The National Organization for Marriage argued in a filing to US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy that a stay was called for in a trial court decision that now legalizes same-sex marriages in Oregon as the defendants in the case has not presented any defense nor has intended to appeal if an adverse decision was made.
In his 27-page statement, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said he cannot properly address the charges of racial discrimination slapped against him and conduct an investigation regarding the scandal as he has been locked out from his office and his sports team, Buzzfeed reported.
A Florida state law on imposing an intelligence quotient limit to exempt condemned prisoners for being executed has been overturned by a majority of the US Supreme Court, Buzzfeed said.
Lawyer Richard Strassberg for defendant former SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma has asked a federal judge to give a reduced sentence to the former trader considering that other defendants had only received jail terms of at least two years, Bloomberg reported.
