Monday August 04th 2008, 10:58 pm
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not revisit a case in which an attorney was ordered to pay more than $87,000 for bringing a frivolous lawsuit against a gay rights group.
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Lawyer In Gay Rights Lawsuit Loses Again (WISC-TV Madison)
Attorney in Fla. anti-tobacco lawsuit dies at 78 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Monday August 04th 2008, 10:37 pm
Palm Beach attorney Robert Montgomery Jr., who represented the state of Florida in a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies, has died. He was 78.
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Attorney in Fla. anti-tobacco lawsuit dies at 78 (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Monday August 04th 2008, 10:37 pm
Palm Beach attorney Robert Montgomery Jr., who represented the state of Florida in a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies, has died.
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Montgomery, Attorney In Tobacco Lawsuit, Dies (CBS4 Miami)
Monday August 04th 2008, 10:07 pm
Florida's lead attorney in an $11-billion lawsuit against US tobacco companies died Sunday night at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic. Robert Montgomery Jr. of Palm Beach, who helped win the landmark case, was 78.
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Lawsuit Filed Against City, Police In Kevin Wicks Slaying (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
Monday August 04th 2008, 9:24 pm
The mother of a Postal Service worker who was shot to death by Inglewood police files a federal lawsuit against the city and police department.
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district dropped from lawsuit over moment of silence (Dallas Morning News)
Monday August 04th 2008, 7:36 pm
A school district has been dropped from a lawsuit challenging the daily moment of silence in Texas classrooms. Shannon and David Croft's 2006 lawsuit initially named Gov. Rick Perry and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, where the couple's three children still attend.
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Judge: Teens Can Join Six Flags Lawsuit (WLKY Louisville)
Monday August 04th 2008, 5:01 pm
A Jefferson County circuit court judge has ruled two Louisville teens can join a negligence lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, but their parents cannot.
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Judge: Lawsuit against priest can proceed (Daily Herald)
Monday August 04th 2008, 4:45 pm
A St. Clair County judge says a sexual-abuse lawsuit a former altar boy filed against a priest and the Belleville Diocese can proceed if a jury finds the diocese engaged in a cover-up.
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Several ATP officials dismissed as defendants in lawsuit against German federation. (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Monday August 04th 2008, 3:57 pm
WILMINGTON, Delaware - A federal judge has dismissed several ATP officials as defendants in a lawsuit by the German Tennis Federation that challenges the tour's planned tournament restructuring.
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BoNY Lawsuit Postponed After Blakey Incapacitated (St. Petersburg Times)
Monday August 04th 2008, 3:28 pm
MOSCOW — The Russian government’s $22.5 billion lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon has been adjourned until October 6 after a key witness for the Russian side was unable to attend the Monday hearing, the bank said.
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