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14 May 9:31 am
... , Tenth Circuit, Case No. 08-5154. The case, involving dozens of attorneys, is an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction issued by an
Oklahoma district court in September 2008. The motion arose out of a 2005 ... the waters of the IRW are caused by the application of poultry
litter rather than by other sources . . . . As a result, the State has failed to meet the heightened standard for a preliminary injunction . .
. .' "The district court set out the standard for ...
22 Aug, 2007 11:10 am
... like giving control of the hen house to the fox, because it's the attorney general in the
state going to the attorney general of the US and getting
permission to do something that kills ... and was sentenced to die three different times for the 1982 rape and murder in Oklahoma of teenager
Pamela Kaye Willis. DNA evidence in recent years has shown ... ended in death sentences. Eleven of these defendants have been executed. District Attorney Robert H. Macy prosecuted McCarty at both of his trials. In his 21 ...
24 Aug, 2007 12:10 am
... like giving control of the hen house to the fox, because it's the attorney general in the
state going to the attorney general of the US and getting
permission to do something that kills ... Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), since 1973, 124 people in 25 states have been released from death row with evidence of their
innocence, including 22 ... and was sentenced to die three different times for the 1982 rape and murder in Oklahoma of teenager Pamela Kaye
Willis. DNA evidence in recent years has shown ...
20 Feb 1:19 pm
... than most, you have to admire the brash spokesman for Tyson Foods. We are talking about the one who wrote an email to the media stating that: "There has never been a single,
documented instance of a water-borne bacteriological disease being caused by the use of ... the man who died from E. coli 0111 are part of a mystery that deserves to be solved.
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has refused to
accept state agencies reaching a dead-end in their investigation of the E. coli outbreak. Since ...
24 Mar 12:34 pm
Now let's get this straight. The State of Oklahoma has sued the poultry industry led by Tyson Foods
in federal court to stop the application of poultry litter as fertilizer in the Illinois River watershed. Then when Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson suggests poultry litter pollution could be the cause of last summer's unsolved E
coli 0111 outbreak in Locust Grove, which is well outside the IR ...
6 Nov, 2007 4:51 am
In the Oklahoma State University case, Arista v. Does 1-11, the students have filed a reply brief,
responding to the RIAA's opposition papers, and in further support of their motion to ... 's papers and dismiss the RIAA's complaint. Among other things, they cite the papers submitted
by the Oregon Attorney General in support of the motion to quash which had been made by the
University of Oregon in Arista v. Does 1-17 Defendants' Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Strike RIAA's Pleadings* * Document ...
4 Oct, 2007 10:34 am
Attorney General Drew Edmondson urged the state Court of
Criminal Appeals on Wednesday to postpone scheduling executions in Oklahoma based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review lethal
injection as a form of execution in Kentucky. He asked for the scheduling delay in a petition informing the Court of Criminal Appeals that Oklahoma death row inmate Terry Lyn Short, convicted of...
11 Sep, 2008 8:45 pm
The attorneys general of Virginia, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Utah and Washington filed an amicus curiae brief in favor of petitioner in Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline, No. 07-512, which is pending before the ... a statement asserting that
this case was not appropriate for certiorari and in any event, was correctly decided. The brief (attached States Amicus Curiae Brief) filed by these nine state attorneys general supports the Antitrust Division's position.
6 Oct 5:59 am
... cruelty regulation into the forefront of many prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the country. The Humane Society of the United States has put together a resource for
those faced with prosecuting the crime of Animal Cruelty. On the resource page you can ... Recent Victories in Court The Michigan State
University College of Law also has a website dedicated to legals resources and historical information dedicated to animals and animal cruelty. In Oklahoma, Title 21 Chapter 67 covers Animal ...
6 Aug, 2007 2:30 pm
... passed the same-sex adoption amendment after the state's attorney general issued an opinion that the state would have to issue a birth certificate listing both of the adoptive
fathers of an Oklahoma-born child as parents. The child had ... matter of the case has rendered a final judgment, that judgment must be
respected and enforced by courts in other states, regardless of whether they agree with the merits of the ruling. An adoption proceeding culminates in a court ruling, resulting
in a final ...
