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Published: 04/10/11

Federal Judge, 103, Still Behind the Bench

By  not in system - AOL News
Federal Judge, 103, Still Behind the Bench

WICHITA, Kan. - In a courtroom in Wichita, the day begins much as it has for the past 49 years: Court is in session, U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown presiding. But what happens next is no longer routine; it's a testament to one man's sheer determination. As lawyers and litigants wait in respectful silence, Brown, who is 103, carefully steers his power wheelchair behind the bench, his stooped frame almost disappearing behind its wooden bulk. He adjusts under his nose the plastic tubes from the oxygen tank lying next to the day's case documents. Then his voice rings out loud and firm to his ...

Published: 03/7/11

Lucas Strikes Back Against Prop Designer Selling Stormtrooper Helmets

By  not in system - AOL News
Lucas Strikes Back Against Prop Designer Selling Stormtrooper Helmets

LONDON -- George Lucas' movie empire is striking back in Britain's Supreme Court against a prop designer over the iconic stormtrooper helmets from the "Star Wars" films. Lucasfilm Ltd. / Everett Lucasfilm is trying to stop a prop designer from selling replica stormtrooper costumes from the 1977 movie "Star Wars." So far Lucasfilm Ltd. has failed in attempts to stop Andrew Ainsworth from selling replica costumes over the Internet. Ainsworth sculpted the galactic warriors' white helmets for the original "Star Wars" film in 1977. The High Court ruled in 2008 that the costumes were ...

Published: 02/6/11

Amanda Knox Lawyers Seek to Stop Lifetime Film

By  not in system - AOL News
Amanda Knox Lawyers Seek to Stop Lifetime Film

ROME - Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial. Attornies Carlo Dalla Vedova and Luca Maori said Saturday they had sent letters to Lifetime warning they would go to U.S. court to try to sequester the film if it isn't canceled and a trailer removed from Lifetime's website. ...

Published: 07/3/08

Federal Judge Rejects Wiretapping Powers

By  Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily
Federal Judge Rejects Wiretapping Powers

A federal judge in the Northern District of California has ruled in favor of a challenge to the Bush Administration's terrorist surveillance program, saying that the Executive branch has no authority to conduct warrantless surveillance except under the conditions set forth by Congress in the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The lawsuit, brought by the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, a Muslim charity, alleged that the National Security Agency violated the FISA Act when it secretly monitored the foundation's communications under the controversial program. The judge ruled that FISA is ...

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