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Man gets 5 years for selling forged Basquiat, Haring artworks

U.S. News // 3 years ago

Man gets 5 years for selling forged Basquiat, Haring artworks

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a man to five years in prison for attempting to sell forgeries of artworks by famous contemporary artists.

Jason Pierre-Paul sacks Adam Schefter, ESPN's motion for dismissal

NFL // 7 years ago

Jason Pierre-Paul sacks Adam Schefter, ESPN's motion for dismissal

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke denied ESPN and Adam Schefter's motion to dismiss an invasion of privacy lawsuit Thursday in Miami.

Business News // 7 years ago

Judge allows Chipotle GMO lawsuit to go forward

A lawsuit accusing Chipotle Mexican Grill of using food with genetically modified ingredients can move forward, a federal judge ruled.

U.S. News // 9 years ago

Jose Padilla, gang member turned al-Qaida militant, re-sentenced to 21 years

Jose Padilla, the Chicago gang member turned al-Qaida militant who spent more than 3 years in a Navy brig, was given a 21-year term in federal prison Tuesday.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Prosecutors ask for yet more time in resentencing of U.S. terrorist

Federal prosecutors in South Florida say they have asked a judge for a few more months' delay in the resentencing of al-Qaida-trained fighter Jose Padilla.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Colley Billie wins 2nd term as leader of Miccosukee tribe

Colley Billie, who ousted the longtime leader of South Florida's Miccosukee tribe four years ago, has won another term as tribal chairman.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Miccosukee Tribe's federal lawsuit against former chairman dismissed

A federal judge has ruled a lawsuit by the Miccosukee Tribe in South Florida should be heard in a state court or tribal court.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Student avoids jail time in Obama threat

A Florida college student will not face jail time for posting online threats against President Obama, a judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Judge blocks law on doctors, gun talk

Florida cannot enforce a law backed by firearms advocates that banned thousands of doctors from discussing gun ownership with patients, a federal judge ruled.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Florida doctors decry 'Docs vs. Glocks'

Thousands of doctors urged a federal judge in Miami to block a law barring them from asking patients about gun ownership.

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What I need to determine, is the legislation itself an unconstitutional burden on speech
Florida doctors decry 'Docs vs. Glocks' Jul 14, 2011

Marcia Gail Cooke (born 1953) is an American lawyer and judge.

Cooke was born in 1954 in Sumter, South Carolina. She graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service in 1975 and from Wayne State University Law School with a J.D. in 1977.

Cooke was a staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services in Michigan from 1978 to 1979 and was a deputy public defender of the Legal Aid and Defender Association in Michigan from 1979-1980. Cooke served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1984 Cooke was in private practice in Michigan with the firm of Miro, Miro and Weiner. Cooke served as a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1984 to 1992.

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