30 Nov, 2006 4:38 am
... four people in 2005 and will likely end the year with the same number of executions this year, according to Edmondson. The attorney
general has asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to schedule an execution date for Tulsa County killer
Corey Duane Hamilton, but does not ... that an innocent person could be executed, a likelihood she said was reinforced by the release of death row inmates in several states
because DNA evidence showed they did not commit the crimes for which they were sentenced to death. " ...
23 Nov, 2005 12:46 am
... clemency hearings and 11th-hour court proceedings, such as stays of execution, after regular appeals are exhausted. The state of
Oklahoma does not pay attorneys to represent indigent inmates awaiting execution for those types of cases. U.S. District ... by counsel
at the clemency hearings," Jackson and Presson told the appellate judges. Prosecutors are represented by "a well-funded attorney
general's office which routinely brings victims' families to the hearings to plead for the execution of the ...
4 Oct, 2007 7:35 am
... cruel and unusual punishment," Edmondson said. "The issue before the Supreme Court is what standard defines 'cruel and unusual.' In Oklahoma, our standard prohibits the wanton infliction of pain. In the Kentucky case, the defendant is asking the court to set the ... Kentucky Corrections
Department, and other Kentucky officials. Update. Reuters has, "Oklahoma attorney general asks hold on executions." Oklahoma is one state closely watched by
activists against capital punishment because it has had the ...
3 Jul, 2008 2:58 pm
... Dissolution of Marriage without notice and the opportunity to be heard." The case immediately generated notoriety, drawing amicus briefs from the Oklahoma Family Policy Council, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the National Legal Foundation, and the Alliance Defense ... if there exists facts [sic]
that would entitle her to relief. The Oklahoma Attorney General's office shall be given notice if any State Constitutional issue is to be addressed." Is this requirement a
mere formality, or do Cait ...
17 Apr 2:02 pm
... Unless Henry approves the recommendation, Gilson will die by lethal injection May 5 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Paul Sund, a spokesman for the governor, said Henry will issue ... might be reprieved from his sentence. Emily Lang,
spokesperson for Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson,
said the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board met Tuesday and ... general's office. Edmondson asked the
court to set the execution date after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Gilson's final appeal Feb. 23 ...
12 Feb, 2008 5:48 am
... . note: Anyone have any ideas on why Oklahoma State University hasn't complied with the subpoena?
Is it possible that, being a state university, it might have consulted with Oklahoma's
Attorney General, and learned that it has been violating federal law by failing to protect its
students' legal rights? Maybe the Oklahoma AG has read the papers of the Oregon AG pointing out that the RIAA is asking the university to
violate federal law and that the RIAA ...
11 Aug, 2007 4:00 am
... who had adopted children in other states. These three families brought suit against the state of Oklahoma seeking to enjoin enforcement of the adoption amendment, naming the governor, attorney general and commissioner of health in their official capacities. The court held that "final adoption orders by a state court of competent jurisdiction are judgments that must be given full faith and credit under the Constitution by every other state in ...
12 Aug, 2007 10:00 pm
... in other states. These three families brought suit against the state of Oklahoma seeking
to enjoin enforcement of the adoption amendment, naming the governor, attorney general and
commissioner of health in their official capacities. The court held ... conceded, and as such must be recognized under the FFCC. But what of the "public policy exception" to the
recognition of another state's laws? This is the sound reason in controversies over the effect of the FFCC that has permitted states to
argue, for ...
7 Oct, 2007 2:50 pm
... Claims Acts As noted, in 2007 Georgia, New York, and Oklahoma joined the 16 other states that have a False Claims statute, and at
least a dozen other ... is not limited to health care fraud, but encompasses fraud against the government generally (except for Internal Revenue violations, which are now covered
by the new IRS Whistleblower ... many states have reported the desire for more resources to develop such cases. [69] Texas's experience is worth special mention because the Texas
Attorney General's ...
24 Feb, 2008 8:14 pm
... by a former prison inmate who claimed he was beaten and sexually assaulted by another inmate at the state penitentiary in Rawlins. The
Wyoming Attorney General's Office and Jackson lawyer Mel Orchard, who represents the former ...
records law. Steve Lindly, deputy director of the Wyoming Corrections Department, said recently that the department is now satisfied the Oklahoma prison now is meeting its obligation to ensure Wyoming inmates are protected from assault. Orchard, however, said he believes ...
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