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By the time Richard Tom's conviction of vehicular manslaughter in a crash on Woodside Road that left an 8-year-old girl dead was overturned for the second time in 2015, more than eight years had passed since the tragic night. Originally convicted of the felony charge by a jury in 2008, Tom's status as criminally responsible for killing Sydney Ng has wavered on the question of whether he proved himself guilty by not asking about the welfare of the other car's occupants after the crash Feb. 19, 2007.
The legal fight over ownership of the country's oldest synagogue is headed to the US Supreme Court. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals last week denied a petition filed by Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which worships in the historic synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, for a rehearing of a ruling from August that said it was a tenant of the building.
New York's Attorney General Barbara Underwood has joined a coalition that is calling for what they are calling "common sense gun laws." Underwood, along with 12 other attorney generals, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
A federal appeals court says an insurance company must pick up Bill Cosby's tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by women who accused him of sexual misconduct. But the ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston doesn't mean the insurance company, AIG, must pay any damages.
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a Maine couple who wants to record the school day of their son with autism and a rare neurological disorder that affects his speaking ability. The parents say their 19-year-old son should be allowed to carry an audio recording device in class so they can ensure he's being treated properly because he can't tell them about his school day.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from deporting dozens of Christian Indonesians who fear persecution if returned home, until they're given a chance to fight their removal. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston said 50 Indonesians living illegally in New Hampshire must be given time to reopen their immigration cases and argue that the conditions in their home country have changed.
Ben Pollack stands beside chickens in Sidney, Maine. Matthew and his wife Jane Quirion are fighting against a southern Maine school district to allow their non-verbal autistic son to carry an audio-recording device at school to ensure he's being treated properly.
A federal appeals court won't rehear a defamation lawsuit filed against Bill Cosby by a woman who said he raped her decades ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently denied Kathrine McKee's request for a full-court hearing.
Courts across the country continue to weigh in on the issue of website accessibility. Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire denied a motion to dismiss filed by online food delivery servicer Blue Apron.
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In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A federal appeals court rejected an attempt to revive a defamation lawsuit against Cosby by a woman who claims he raped her decades ago.
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A federal appeals court has reversed a slew of convictions of extortion and racketeering against two Teamsters who were found guilty in 2014 of using the threat of pickets to pressure businesses into hiring union workers. The reversal of the convictions against the former Teamsters, John Perry and Joseph "JoJo" Burhoe, is another setback for the US Attorney's office, which last month lost a high-profile extortion case against four other Teamsters accused of shaking down producers of the reality television show, "Top Chef."
In this July 30, 2009 file photo, visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the nation's oldest synagogue, Shearith Israel, had won its case over the ownership of Touro Synagogue, in Newport, the nation's oldest synagogue building. The appeals court ruled that Shearith Israel owns both the synagogue building and historical Jewish ritual objects that have gone with the synagogue.
The case centers on Ascaris Mayo, who lost all her limbs after doctors didn't inform her she was suffering from an infection. Mayo filed a lawsuit alleging malpractice and a jury awarded her $15 million in non-economic damages and her husband $1.5 million for loss of companionship.
As members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe celebrate their culture this weekend at the 96th annual powwow with food, dancing and music, the shifting clouds of uncertainty continue to hover over one of their greatest shared assets: land. The U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday declined a request by the tribe to suspend a review of whether it qualifies for land into trust under an alternative category to the one a federal judge rejected last year.
A federal appeals court has found in favor of the U.S. government in a challenge brought by a New England fishermen's group over the cost of at-sea monitoring. The monitors are workers who collect data that help the government craft fishing regulations.
NAKAMURA, C.J., and LEONARD and REIFURTH, JJ.On the briefs: Dean Mara, Petitioner-Appellant pro se. James M. Anderson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, for Respondent-Appellee.
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of three former Probation Department officials, ruling that the government "overstepped its bounds in using federal criminal statutes to police the hiring practices of these Massachusetts state officials." Former Probation Commissioner John O'Brien and former deputy commissioners Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke were convicted in 2014 for their roles in a patronage scheme in which they "abused the hiring process ... in exchange for favorable budget treatment from the state Legislature and increased control over the Probation Department," three U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit judges wrote in their opinion.