defendant
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Gutman, who joined CBS News in January, is named as a defendant as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Attorney’s Office in Oxford, Miss., said the case was chosen because one remaining defendant will be sentenced in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tensions arose when the defendant "took a dim view" of one of Powles's daughters serving behind the bar as part of her training to work there, prosecutor Matthew Harding said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Judge Gregory Carro also dismissed concerns raised by the defense about limited public access to the trial, even though more than 80 media outlets and many supporters of the defendant are expected to attend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The defendant showed up at your farm in the summer of 1945 and accused Etta Heine of robbing him?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The old Mississippi case that was included in the fraud division’s highlights featured more than 30 defendants accused of participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The defendants made enormous sums of money for themselves," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
While only four Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, and San Diego county superior courts were named as defendants, the decision applies to all superior courts in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The defendants include Mercury and Farmers, a Los Angeles insurer that filed a brief in support of Lara in his case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He sued ten defendants in all, and several of the Hopkins employees involved had never heard of Cofield or Henrietta Lacks before their subpoenas arrived.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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