http://www.yourstreet.com/news/u-s-district-court YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan warned AG Peter Nickles: "You're playing games with the wrong judge." Sullivan was referring to the AG's near endless stall tactics in the Pershing Park cases. These tactics include attempting to preventing... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756298/pershing-park-case-the-games-peter-nickles-plays Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:08 -0800 A federal judge has ruled that the widow of one of the Comair Flight 5191 passengers can sue for loss of companionship, one of the first such claims to go forward in Kentucky. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Karl Forester ruled that Jaime Hebert, 40, of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749451/judge-lets-comair-widow-pursue-lawsuit Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:59:08 -0700 ? Back in April, we told you about Cathryn Elaine Harris , who claimed that Elm Street-based Blockbuster violated her rights to privacy by allowing Facebook to post her video rentals online. Harris sued Blockbuster in February, but the question was: Would U.S.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742660/a-dallas-woman-faces-off-against-facebook-and-blockbuster-for-violation-h Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:41:08 -0700 Photo by brianmka Good morning, Washington, and happy Friday before a holiday weekend! At least, for some of you. Most of us seem to have to work on Monday anyway, solidifying Columbus Day's place as the least useful and most offensive of federal holidays. On the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742175/morning-roundup-rising-bitterness-edition Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:03:08 -0700 Universal Hub reports on a class action lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston by an Illinois man who claims that Zipcar's fees are illegal under Massachusetts law. Among the practices mentioned in the complaint are allegedly excessive late fees,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749305/a-class-action-against-zipcar Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:18:08 -0700 The News Hole by Van Smith: Trenell Murphy, who pleaded guilty in July to having 41 kilograms of cocaine that he intended to distribute, today received his sentence from U.S. District Court judge Benson Legg: 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748881/defendant-in-historic-41-kilo-coke-bust-gets-20-years-in-jail Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Mobtown Beat by Van Smith: Four of the two-dozen alleged Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) prison-gang members indicted in Maryland federal court in April pleaded guilty recently before U.S. District Court Judge William Quarles. Lakia Hatchett was the first to do so,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748889/family-matters-black-guerrilla-family-prison-gang-case-nets-four-guilty-pl Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:11:08 -0700 The News Hole by Van Smith: Back in April when he was arrested, investigators took $23,530 in cash from Wade Coats, the Republican political donor accused in U.S. District Court of being an armed, high-dollar coke-and-dope-dealer in Baltimore. Now the U.S. Attorney's... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748905/feds-seek-to-keep-gop-donor-s-drug-cash Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 A court document filed on Sept. 10 has set the date that former Page County sheriff Danny Presgraves will return to court, this time to receive his sentence. On Friday, Dec. 18, Presgraves will report to U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg for the decision on... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728266/sentencing-date-set-in-presgraves-case Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Nearly 100 high school students will sign a copy of the United States Constitution as part of a learning program sponsored by the Indiana Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court in Indianapolis. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716864/indiana-students-to-sign-replica-of-constitution Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:36:08 -0700 Federal prosecutors have grown increasingly critical of what they describe as questionable behavior by the Spokane Police Department’s chief legal adviser, who reportedly used his position to provide “traditionally confidential” information to the officer under... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716970/feds-unhappy-with-city-attorney-sun,-13-sep-2009-pst Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:08 -0700 Ellen DeGeneres' love of music got her a great gig this week -- she's the new judge on "American Idol" -- but it's also causing some trouble for her daytime talk show. The Associated Press reports that several big record companies filed a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720106/degeneres-in-hot-water-on-music-rights Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:20:08 -0700 The domino's continue to fall in Jersey City. Earlier this week, we had our first guilty pleas: Maher Khalil, a former official with the Jersey City Zoning Board of Adjustment, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to one count of conspiracy to commit... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6715072/more-stops-added-as-the-ledger-live-takes-the-jersey-city-historical- Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:30:08 -0700 GREENEVILLE - Dairy industry officials and farmers from across the Southeast piled into U.S. District Court here Thursday to argue claims of price-fixing and supply-and-demand pressures in an antitrust case with nationwide implications on the way agriculture products... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712904/dairy-prices-in-dispute-plaintiffs-seeking-market-changes,-class-action-st Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 A nonprofit Jewish organization has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Litchfield officials and other defendants after its plans for a new headquarters with a temple were rejected. Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709320/litchfield-sued-over-temple-rejection Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:57:08 -0700 URBANA – A Rankin man convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Michael McCuskey on Tuesday sentenced James Faulds Jr., 39, to 20 years in federal prison for the distribution... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708073/child-porn-offenses-bring-30-year-prison-term Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:26:08 -0700 BOISE - The U.S. Justice Department says a 34-year-old man who printed the money and spent it at several Idaho and Utah businesses will be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boise on Nov. 18. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708192/utah-counterfeiter-pleads-guilty-to-printing-100-bills Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:00:08 -0700 Kern County claimed another victory Wednesday in its legal battle with the city of Los Angeles and Orange County over Measure E, which bans the spreading of sewage sludge on unincorporated county land. The fight over sludge -- treated human and industrial waste also... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6702975/kern-wins-another-round-in-sludge-lawsuit Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:25:08 -0700 URBANA — A Rankin man convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Michael McCuskey on Tuesday sentenced James Faulds Jr., 39, to 20 years in federal prison for the distribution... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708078/rankin-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-child-porn Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:45:08 -0700 A Renton man has been charged in U.S. District Court after police say he sold a kilogram of cocaine in the parking lot of a Renton Fred Meyer late last month. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6699213/charge-man-sold-kilo-of-cocaine-in-store-parking-lot Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:39:08 -0700