Lawsuit alleges diocese was warned of abuse by priest (FOX 19 Cincinnati) CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A lawsuit contends a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused an 11-year-old northwest Indiana boy more than 10 years after the Diocese of Gary had been warned about his inappropriate behavior. [News Source]

Kansas AG seeks dismissal of Sunflower lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Attorney General Steve Six's office is asking a federal court to dismiss Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s lawsuit against the state for denying an air quality permit it needs to build two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas. [News Source]

Obama birth lawsuit heads to Supreme Court Friday (Chicago Tribune) Justices will decide whether to consider the case The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama 's U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama's election. [News Source]

State supreme court to hear school funding lawsuit (WTHR Indianapolis) The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a lawsuit accusing the state of violating its constitution. [News Source]

State appeals in water lawsuit (The Clarion-Ledger) Mississippi asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive a $1 billion lawsuit that accuses the city of Memphis of stealing its water. [News Source]

State supreme court to hear arguments on school funding lawsuit (FOX 19 Cincinnati) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a lawsuit accusing the state of violating its constitution by failing to provide enough money for all school children to have a fair chance to learn. [News Source]

Victim’s family files lawsuit in Wal-Mart stampede death (The Pantagraph) GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze." [News Source]

Detroit news in brief: Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit (Detroit Free Press) A federal judge in Detroit refused Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit that a former terrorism suspect filed against an ex-prosecutor who was tried and acquitted of misconduct in the first terrorism trial to result from the federal 9/11 probe. [News Source]

Tyler Perry takes the stand in copyright lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." [News Source]

Tyler Perry takes the stand in copyright lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Donna West is suing Perry in federal court, arguing that he lifted material from a script she wrote titled "Fantasy of a Black Woman," which was based primarily on her own experiences. She wants ... [News Source]