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August 28, 2007
A simulated court case over the downloading of music files and movies helps high school students understand how federal courts resolve controversies.
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August 24, 2007
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made judicial history in July when an appellate panel consisting of three judges of Hispanic descent heard oral arguments in Seattle.
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August 24, 2007
Members of Congress want federal courts of appeals to flag for them those opinions that point out possible technical problems in statutes.
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August 21, 2007
True-to-life simulations involving contemporary topics are newly featured on the federal courts' educational outreach page. They focus, respectively, on a high-speed police chase, the rights of passengers during traffic stops, and free-speech rights.
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August 16, 2007
In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, there were 751,056 bankruptcy filings in federal courts. That total is greater than those for the 12 months ending March 2007 and December 2006.
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August 16, 2007
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August 08, 2007
Customers of the federal courts' Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system now have access, without charge, to written opinions in the district courts.
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August 07, 2007
Two federal courts are the vanguard of a pilot project to make digital audio recordings of courtroom proceedings publicly available online.
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August 06, 2007