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'Street Outlaw Memphis' Reality Show Sued Over On-Set Brawl
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It's hard to know what's real and what's not on reality television -- even for lawyers. But two Nashville attorneys say their clients really got beat up on...
Police Can't Shoot Unlicensed Dogs During Search
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Pet owners may sue police who shot and killed their dogs during a home search, a federal appeals court said. In Smith v. City of Detroit, the U.S. Sixth...
Tennessee Must Stop Suspending Driver's Licenses of People Who Can't Pay
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Most people come face-to-face with the law through traffic court. In Tennessee, about 291,000 may see an about-face in their traffic cases. A trial judge has...
Merriweather v. Zamora, No. 08-1570
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In an action for unlawfully opening a prisoner's legal mail, the denial of Defendants' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is affirmed,...
US v. O'Georgia, No. 05-2598
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Defendant's tax evasion and obstruction of justice sentence is vacated where: 1) the District Court erred when it reimposed a custodial sentence that had...
Reed v. International Union, No. 07-2505
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In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant-Union failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for Plaintiff's religious objection to financially supporting...