Michigan court orders halt to Manor Care sale
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A Michigan court ordered a temporary halt on Thursday to the $4.9 billion sale of Manor Care Inc  to private equity firm Carlyle Group , according to an Ingham County Circuit Court order.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - A Sullivan County judge threw out a case between a preacher and three feuding sisters and warned them to leave one another alone.  All four faced assault charges that stemmed from a family scuffle and claims of being possessed by demons.
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Baystate Medical Center, which had sued nearly 300 patients in 15 months for not paying their medical bills and was under state review for its aggressive collection methods, has stopped suing patients and placing liens on their homes except for the largest unpaid bills, executives said.
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Property seized by eminent domain must be blighted, not just unproductive, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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A bankruptcy court judge set a hearing  date on Monday of February 13 to weigh arguments between  Chrysler LLC and one of its suppliers, Plastech Engineered  Products Inc, in a dispute that has already led the automaker  to close four assembly plants.
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Blog: A judge has ruled that Linden Lab can't dismiss a property case against it, or move the case to arbitration.
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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a suit by two families who wanted to stop a Massachusetts town and its public school system from teaching their children about gay marriage, court documents show.
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The state Supreme Court terminated a father's right to raise his 4-year-old special needs son Thursday because they would have lived with the boy's alcoholic and mentally retarded mother.
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By SHARON KILEY MACK; OF THE NEWS STAFF  ST. ALBANS - A seven-year battle over the taking of a landowner's property by eminent domain could be over in the wake of the Maine law court's denial of an appeal on the matter.
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Massachusetts on Friday banned foreclosure "rescue" schemes where for-profit lenders promise to help homeowners at risk of losing their property but often take possession of the houses themselves.
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A court case is filed in the US in a bid to stop the public sale of two Academy Awards given to the late film star Mary Pickford.
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A judge rules that doctors caring for a terminally-ill baby can withhold treatment if his condition worsens.
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Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group   has closed its $4.9 billion acquisition of U.S.  nursing home operator Manor Care Inc , Manor Care said  on Friday, after a temporary order against the deal was lifted  in Michigan.
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Maryland's Division of Financial Regulation has ordered Frederick C. Lee Jr. and his Georgia company, Financial Independence Group, to stop all mortgage-related business after discovering that Lee and his company were originating loans in Maryland without a license.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--DURHAM -- In a lawsuit, a Durham man is disputing a January decision by county commissioners that blocked a townhouse development off Farrington Road.
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The assembly government is taking court action to recover a grant from a dairy firm, which closed its plant last year.