From the beginning, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan has made no attempt to disguise his distaste for Steven Donziger, the crusading attorney representing Ecuadorian villagers in their long-running pollution suit against Chevron.

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After plaintiffs' attorneys rested their case Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled there was no evidence that BP's drilling fluids contractor M-I LLC made any decision that led to the blowout of BP's Macondo well.

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In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard said this was no longer the case, citing case law that had narrowed the scope of the Privacy Act over the ensuing three decades and no longer supported such a broad injunction.

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His spokesman said March 10 that the congressman considers the sentence passed by U.S. District Court Judge Richard A. Paez to be no bar to his continued service and no hindrance to his re-election campaign.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia Apps told Judge Richard Sullivan that Steinberg made no statements to authorities after his arrest.

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U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon took over from there and minced no words.

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An Italian judge acquitted a U.S. soldier accused of killing Calipari, saying Italy had no jurisdiction in the case, and Italy did not request extradition.

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U.S. District Judge Anita Brody didn't rule on the issue Tuesday and gave no timetable for when a ruling could come down.

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