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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Abandoned Property Lawsuit

2015-03-12 07:52:14| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Delaware's abandoned property collection system, raising questions about the constitutional validity of one of the state's largest revenue sources. Wednesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson involves a lawsuit filed last year by packaging company Temple-Inland Inc., a subsidiary of Memphis-based International Paper that is incorporated in Delaware Temple argues among other things that Delaware's practice of estimating unclaimed property liability for years in which actual records are not available amounts to an unlawful taking of property and violates constitutional provisions regarding due process.

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Judge refuses to dismiss Delaware abandoned property suit

2015-03-12 01:22:38| Paper - Topix.net

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Man accused of hate crime against mentally disabled person refuses plea deal Wednesday

2015-02-26 03:08:07| Agriculture - Topix.net

A man accused of holding a mentally disabled person while dogs attacked him - an attack that was caught on video tape and shared on Facebook - refused a plea deal in Tangipahoa Parish court Wednesday morning. Assistant District Attorney Blair Alford offered 23-year-old Quenton Anderson, of Hammond, a 10-year sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to a bevy of charges including the commission of a hate crime.

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UN refuses to conduct probe against Pachauri in sexual harassment case

2015-02-24 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

India Tv: The United Nations on Wednesday made it clear that it will not conduct any inquiry into accusations of sexual harassment against RK Pachauri, who resigned as the chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as the case is being probed by national authorities. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters that the UN chief received a letter from Pachauri informing him of his decision to step down as the chairman of the panel with immediate...

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