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134 entries in 'Class Action Law Suits' |
2024/04/26
Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
2024/04/22
Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside
2024/03/22
Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
2024/03/05
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
2024/02/27
Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
2024/02/23
Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
2023/12/29
Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
2023/12/13
Trump decides against testifying for second time in NY civil fraud trial
2023/11/30
Panama’s high court declared a mining contract unconstitutional
2023/11/20
Russian authorities ask the Court to declare the LGBTQ ‘movement’ extremist
2023/10/23
Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
2023/09/18
5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations
2023/08/21
The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal
2023/08/14
Opponents of Maine’s new abortion law won’t seek to nullify it
2023/08/10
Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
2023/06/20
Judge weighs Missouri GOP dispute over estimated cost of allowing abortions
2023/04/07
Court rules documents in Sanford case must be unsealed
2023/03/28
Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
2023/03/15
Court: Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3B loan to Russia
2023/02/14
Woman accused in dismemberment slaying attacks her attorney
2022/12/27
Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
2022/11/21
Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?
2022/11/01
Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debate
2022/09/19
Iran faces US in international court over asset seizure
2022/07/25
Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/06/03
Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
2022/05/02
Connecticut Senate OKs bill that protects abortion providers
2022/04/23
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/12
Arizona court won’t halt sex suits naming Boy Scouts, others
2022/04/04
Groups seek to stop gold mine exploratory drilling in Idaho
2022/03/29
Judge won’t halt execution over intellectual disability
2022/03/14
Courts, BMV act after license retained after fatal crash
2021/08/11
Court tosses ruling against Pennsylvania COVID-19 measures
2021/06/28
Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
2021/06/06
New Hampshire high court lifting mask requirement; theater reopening
2021/05/13
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
2021/04/19
Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case
2021/04/15
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
2021/04/05
High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
2021/03/07
Nepal Parliament, reinstated by high court, begins session
2021/02/19
Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/01
More protests called in Moscow to demand Navalny’s release
2020/12/28
China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
2020/12/27
Parents Plead Not Guilty to Charges in Missouri Girl's Death
2020/12/05
Judge Calls Trump Request in Wisconsin Lawsuit 'Bizarre'
2020/11/25
Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court
2020/10/29
Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
2020/10/27
US to get 9th justice with Dems powerless to block Barrett
2020/09/25
Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
2020/09/21
'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court
2020/09/09
WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
2020/08/24
Convention silence from Democrats with high court at stake
2020/08/10
Arizona landlords ask high court to invalidate eviction ban
2020/08/08
Appeals court revives House lawsuit for McGahn's testimony
2020/07/24
Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
2020/07/19
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
2020/07/07
Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban
2020/07/01
Split high court throws out Louisiana abortion clinic limit
2020/06/08
Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/05/27
Texas court: Virus fear alone not enough for mail balloting
2020/04/23
Washington Supreme Court to hear COVID-19 inmate case online
2020/04/04
Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
2020/03/16
Court approves PG&E’s $23B bankruptcy financing package
2020/03/11
Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged
2020/02/22
Arkansas candidate's political ties targeted in court race
2020/02/18
Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign
2020/02/09
Court fight over lost dog survives after dog's owner dies
2020/02/02
Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso
2020/01/27
Court: Motorcyclist wrong to turn license plate upside down
2020/01/03
Iowa court: Automated speeding tickets not public record
2019/12/21
Trump’s transformation of the courts barrels onward
2019/11/04
Woman accused of disorderly conduct outside Maricopa court
2019/09/29
Trial begins Monday in Kansas abortion stalking lawsuit
2019/09/04
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/09/03
Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win
2019/07/17
Meek Mill’s conviction thrown out, granted new trial
2019/05/18
Former Nissan chairman Ghosn appears in Tokyo court
2019/05/14
Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/05/11
Students in Colorado shooting face murder, other charges
2019/05/04
Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill ‘Obamacare’
2019/04/29
Roggensack Re-Elected as Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief
2019/04/10
Court finds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty
2019/04/01
As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow
2019/03/01
High court won't review award to Calif. couple deputies shot
2019/02/25
Governor says 'no executions' without court-backed drugs
2019/02/11
Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/05
Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl to appear in court
2019/01/03
Appeals court sides with Trump in transgender military case
2019/01/02
The Latest: Man in California officer killing in court
2018/12/15
Court says no bail as Cosby appeals sex assault conviction
2018/12/06
Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure
2018/11/24
Russian court challenges International Olympic Committee
2018/11/02
Attorney files challenge to eastern Iowa judge appointment
2018/10/14
Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes oil and gas lawsuit
2018/10/11
Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/02
High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban
2018/09/11
Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
2018/08/05
Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court
2018/04/12
Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
2018/02/13
Beleaguered gunmaker Remington points to bankruptcy court
2018/02/07
Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
2017/12/18
Spanish court reviews custody of ex-Catalan vice president
2017/09/03
Access to license-plate data may be possible, court rules
2017/05/05
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman returns to court in drug case
2017/04/25
Volunteers accompany US immigrants to court to allay fears
2017/04/17
Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings
2017/04/14
2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/02/14
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/04
Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2016/12/06
Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
2016/12/01
ICC prosecutor: African states leaving court is 'regression'
2016/09/01
Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
2016/07/05
Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
2016/07/02
Court rules against White House science office in email case
2016/06/06
High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
2016/05/06
Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/04/16
Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute
2016/04/16
Democrats push McConnell, GOP on Supreme Court nomination
2016/02/21
Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice
2015/12/24
Florida Supreme Court denies stay of execution
2015/09/15
Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading
2015/08/24
Appeals court reverses ruling that found NSA program illegal
2015/08/21
Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane held for trial
2015/07/20
Court Halts Execution Of Tyler Woman's Killer
2015/06/11
Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law
2014/03/05
Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers
2014/01/10
Defamatory online posts revisited by Texas court
2007/03/29
L.A. Residents Sue Menu Foods After Pet Illnesses
2007/03/26
Class Action Suit Filed Against Worldspace, Inc.
2007/03/26
Class Action Against Con Agra is Nationwide
2007/03/23
Law Firm Getting Many Submissions For Pet Food
2007/03/23
Class-action lawsuit launched over pet food
2007/02/24
FDA confirms salmonella came from peanut butter
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Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
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2024/04/26 13:08
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The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns.
Justices noted during oral arguments that Congress requires the National Labor Relations Board to seek such injunctions in federal court and said that gives the courts the duty to consider several factors, including whether the board would ultimately be successful in its administrative case against a company.
“The district court is an independent check. So it seems like it should be just doing what district courts do, since it was given the authority to do it,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said.
But the NLRB says that since 1947, the National Labor Relations Act — the law that governs the agency — has allowed courts to grant temporary injunctions if it finds a request “just and proper.” The agency says the law doesn’t require it to prove other factors and was intended to limit the role of the courts.
The case that made it to the high court began in February 2022, when Starbucks fired seven workers who were trying to unionize their Tennessee store. The NLRB obtained a court order forcing the company to rehire the workers while the case wound its way through the agency’s administrative proceedings. Such proceedings can take up to two years.
A district court judge agreed with the NLRB and issued a temporary injunction ordering Starbucks to rehire the workers in August 2022. After the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling, Starbucks appealed to the Supreme Court.
Five of the seven workers are still employed at the Memphis store, while the other two remain involved with the organizing effort, according to Workers United, the union organizing Starbucks workers. The Memphis store voted to unionize in June 2022.
Starbucks asked the Supreme Court to intervene because it says federal appeals courts don’t agree on the standards the NLRB must meet when it requests a temporary injunction against a company.
In its review of what transpired at the Starbucks store in Memphis, the Sixth Circuit required the NLRB to establish two things: that it had reasonable cause to believe unfair labor practices occurred and that a restraining order would be a “just and proper” solution.
But other federal appeals courts have required the NLRB to meet a tougher, four-factor test used when other federal agencies seek restraining orders, including showing it was likely to prevail in the administrative case and that employees would suffer irreparable harm without an injunction.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to agree with the NLRB’s argument that Congress meant for the agency to operate under a different standard.
She noted the NLRB has already determined it is likely to prevail in a case by the time it seeks an injunction. And she noted that injunctions are very rare. In the NLRB’s 2023 fiscal year, it received 19,869 charges of unfair labor practices but authorized the filing of just 14 cases seeking temporary injunctions. |
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Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside
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2024/04/22 11:54
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The Supreme Court will consider Monday whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
The case is considered the most significant to come before the high court in decades on homelessness, which has reached record levels in the United States.
In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking.
A cross-section of Democratic and Republican officials contend that makes it difficult for them to manage encampments, which can have dangerous and unsanitary living conditions.
