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Court sides with Wyoming in dispute with Montana
Court Watch News | 2011/05/02 09:12
The Supreme Court says Wyoming is not taking too much water from a river system it shares with Montana.

The high court on Monday turned away Montana's complaint that Wyoming is taking too much water from the Tongue and Powder rivers in violation of a 1950 agreement between the states.

Montana claimed that more efficient irrigation in Wyoming is preventing runoff from rejoining the river and flowing downstream.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the 7-1 decision, which says more efficient irrigation is permissible to the detriment of downstream users. Justice Antonin Scalia was the only dissenting vote.

Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the case because she worked on it while in the solicitor general's office.


Court hears arguments in new global warming case
Court Watch News | 2011/04/19 08:49
The Obama administration and leading power companies are going before the Supreme Court in an effort to block a global warming lawsuit aimed at forcing cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday in the court's second climate change case in four years. A half-dozen states, New York City and three land trusts sued four private utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority over emissions of carbon dioxide from plants in 20 states. The lawsuit says carbon dioxide, which is produced when coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels burn, is one of the chief causes of global warming.

The administration and the companies say federal courts should not set environmental policy. The administration says the Environmental Protection Agency is developing regulations that would accomplish what the states are seeking.


W.Va. woman admits stealing from law firm
Court Watch News | 2011/03/30 08:52
div class=entrydiv class=articlepA Morgantown woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $140,000 from the law firm where she worked./ppForty-year-old Lisa Buttermore pleaded to three counts Wednesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court./ppEach embezzlement charge carries a possible sentence of one to 10 years./ppAssistant Prosecutor Stephen Fitz says he'll recommend five years of probation instead./ppThe Dominion Post reports that Buttermore also must make monthly restitution payments and forfeit money in her retirement account./ppButtermore didn't tell the court why she stole the money from Gianola, Barnum, Wigal amp; London between 2008 and 2010. She declined comment after the proceeding./p/div
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Court hears argument in Wal-Mart sex bias claim‎
Court Watch News | 2011/03/29 08:53
div class=entrydiv class=articlepThe Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned a massive sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of at least 500,000 women claiming that Wal-Mart favors men over women in pay and promotions./ppThe justices suggested that they are troubled by lower court decisions allowing the class-action lawsuit to proceed against the world's largest retailer./ppJustice Anthony Kennedy, often a key vote on the high court, said he is unsure what the unlawful policy is that Wal-Mart engaged in to deprive women of pay increases and promotions comparable to men./ppBillions of dollars are at stake in the case. Class actions create pressure on businesses to settle claims and create the potential for large judgments./ppWal-Mart denies it discriminates against its female employees./ppBut Joseph Sellers, the lawyer for the women, said that lower courts were persuaded by statistical and other evidence put forth so far in the 10-year-old lawsuit./ppSellers said a strong corporate culture at Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Ark., headquarters that stereotyped women as less aggressive than men translated into individual pay and promotions decisions at the more than 3,400 Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs stores across the country.
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