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- This article is about courts of law. For alternative meanings see: court (disambiguation).
A court is an official, public forum which a sovereign establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. In common law and civil law states, the courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have a right to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, those accused of a crime have the right to present their defense before a court.
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Court: Sept. 11 detainee lawsuit cannot proceed
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Tue, 19 May 2009 04:14:57 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he was abused because of his religion and ethnicity, a sharply divided Supreme Court said Monday in a decision that could make it harder to sue top officials for the actions of low-level operatives....
Court: Old maternity leave doesn't count
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Mon, 18 May 2009 19:07:41 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women who took maternity leave before Congress outlawed pregnancy discrimination could be stuck with lower retirement paychecks after the Supreme Court refused to let four women sue AT&T Corp. for higher pension payments....
Supreme Court actions on Monday
Mon, 18 May 2009 16:44:48 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On Monday, the Supreme Court:...
Court refuses to hear medical marijuana challenges
Mon, 18 May 2009 16:23:47 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court won't hear another challenge to California's decade-old law permitting marijuana use for medical purposes....
Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment
Mon, 18 May 2009 15:41:11 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says it won't block a lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North Dakota....
High court to review death sentence for Ala. man
Mon, 18 May 2009 15:39:48 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider throwing out the death sentence for a mentally impaired Alabama man who killed his former lover....
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