Judge dismisses ‘New York Times’ lawsuit (USA Today) A federal judge has dismissed a New York Times lawsuit against the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, saying classified documents the newspaper was seeking under the Freedom of Information Act were properly withheld. [News Source]

Judge dismisses New York Times lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) A federal judge has dismissed a New York Times lawsuit against the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, saying classified documents the newspaper was seeking under the Freedom of Information Act were properly withheld. [News Source]

NY Judge Won’t Dismiss Parmalat Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A federal judge has denied a request by the newly restructured Italian dairy company Parmalat to dismiss a lawsuit brought by shareholders seeking to recover billions of dollars in claims against the company, which had collapsed into bankruptcy amid an accounting scandal. [News Source]

Raiders Denied New Trial in Lawsuit Over Plan for L.A. Stadium (Bloomberg.com) July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Oakland Raiders won't get a new trial in its lawsuit against the National Football League over the team's failed plans to build a stadium in the Los Angeles area in the 1990s, a California court ruled. [News Source]

Ore. lawsuit may give chimps legal rights (UPI)

A lawsuit started by an Oregon animal sanctuary may soon give chimpanzees and other animals additional rights in the U.S. legal system, a report said.

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Court Ends Raiders Lawsuit Against NFL (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The California Supreme Court on Monday ended the Oakland Raiders' long-standing lawsuit that claimed the NFL sabotaged the team's effort to build a stadium at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. [News Source]

Governor vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of foster care lawsuit (Boston Globe) Gov. Don Carcieri vowed Monday to "get to the bottom" of allegations contained in a federal lawsuit that the state's foster care system is so broken that children have been placed back with foster parents who abused them, shuttled between more than a dozen homes or even killed in foster care. [News Source]

State court ends Raiders lawsuit against NFL (NFL.com) SAN FRANCISCO (July 2, 2007) -- The Oakland Raiders lost their case in highest court in the state of California after contending in a lawsuit that the National Football League sabotaged the team's effort to build a stadium at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. [News Source]

Raiders’ lawsuit over stadium dies in court (CBS Sportsline)

The Oakland Raiders lost their case in California’s top court Monday after contending in a lawsuit that the NFL sabotaged the team’s effort to build a stadium at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles.

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Iverson: Lawsuit a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Allen Iverson testified Monday that he didn't see his bodyguard fight with club-goers and called the $20 million lawsuit against an attempt to fleece a famous basketball player. [News Source]