Court hears arguments in property tax lawsuit (The Times of Northwest Indiana) INDIANAPOLIS | An attorney for several taxpayers challenging the constitutionality of Indiana's property tax system and steps taken by the governor asked the Indiana Tax Court on Wednesday to let the lawsuit proceed. [News Source]

Judge throws out lawsuit against Hudson ISD (The Lufkin Daily News)

A federal district judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Hudson Independent School District which alleged the district committed Social Security fraud by participating in a one-day hiring practice enabling teachers to collect full spousal Social Security benefits to which they were not entitled.

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Browne Sanders Is an Inspiration After Winning a Lawsuit (New York Times) Since winning her sexual-harassment lawsuit against the Knicks, Anucha Browne Sanders is being hailed as a feminist icon. But her heightened public profile has become its own trial. [News Source]

Appeals Court Throws Out Lawsuit In Lewiston Police Shooting (WCSH 6 Portland) BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court has thrown out a Norway man's lawsuit alleging that Lewiston police used excessive force when they shot him during a confrontation in the police department parking lot nearly four years ago. [News Source]

Lawsuit Against Caddo Coroner Dropped (KSLA-TV Shreveport) A lawsuit against the Caddo Coroner's office has been dropped. Shreveport Attorney John Settle says Caddo Coroner Doctor Mairus McFarland has complied with his lawsuit and filed an audit report for 2006. [News Source]

Board that handles fund at center of lawsuit takes no action (The Appleton Post-Crescent) MADISON The board that controls the states medical malpractice fund didnt take any action to block a transfer that is the subject of a lawsuit. [News Source]

Court hears arguments in property tax lawsuit (The Times of Northwest Indiana) INDIANAPOLIS - An attorney for several taxpayers challenging the constitutionality of Indiana's property tax system and steps taken by the governor asked the Indiana Tax Court on Wednesday to let the lawsuit proceed. [News Source]

Merrill Lynch & Co files lawsuit against racist e-mails (Pravda Ru) Faked manager at Merrill Lynch & Co . has been sending racist e-mails to black investment brokers and to civil rights activist Al Sharpton. Merrill Lynch names a defendant known only as "John Doe" in a lawsuit it filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. [News Source]

Developer files lawsuit against county, two commissioners (The York Dispatch) A developer has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $20 million in damages from York County, commissioners Lori Mitrick and Doug Kilgore and an appraisal company that allegedly "low-balled" the value of Highpoint. [News Source]

Appeals court throws out lawsuit in Lewiston police shooting (Boston Globe) A federal appeals court Wednesday threw out a Norway man's lawsuit alleging that Lewiston police used excessive force when they shot him during a confrontation in the police department parking lot nearly four years ago. [News Source]