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Ben Werner, Student Newspaper Editor
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Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of a military police officer who had been charged with using excessive force while detaining a protester demonstrating at a former Vice President Gore speaking event.
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John Fielding, CEO
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Circuit Court of Appeals has dealt a blow to the ability of private plaintiffs to pursue antitrust claims in a securities context by upholding a lower court's dismissal of a class action that charged five stock exchanges with illegally fixing prices on equity options trades.
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Brian Mengel, Civil Servant
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Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a 1999 decision that UPS had improperly tried to avoid federal income taxes when it restructured its program for providing extra package insurance to its customers.
Circuit Court of Appeals rejected staffing agency argument that temporary workers who signed employment agreements stating they were independent contractors.
Circuit Court of Appeals held that lenders could be held liable for environmental liability on a property on which they hold a mortgage if they participated in a borrower company’s management.
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John Carthy, Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans held yesterday that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
Circuit Court of Appeals opened a real can of worms when it ruled that the Second Amendment right to bear arms is not a personal right.
Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled it to be "beyond dispute that the Constitution guarantees that the government may not coerce anyone to participate in religion or its exercise.
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Thomas Owens, Police Officer
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Circuit Court of Appeals has joined three other federal appellate courts in ruling that a 1996 law cannot be applied retroactively to a Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to a drug charge in order to avoid being deported.
Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reinstated a lawsuit by three former Postal Service employees who claimed they were falsely accused of selling drugs after an investigation of possible drug use by workers.
Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal of five defendants convicted of causing the deaths of six Kansas City firefighters in 1988.
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Bob Greenberg, Congressional Candidate
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Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a rural Idaho school district's policy of allowing the top students in each senior class to decide whether to include a prayer in graduation speeches.
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