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SC case on Native American adoption goes to US Supreme Court

...decisions about the child," Seattle adoption attorney Mark Demaray said last week during a conference call with reporters.Case law aside, Demaray said, the emotional aspects of the case are hard to ignore."We often refer to cases like this one...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-14/sc-case-native-american-adoption-go
Plans for kayak event stir Savannah River privacy issues

...Champions Retreat owns much of the island and has built a bridge and golf holes there.Padgett said he researched Georgia case law that indicates a waterway becomes private property when the same landowner owns both sides of a channel. That criteria...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-27/plans-kayak-event-stir-savann
Iowa court: Bosses can fire 'irresistible' workers

...Mrs. Nelson were quite clear: He did so to preserve his marriage."I don't view this as a decision that was either pro-women or opposed to women rights at all. In my view, this was a decision that followed the appropriate case law."

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-21/iowa-court-bosses-can-fire
Court petition contends woman jailed because she can't pay fines

...money. The petition further alleges that it is unconstitutional to jail someone because she is poor. The petition cites case law that prohibits incarceration in lieu of payment unless a judge first determines the person has financial resources.In...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-01-03/court-petition-contend
Groups appeal ruling to let Navy train near whales

...look" at the potential risks to right whales and reasonably concluded they would be minimal.Wood's ruling also cited case law that says judges should give "great deference" to military commanders on issues dealing with training, readiness and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-30/groups-appeal-ruling-let-navy
He doesn't get the picture

...exemplified by the beloved art of editorial cartooning.But even if all this is lost on someone, there's plenty of case law to be found. In one landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that even the disgusting Hustler magazine...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-02-15/he-doesnt-get-picture
Officers converge on Augusta for DUI training

...training session on DUI enforcement.Officers were provided information on topics ranging from field sobriety tests to case law to effective courtroom testimony.Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Danny Whitehead, who heads the sheriff's DUI Task...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-12-06/officers-converge-augu
Anti-religion group questions Copenhaver prayer breakfasts

...responded in the appropriate manner."City general counsel Andrew MacKenzie said his office was reviewing a large body of case law related to challenges to the establishment clause of the Constitution to prepare a response to concerns raised by the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-07-06/anti-religion-group-ques
Judge accepts Joe Neal Jr.'s plea change

...did not oppose the change in plea on one condition. Fogus requested that Blanchard not make comments that would set a case law precedent in Georgia.The "collateral consequence" argument applies to guilty pleas that result in deportation or registering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-08-01/judge-accepts-joe-neal
Legal battle over illegal immigrant's assets still unresolved

...must be dismissed because the petitioners lack standing to claim any of the forfeited assets," the motion reads.Using case law to build its argument, federal attorneys classify the claimants as unsecured creditors with no legal right to the forfeited...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-08-10/legal-battle-over-ille