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October 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its November sitting by hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's universal preschool program and a dispute asking the justices to settle a circuit split over whether defendants in civil lawsuits can seek summary judgment based on unpled affirmative defenses.
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October 29, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has extended a stay preventing the removal of a self-represented noncitizen detainee who said his "mental condition" prevented him from fully arguing his case to an immigration judge, finding that the full administrative record is needed.
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October 28, 2026
Washington jurors returned a $52 million verdict in favor of 23 plaintiffs who accused the state's Department of Corrections of allowing an active tuberculosis outbreak to fester and spread to hundreds of people at its prison facilities over nearly two years.
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October 28, 2026
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has accused the chair of the city's Police Oversight Commission of selling witness information to a man held in prison on attempted murder charges in a domestic violence case.
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October 27, 2026
A Michigan federal judge approved a $500,000 settlement Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a 17-year-old girl killed in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting, bringing an end to litigation against the school district after the Sixth Circuit ruled school officials were entitled to qualified immunity.
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