But hundreds of advocacy groups argue that allowing cities to punish people who need a place to sleep will criminalize homelessness and ultimately make the crisis worse as the cost of housing increases.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the court Monday morning with silver thermal blankets and signs like “housing not handcuffs.”
The Justice Department has also weighed in. It argues people shouldn’t be punished just for sleeping outside, but only if there’s a determination they truly have nowhere else to go.
The case comes from the rural Oregon town of Grants Pass, which started fining people $295 for sleeping outside to manage homeless encampments that sprung up in the city’s public parks as the cost of housing escalated.
The measure was largely struck down by the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which also found in 2018 that such bans violated the Eighth Amendment by punishing people for something they don’t have control over. The 9th Circuit oversees nine Western states, including California, which is home to about one-third of the nation’s homeless population.
The case comes after homelessness in the United States grew a dramatic 12%, to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more Americans, according to federal data. The court is expected to decide the case by the end of June. |
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Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
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2024/03/22 11:39
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An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of giving false information to law enforcement.
News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was given a suspended six-month sentence which will allow her to avoid jail. She was ordered to pay more than $17,000 restitution.
Her two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted alongside an interstate highway, captivated the nation before police called her story a hoax.
Russell, accompanied to court by her family and defense lawyers, apologized for her actions.
“I want to genuinely apologize for my actions. I made a grave mistake while trying to fight through various emotional issues and stress. I’m extremely remorseful for the panic, fear and various range of negative emotions that were experienced across the nation,” Russell said according to WBRC.
Russell disappeared July 13 after calling 911 to report a toddler beside a stretch of Interstate 459 in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle.
Police quickly cast doubt on Russell’s story. Her attorney issued a statement through police acknowledging there was no kidnapping and that she never saw a toddler. In the statement, Russell apologized to law enforcement and the volunteers who searched for her.
The Alabama attorney general’s office had argued that Russell should spend time in jail because of the time and energy that law enforcement spent in looking for her.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge David Carpenter told Russell that while her actions caused panic and disruption in the community that it would be a “waste of resources” to put her in jail for misdemeanors, news outlets reported.
Katherine Robertson, Chief Counsel in the Alabama attorney general’s office, said Thursday that they “are disappointed, but not surprised” that Russell did not get the requested jail time. |
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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
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2024/03/05 12:48
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The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot.
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. That power resides with Congress, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion.
Trump posted on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!”
The outcome ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump, the front-runner for his party’s nomination, off the ballot because of his attempts to undo his loss in the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The justices sidestepped the politically fraught issue of insurrection in their opinions Monday.
The court held that states may bar candidates from state office. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the court wrote.
While all nine justices agreed that Trump should be on the ballot, there was sharp disagreement from the three liberal members of the court and a milder disagreement from conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett that their colleagues went too far in determining what Congress must do to disqualify someone from federal office.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they agreed that allowing the Colorado decision to stand could create a “chaotic state by state patchwork” but said they disagreed with the majority’s finding a disqualification for insurrection can only happen when Congress enacts legislation. “Today, the majority goes beyond the necessities of this case to limit how Section 3 can bar an oathbreaking insurrectionist from becoming President,” the three justices wrote in a joint opinion.
It’s unclear whether the ruling leaves open the possibility that Congress could refuse to certify the election of Trump or any other presidential candidate it sees as having violated Section 3.
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, said “it seems no,” noting that the liberals complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision. Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, wrote that it’s frustratingly unclear what the bounds might be on Congress. |
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Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
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2024/02/27 10:00
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Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.
The former president’s lawyers filed notices of appeal Monday asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 verdict in Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit and reverse staggering penalties that threaten to wipe out Trump’s cash reserves.
Trump’s lawyers wrote in court papers that they’re asking the appeals court to decide whether Engoron “committed errors of law and/or fact” and whether he abused his discretion or “acted in excess” of his jurisdiction.
Trump’s appeal paperwork did not address whether Trump was seeking to pause collection of the judgment while he appeals by putting up money, assets or an appeal bond covering the amount owed to qualify for an automatic stay.
Messages seeking comment were left with Trump’s lawyers and the New York attorney general’s office. Engoron found that Trump, his company and top executives, including his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., schemed for years to deceive banks and insurers by inflating his wealth on financial statements used to secure loans and make deals. Among other penalties, the judge put strict limitations on the ability of Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, to do business.
