Supreme Court allows advertising for lawyers fees
The Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 that lawyers may advertise fees for routine services, signaling a shift from a cherished professional tradition and potentially prompting price listings by doctors and other professionals. The decision follows a broader push by FTC and Congress toward disclosure and competition in professional pricing.
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Supreme Court
High Court
States
American Bar Association
ABA
July boat parade ends clean-up effort in West Virginia
The Eighth Annual Tygart Lake Clean-Up Campaign culminates with a July 4 boat parade at Tygart Lake State Park. Decorated boats compete for six trophies in categories including most original and best pollution free. Registration runs July 2-4 from noon to 4 p.m. at the marina, with parade assembly at 1:30 p.m. A fireworks display follows the parade at 10 p.m.
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Wild Wonderful
West Virginia
Tygart Lake
Tygart Lake State Park
Wildcat Hollow
Maxine Scarboro
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
United States
Frank Stevens
C.N. Harman
Sam Morasco
Fitzpatrick
James Evans
State Department of Natural Resources
Supreme Court backs federal role in ending school segregation
The Supreme Court issued two unanimous rulings from Ohio and Michigan affirming federal judges may order remedial, systemic desegregation measures beyond pupil transfers. Dayton limits broad plans while Detroit requires funding for an $11.6 million remedial program, sharing costs with Michigan. The decisions also uphold lawyers’ commercial speech rights and allow white employees to sue under civil rights law for discriminatory impacts on interracial association.
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Supreme Court
Dayton
Ohio
Detroit
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Michigan
Nerv Grafton Area Weather Outlook
Occasional showers or thundershowers on Wednesday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Lows tonight near 70. A.M. reading was 70 degrees. Water level at the dam stood 2.73 feet above normal pool.
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President weighs standby gasoline rationing powers
Washington AP The Carter administration is drafting a standby program to impose gasoline rationing on a moment’s notice. Aides said the President ordered a review of rationing options and wants broad executive powers. The plan, discussed in a recorded interview, aims to curb usage if supply is interrupted.
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Carter
James Bishop
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Jim Guy Tucker
Tucker
Bishop
Richard M. Nii
Gerald R. Ford
Court upholds PSC ruling in Greyhound service cut case
West Virginia Supreme Court refused to review a Public Service Commission decision denying Greyhound Lines Inc. a reduction of three to two daily intrastate round trips on U S 50 between Clarksburg and Capon Bridge. The ruling preserves current Greyhound service levels amid ongoing tax appeal denials for Berwind Land Co. and Pocahontas Land Corp. involving Fayette County coal properties.
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Greyhound Lines Inc
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
High Court
State Public Service Commission
Greyhound
U.S. 50
Clarksburg
Capon Bridge
Virginia Line
Hampshire County
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Miller
Berwind Land Co
Fayette County
Pocahontas Land Corp
Fayette Coar Ies
Richard Neely
Sam R. Harshbarger
Berwind and
Pocahontas Wer
Government keeps hold of Nixon documents
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that former President Richard Nixon is not entitled to control the White House tapes and 42 million pages of documents. Congress acted legally in 1974 with the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act to seize Nixon materials and require GSA regulations for public access.
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Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
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