Friday October 19th 2007, 11:39 pm
On Friday night, News 10NBC learned that a pending lawsuit over the Fast Ferry, filed by local millionaire John "Dutch" Summers, now names former Rochester mayor Bill Johnson as a defendant...
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Ferry lawsuit names former mayor Johnson (News 10 NBC Rochester)
Lawsuit Is Reinstated for Man Wrongly Suspected in 9/11 (New York Times)
Friday October 19th 2007, 10:53 pm
A federal appeals court overturned a decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the F.B.I. by an Egyptian student who was detained for 34 days shortly after 9/11.
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Fired Coach Wins Lawsuit Claiming a Racial Bias (New York Times)
Friday October 19th 2007, 10:53 pm
A former head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has won a $2 million judgment in a lawsuit claiming the school fired him because of his race, not his 6-27 record.
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U.S. asks court to dismiss lawsuit on secret flights (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Friday October 19th 2007, 9:03 pm
The U.S. government asked a federal court late on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit against a unit of Boeing Co that charges the firm helped fly suspects abroad to secret prisons.
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Lawsuit filed over false ‘03 Kagoshima election violation charges (The Japan Times)
Friday October 19th 2007, 7:45 pm
KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo) A lawsuit was filed Friday by 17 people, including 12 who were falsely charged with election violations in the 2003 Kagoshima prefectural poll, seeking ¥286 million from the state… Read more …
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Judges tosses terror financing lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News)
Friday October 19th 2007, 7:20 pm
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit Friday against an international financial database used by the government to track terrorist funding, finding no proof that money transfers by two Americans were targeted.
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Vianney abuse lawsuit settled (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Friday October 19th 2007, 4:37 pm
A Kirkwood man who filed a "repressed memory" lawsuit seeking damages over alleged sexual abuse by a Vianney High School teacher has agreed to settle the case with the Catholic religious order that operates the school.
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Lawsuit against UPS certified as class-action (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday October 19th 2007, 4:19 pm
A California court has certified a class-action lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc.
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Lawsuit challenges ban on hemp farming (UPI)
Friday October 19th 2007, 3:56 pm
Two North Dakota farmers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration challenging their enforcement of a ban on hemp cultivation.
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Lawsuit against UPS certified as class-action (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday October 19th 2007, 1:48 pm
A California court has certified a class-action lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc.
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