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Federal appeals court sides with BNSF Railway in dispute with Libby asbestos victims

Federal appeals court sides with BNSF Railway in dispute with Libby asbestos victims

A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with railroad giant BNSF Railway in a case filed by the estates of two Libby asbestos victims who died from cancer after living near the company’s contaminated rail yard decades ago. In the unanimous finding, an Oregon-based panel of three judges

9th Circuit Court: MT's 'double-voting law' redundant, could hamper voting

A federal appeals court this week found the Montana Legislature's law leveraging new criminal penalties for double voting was redundant and could potentially chill voter registrations. The three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an April ruling by a federal district court judge in

Letter to the Editor: Texas Abortion Law

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