MLB seeks dismissal of suit over move for Oakland A’s

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/04/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) San Jose – Major League Baseball is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by San Jose alleging the organization illegally blocked the Oakland A’s move to the city. As reported by the San Jose Mercury News, […]

Lawsuit alleges woman fired from job for needing oxygen tank

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/04/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Chicago – A lawsuit is alleging that the Paddle Wheel Inn hotel in Oregon, Illinois terminated the employment of one of its workers because she required the use of an oxygen tank. As reported by the Chicago […]

Woman seeks prison release after 27 years for expectant mother killing

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/04/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Connecticut – A Connecticut woman is seeking to be released from prison after serving 27 years for the killing of an expectant mother. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), a rare clemency hearing is set for […]

Pennsylvania governor likens gay marriage to incest

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/03/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Pennsylvania – Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett compared gay marriage to marriage between two siblings in a recent interview. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Corbett made the remark during an interview Friday morning with TV […]

Wendy Davis announces Texas governor bid

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/03/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Texas – Texas Senator Wendy Davis announced her plans to run for governor on Thursday. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Davis made the announcement at the Texas High School where she received her diploma. Davis […]

Bail set at $1 million for Florida airport bomb suspect

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/03/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Florida – Bail was set at $1 million Wednesday for a man arrested after purporting to Jacksonville International Airport security screeners that he had a bomb. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Zeljko Causevic, 39, is […]

‘Angola Three’ inmate freed after over 4 decades in solitary confinement

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/03/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) New York – A dying member of the “Angola Three” has been freed after spending 41 years in solitary confinement. As reported by Reuters, Herman Wallace, 71, who along with two other inmates was placed in solitary […]

KKK rally cancelled due to government shutdown

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/02/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Philadelphia – A rally to be held by white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan at the Gettysburg National Military Park is being cancelled due to the recent government shutdown. As reported by Reuters, park officials told […]

The Temptation to Defraud the Government in the Growing Nursing Home Industry

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com09/29/2013 // Justice News Flash: Featured Column (Press Release) // Kathleen Scanlan // (press release) Advertisers would have us believe that American seniors are fiercely independent people who live in their homes where they entertain other equally healthy seniors and get talking Hallmark greeting cards from devoted grandchildren. Not even the most fatalistic […]

Graton Casino Faces Renewed Legal Challenge

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/03/2013 (press release: StopGratonCasino) // Rohnert Park, CA, USA // Marilee Montgomery Stop Graton Casino (formerly Stop the Casino 101 Coalition) has announced that it will appeal the grant of summary judgment to the Governor on its lawsuit challenging the Graton compact, Stop the Casino 101 Coalition et al v. Edmund G. Brown. […]