Feds want rendition lawsuit dismissed (The Charlotte Observer)

Bush administration lawyers cited national security concerns Tuesday in urging a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of illegally helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to overseas prisons to be tortured. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Jeppesen Dataplan Inc. last year in San Jose federal court, accusing it of aiding the CIA in the “forced …

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Feds want rendition lawsuit dismissed (AP via Yahoo! News) Bush administration lawyers cited national security concerns Tuesday in urging a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of illegally helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to overseas prisons to be tortured. [News Source]

Feds seek dismissal of rendition lawsuit citing security concerns (San Diego Union-Tribune) Bush administration lawyers on Tuesday cited national security concerns in urging a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing an airplane company of illegally helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to overseas prisons to be tortured. [News Source]

Gov’t lawyers demand fewer plaintiffs in lawsuit involving Nunavut sex offender (CBC North) Lawyers representing the governments of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories asked an Iqaluit judge Tuesday if they can streamline the process for hearing a lawsuit involving about 70 plaintiffs alleging they were victims of former teacher and convicted sex offender Ed Horne. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed against wedding photographer (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) The Pennsylvania Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Celebration Studios. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed on Misuse of Artist’s Name (AP via Yahoo! Finance) An Indiana company is misleading the public about who has the rights to use the name of 19th century artist Frederic Remington, a federal lawsuit claims. [News Source]

Rodriguez hopes to keep lawsuit in federal court (Sports Illustrated) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Rich Rodriguez defended his Michigan residency in an effort to keep the West Virginia University lawsuit in federal court. [News Source]

Hatcher lip plumper lawsuit goes to arbitration (USA Today) Teri Hatcher has won a ruling in a feud between rival lip plumpers worthy of Wisteria Lane. A judge ruled Monday that a $2 million lawsuit against the 43-year-old Desperate Housewives star should be moved out of court and into arbitration. [News Source]

Sarkozy, Bruni win lawsuit against Ryanair (AFP via Yahoo! News) President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's new first lady Carla Bruni on Tuesday won a lawsuit filed against Irish budget airline Ryanair for featuring a photo of the couple in an ad campaign. [News Source]

John Ritter’s diagnosis at center of $67M lawsuit (CNN.com)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — More than four years after his death, John Ritter’s relatives are taking their $67 million lawsuit to trial Tuesday, claiming the actor would have survived if two doctors had recognized his heart abnormality and not treated it as a heart attack.

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