead to a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit that charges the federal government jeopardized public safety in its handling of the mad cow outbreak. [News Source]

Quebec mad cow lawsuit to set precedence for Canadian cattle farmers (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) MONTREAL (CP) - A Quebec Superior Court ruling has given the go-ahead to a multi-billion dollar class-action lawsuit targeting the federal government's actions during the mad cow crisis. [News Source]

Quebec court authorizes $1 billion mad cow lawsuit to go ahead (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) MONTREAL (CP) - A Quebec Superior Court ruling has given the go-ahead to a $1 billion class-action lawsuit targeting the federal government's actions during the mad cow crisis. [News Source]

Quebec mad cow lawsuit to set precedence for Canadian cattle farmers (The Globe and Mail) The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 20,000 Quebec farmers, targets the federal government's actions during the mad cow crisis [News Source]

Lawsuit against psychologist settled on eve of trial (Boston Globe) A lawsuit against a Norwich psychologist accused of initiating a nine-month affair with a former patient was settled days before it was to go to trial. [News Source]

Schools in 6th lawsuit over religion (Hammond Daily Star) A prayer led by teachers during a graduation ceremony has led the American Civil Liberties Union to file a lawsuit against the Tangipahoa Parish School System for government-endorsed religious activities. [News Source]

Lawsuit questions appointment of interim police chief (KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls) TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Three candidates who were passed over when Tulsa hired its interim police chief from outside the police department are claiming in a lawsuit that there's no provision in the city charter that allows that sort of move. [News Source]

Condo lawsuit filed (Lake Sun Leader)

LAKE OF THE OZARKS - A federal lawsuit filed by a housing group from St. Louis on behalf of people with disabilities came as no surprise to many who have been watching the events of the last six months unfold.

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