The appeal ensures that the legal fight over Trump’s business practices will persist into the thick of the presidential primary season, and likely beyond, as he tries to clinch the Republican presidential nomination in his quest to retake the White House.
If upheld, Engoron’s ruling will force Trump to give up a sizable chunk of his fortune. Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million in penalties, but with interest the total has grown to nearly $454 million. That total will increase by nearly $112,000 per day until he pays.
Trump maintains that he is worth several billion dollars and testified last year that he had about $400 million in cash, in addition to properties and other investments. James, a Democrat, told ABC News that if Trump is unable to pay, she will seek to seize some of his assets.
Trump’s appeal was expected. Trump had vowed to appeal and his lawyers had been laying the groundwork for months by objecting frequently to Engoron’s handling of the trial.
Trump said Engoron’s decision, the costliest consequence of his recent legal troubles, was “election interference” and “weaponization against a political opponent.”
Trump complained he was being punished for “having built a perfect company, great cash, great buildings, great everything.” Trump’s lawyer Christopher Kise said after the verdict that the former president was confident the appeals court “will ultimately correct the innumerable and catastrophic errors made by a trial court untethered to the law or to reality.”
“Given the grave stakes, we trust that the Appellate Division will overturn this egregious verdict and end this relentless persecution against my clients,” Trump lawyer Alina Habba said. |
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Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
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2024/02/23 15:37
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Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday.
The former Brazil and Barcelona right back was convicted in Spain under a new sexual liberty law that emphasizes the lack of consent of the victim as key to determining sex crimes.
A three-judge panel at the Barcelona Provincial Court convicted the 40-year-old Alves of sexual assault for the incident on Dec. 31, 2022.
The court ordered Alves to pay 150,000 euros ($162,000) in compensation to the victim, banned him from approaching the victim’s home or place of work, and from communicating with her by any means for nine years.
“I still believe in the innocence of Mr. Alves,” Inés Guardiola, Alves’ lawyer, said. “I need to study the ruling, but I can tell you that of course we will appeal.”
Guardiola said Alves was “calm and collected” when he heard the verdict in court.
“We are satisfied,” David Sáenz, a member of the victim’s legal team, said, “because this verdict recognizes what we have always known, that the victim told the truth and that she has suffered.”
The victim’s lawyer, Ester García, said on Wednesday she and her client would not be present for the verdict.
The victim said Alves raped her in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub on the morning of Dec. 31, 2022. The court considered it proven that the victim did not consent to sex and there was evidence, in addition to the defendant’s testimony, that she was raped.
Alves denied during the three-day trial this month that he raped the woman, testifying to the court “I am not that kind of man.”
State prosecutors had sought a nine-year prison sentence for Alves while the lawyers representing his accuser wanted 12 years. His defense asked for his acquittal, or if found guilty a one-year sentence plus 50,000 euros compensation for the victim.
The sentence of four years and six months is near the lowest sentence for a rape conviction, which when the rape took place was penalized by four to 12 years under Spanish law. That has since been modified to six to 12 years. The court in its sentence said it considered favorably for Alves that he had “before the trial paid the court 150,000 euros to be given to the victim without any conditions attached.”
Sáenz said his legal team did not agree with the application of the extenuating circumstance, saying the money did not compensate the harm done to their client. During the trial, medical experts testified she was suffering from post-traumatic stress. |
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Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
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2023/12/29 14:07
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Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park.
Brosnan walked in an off-limits area at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone near the Wyoming-Montana line, on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations issued Tuesday.
Brosnan, 70, is scheduled for a mandatory court appearance on Jan. 23 in the courtroom of the world’s oldest national park. The Associated Press sent a request for comment to his Instagram account Thursday, and email messages to his agent and attorney.
Yellowstone officials declined to comment. Brosnan was in the park on a personal visit and not for film work, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming said.
Mammoth Terraces is a scenic spot of mineral-encrusted hot springs bubbling from a hillside. They’re just some of the park’s hundreds of thermal features, which range from spouting geysers to gurgling mud pots, with water at or near the boiling point.
Going out-of-bounds in such areas can be dangerous: Some of the millions of people who visit Yellowstone each year get badly burned by ignoring warnings not to stray off the trail.
Getting caught can bring legal peril too, with jail time, hefty fines and bans from the park handed down to trespassers regularly.
In addition to his four James Bond films, Brosnan starred in the 1980s TV series “Remington Steele” and is known for starring roles in the films “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.” |
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