Parks lawsuit to go before Common Pleas judge (The Massillon Independent) Stark County Common Pleas Judge John G. Haas will hear arguments March 4 in a civil lawsuit against the city and its leaders over the use of Massillon Parks and Recreation Department income tax revenue and other issues at the department. [News Source]

Bridge blockade lawsuit dismissed by federal judge (New Orleans Times-Picayune) A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a New Orleans couple who claimed the decision by Gretna and Jefferson Parish police to bar them from walking across the Crescent City Connection and out of Orleans Parish after Hurricane Katrina violated their constitutional rights. [News Source]

Taxi drivers file lawsuit over change in airport contract (seattlepi.com) Cab drivers with the Seattle-Tacoma International Taxi Association have filed a lawsuit over the Port of Seattle's decision to switch taxi companies, which threatens their jobs. [News Source]

Major League Baseball Properties filed federal lawsuit against Upper Deck for trademark infringement (New York Daily News) Major League Baseball Properties accused Upper Deck of trademark infringement for using team logos on baseball cards without permission in a federal lawsuit filed on Monday in Manhattan. [News Source]

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit filed by couple over bridge blockade after Hurricane Katrina (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a police blockade that kept some Hurricane Katrina victims from crossing a bridge out of New Orleans in the storm's aftermath. [News Source]

Oklahoma public officials lose bid to revive defamation lawsuit against Grisham, other writers (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) DENVER - A federal appeals court in Denver ruled that three public officials from Oklahoma cannot revive their libel lawsuit against best-selling author John Grisham and two other writers. [News Source]

Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against Grisham (News On 6 Tulsa) Associated Press - February 1, 2010 6:15 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision dismissing a libel and defamation lawsuit filed against authors and... [News Source]

West 83rd Street home explosion sparks lawsuit (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) The home explosion on West 83rd Street sparked a lawsuit Monday, a week after the blast damaged 57 buildings. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed in crash involving Cape Coral officer (The News-Press) A lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages has been filed by a man in behalf of his son, a Cape Coral police officer, who is recovering from... [News Source]

Cleveland: Homeowners file lawsuit in W. 83rd Street house explosion (WKYC Cleveland) CLEVELAND -- A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday afternoon in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against Dominion East Ohio Gas and EZ Access Funding LLC on behalf of the homeowners affected by last week's house explosion on West 83rd Street. [News Source]