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MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
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By Mary E. O'Leary Register Topics Editor moleary@nhregister.com
The town of Danbury and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have agreed to pay eight day laborers $650,000 in a civil rights case that charged they were arrested as the result of racial profiling.
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A federal judge put on hold a civil fraud lawsuit against the owners of National Prearranged Services Inc. to allow a criminal case against them to go to trial first.
Senior U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber, of the U.S. District Court in St. Louis, said in an order last week that fairness demands staying all discovery to be given under oath.
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WHY HAVE POLITICAL ELITES in Lebanon, not known for their public-mindedness, begun to show interest in questions of the environment? Certainly, their ...
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Flintco, the contractor that performed much of the work at the Renaissance Hotel project, could receive the property through default after an October foreclosure auction.
The massive project at Interquest Parkway was foreclosed on in a civil proceeding last month, after construction of the project stalled for months.
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A measure that supporters say will make major changes in the state's legal system and is necessary for job creation cleared a Senate committee this week and is expected to be heard by the full Senate soon.
House Bill 2128 would set a cap of $350,000 for noneconomic damages in all civil cases and would repeal the state's indemnity fund. House Republican leaders said the proposal was needed to help the state's economy and keep Oklahoma competitive with other states.
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By Mark Zaretsky Register Staff mzaretsky@nhregister.com
BRIDGEPORT -- A federal court jury exonerated East Haven two police officers Thursday in a civil rights case filed on behalf of a man who was arrested for allegedly taking money from a Main Street, East Haven, liquor store cash register in 2006, only to have a state prosecutor drop the charges, saying he could not be sure the arrested man was the person identified by police and seen in store surveillance video.
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As the City Attorney's Office faced questions about possible conflicts of interest in its negotiations of employee contracts, an official suggested Tuesday the City Council look at seizing control of half the department.
City Councilman Bernard Parks said in an interview the council should look at dividing the City Attorney's Office, with the elected city attorney retaining jurisdiction over criminal cases and the council overseeing civil issues.
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Introduction
The civil service as an essential government agency has a major role to play in planning and policy making. For policy making to be eff...
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The battle over the fortune of the late Texas tycoon J. Howard Marshall, who married former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith shortly before his death, is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time.
And legal experts say the ruling could have a dire and unintended consequence: quashing meritorious civil rights and contract actions.