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Border-Shooting Lawsuit May Divide U.S. Supreme Court Justices

U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they are divided in a case over a shooting across the Mexican border, hinting they may split 4-4 and leave high court nominee Neil Gorsuch to cast the deciding vote. Hearing arguments in Washington, the justices weighed an appeal from the parents of Sergio Hernandez, a Mexican teenager who was shot to death by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010. The family …


Costa Mesa Wants to Move Marijuana Dispensary Lawsuit to Federal Court

Attorneys for the Costa Mesa Police Department filed a motion Monday seeking to move from state to federal court a lawsuit alleging officers exceeded their legal authority when they raided a former medical marijuana dispensary. Lawyers Dennis M. Cota and Daniel S. Roberts, who represent the Police Department and city of Costa Mesa, did not return phone calls and emails Tuesday …