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Litigation

Jan. 19, 2013

Judge sanctions Russia over religious texts

Thanks to the efforts of lawyers in Los Angeles, a federal judge has ruled that Russia will be fined $50,000 a day for not complying with a 2010 decision ordering the country to turn over a cache of texts seized from a religious group in th


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Thanks to the efforts of lawyers in Los Angeles, a federal judge has ruled that Russia will be fined $50,000 a day for not complying with a 2010 decision ordering the country to turn over a cache of texts seized from a religious group in the early to mid 20th Century.


Royce C. Lamberth, chief federal judge for the District of Columbia, issued contempt sanctions against Russia Wednesday af...

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