Court Rejects Idea Theft / "Hot News" Claim by Occasional Fox Guest Against Fox Bonus: Calling someone a "nut" isn't libel. Reason · Mar 29, 2023
Jury returns not guilty verdicts in alleged FMR Investments gold stealing trial The jury in a District Court trial of five people accused of a million-dollar gold theft in WA's Goldfields has returned not guilty verdicts on all counts. ABC News · Mar 28, 2023
Jury retires to consider verdict in alleged Kalgoorlie gold theft trial The jury in the District Court trial of five people accused of an alleged million-dollar gold theft in WA's Goldfields has retired to consider a verdict. ABC News · Mar 28, 2023
Alleged Kalgoorlie gold thieves 'unwitting bunnies' in 'above board' deal, court told Lawyers for Russell Wilson Holden and Simon Leslie Gash have argued the men were unwitting and unwilling participants in the alleged theft of $1.17 million of gold bearing ore from miner FMR Investments. ABC News · Mar 23, 2023
Woman assaulted in shop and security guard racially abused as hate crime spikes Gardai say they've been noticing a steady increase of hate crimes compared to 2021 Dublin Live · Mar 22, 2023
Judge Lee Rudofsky (E.D. Ark.) Suggests Filing of Amicus Briefs, Offers Oral Argument to Junior Lawyers From Order on Amicus Briefs, just issued today; it will be entered in all of Judge Rudofsky's civil cases: When I was practicing law, I often wondered why amicus briefs were generally not filed at the district court level. It occurred to me back then that such briefs could have… Reason · Mar 21, 2023
Texas alleges Biden administration unlawfully enacted 2023 federal budget Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Feb. 15, 2023, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023, arguing in part that certain CAA provisions violate state sovereignty and that Congress unlawfully passed the law without… Ballotpedia · Mar 21, 2023
Defence lawyer calls for merciful sentence for father who stabbed son after argument over computer game Adelaide's District Court is preparing to sentence a man who fatally stabbed his son on the APY Lands after an argument over a computer game the teenager wanted. ABC News · Mar 21, 2023
Gold theft trial hears mining executive asked boss for 'waste pile' as 'reward' A WA mining executive tells the District Court he was "uncomfortable" transporting Doré bullion on the back seat of his car for his former boss, who he asked to let him have a pile of gold-bearing ore that had to be "worth something". ABC News · Mar 21, 2023
Man charged with murder after death of mum of two in Dublin house fire On Friday, George Turner, 53, of Fairview Avenue, Fairview, Dublin, was arrested following an investigation by the detective unit at Clontarf Garda Station Dublin Live · Mar 18, 2023
Man charged with murder after death of woman in her 40s in Dublin house fire Dressed in a blue hooded top, jeans and brown shoes, he sat silently at the side of the courtroom Irish Mirror · Mar 18, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Herring monitors, state-created dangers, and kicking out the jams. Reason · Mar 17, 2023
Two Colorado Federal Judges Start Providing Summaries of Opinions for Pro Se Litigants Colorado Politics (Michael Karlik) reports: A second federal judge in Colorado appears to have adopted the practice of summarizing her decisions in plain English for people who represent themselves before the court. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney, a 2022 appointee of President Joe Biden, recently issued multiple written… Reason · Mar 16, 2023
Trial by Jury to be put on in District Court building as part of Adelaide Fringe festival There will be a Trial by Jury of a different kind when South Australia's District Court building hosts a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta as part of the Adelaide Fringe. ABC News · Mar 16, 2023
Newcastle Herald · Mar 15, 2023 Harbour Bridge climate protester's jail term overturned on appeal Deanna Maree CoCo was issued with a 12-month conditional release order after a District Court Judge heard she had been initially imprisoned on false information from NSW Police.
ABC News · Mar 15, 2023 Jail sentence overturned for climate change activist who blocked Sydney Harbour Bridge Climate activist Deanna "Violet" Coco last year was handed a 15-month jail sentence but that has been overturned by the NSW District Court.
ABC News · Mar 13, 2023 Peter Bartlett tells court he was 'stunned' by gold theft allegations against 'protégé' Patrick Keogh Well-known mining entrepreneur Peter Bartlett has told the trial of his former "protégé" that he was in "shock", "stunned" and "broken" when Patrick Keogh was accused of stealing gold and repeatedly "begged" him to change his statement.
Ballotpedia · Mar 13, 2023 Democratic attorneys general sue Biden administration over FDA abortion pill regulation A group of 12 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Feb. 23, 2023, arguing that the agency’s regulations on the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone violate state sovereignty by limiting the…
Reason · Mar 10, 2023 D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court for the Third Time in a Single Case Somehow a district court has made erroneous rulings three times in one case, and still has not reached the merits.
ABC News · Mar 10, 2023 Former Byron Bay firefighter and co-accused jailed for smuggling cocaine in extinguisher Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuel, 52, will spend at least three years in jail for transporting cocaine from Sydney's eastern suburbs to the north coast in 2020.
ABC News · Mar 9, 2023 Toowoomba taxi driver gets seven weeks' jail for sexually assaulting passenger he followed to bed Toowoomba driver avoids deportation after jury finds him guilty of following a drunk woman into her bedroom after helping her to her front door.
ABC News · Mar 9, 2023 Witness tells court Milton Orkopoulos gave him money after forcing him to perform oral sex A witness has told a NSW District Court that, as a child, former state government minister Milton Orkopoulos forced him to perform a sex act.
ABC News · Mar 9, 2023 Former Adelaide Remand Centre general manager sentenced for stealing from prisoners The former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre will spend at least another year behind bars for stealing money from the inmates he was managing, in offending that a District Court judge described as "striking at the heart" of the custodial system.
Newcastle Herald · Mar 8, 2023 Nathan Paul denies holding up pubs at Stockton and Cardiff A Mayfield man accused of robbing the Iron Horse Inn at Cardiff and holding up the Boatrowers Hotel at Stockton has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in Newcastle District Court.
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023 Ex-Trump campaign chairman agrees to pay $3.15m to settle case over failure to report foreign bank accounts The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Paul Manafort ends with the settlement