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...perceptions of their community," says David DeWolf, a professor at Gonzaga University School of Law in nearby Spokane, Wash. "Butler may be liable if Dees proves the guards were carrying out his wishes, even if they didn't literally follow his instructions. It's a minimal standard to establish liability...
...Johnsons' attorneys argue that the donor needs to appear in order to establish the practices of the sperm bank and keep other donors from supplying genetically questionable specimens. Donor 276's lawyers claim the subpoena is a violation of their client's right to privacy, but the California Supreme Court took the Johnsons' side, passing down their judgment without comment: The appellate decision, ordering the donor to appear in court, will stand. And so there may be a very weird moment looming on Donor 276's horizon, in which he encounters the reality of a daughter he'd never imagined...
...Establish ground rules for the kids. For example, some parents were bothered by a gunlike toy, and there was a debate about whether nonswimming children should use flotation devices or stay out of the water. (The toy was put away, and each child had to follow her own family's water rules...
...negative spin on the prospects of rescuing the crew suggests the Russian navy has learned the wiles of media management. To be sure, plenty can go wrong in a complex mission to establish an air link and an escape route from the vessel at a depth of 350 feet in Arctic waters. But diminishing the prospects for their survival means the news can't get any worse, only better...
Cruz's lawyers hope to establish that their client's mental limitations were not adequately addressed during his trial; prosecutors insist that state-sponsored IQ tests, which placed Cruz well above the 70-point IQ mark, show Cruz to have the capacity to distinguish right from wrong...