Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080519/capt.32d1a61300f544a69d4ea28576f1e0b7.aptopix_polygamist_retreat_txtg109.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=6PKXhL8HXdlDcCadHN58iw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints depart from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas. Children from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges began handling hundreds of hearings that attorneys for the children's parents decried for their cookie-cutter approach. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_re_us/polygamist_retreat)AP - In a ruling that could torpedo the case against the West Texas polygamist sect, a state appeals court Thursday said authorities had no right to seize more than 440 children in a raid on the splinter group's ranch last month.</p><br clear="all"/>
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