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434 entries in 'Court Updates' |
2025/01/27
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
2025/01/01
Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
2024/12/11
Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
2024/12/01
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
2024/11/17
Court overturns actor Jussie Smollett's 2019 conviction in hate crime hoax case
2024/10/26
VA asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations
2024/10/22
Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process
2024/10/18
Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case
2024/10/07
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
2024/09/30
New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
2024/09/27
North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting
2024/09/24
A court in Argentina orders the arrest of Venezuela’s president
2024/09/14
Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win
2024/09/01
Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation
2024/08/26
Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
2024/08/22
Venezuela’s Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/08/19
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion ballot measure
2024/08/12
Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’
2024/08/01
Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip
2024/07/29
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion ballot measure
2024/07/17
Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
2024/05/28
Trump hush money trial: Prosecution, defense look to score final points
2024/05/21
War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders
2024/05/15
TikTok content creators sue the US government over potential ban
2024/05/01
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
2024/02/20
Ken Paxton petitions to stop Dallas woman from getting an abortion
2024/02/16
Attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
2024/02/08
Why Trump's bid for president is in the hands of the Supreme Court
2023/11/13
Supreme Court Releases Nonbinding Code of Ethics After Public Pressure
2023/11/10
Russian Olympic officials appeal to sports court against suspension by IOC
2023/10/06
Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony
2023/09/27
Writers’ union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end strike
2023/09/12
McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry
2023/08/31
Ex-Catholic Cardinal McCarrick, age 93, found unfit to stand trial
2023/08/07
Russian court imposes 3- to 6-year sentences for distributing tainted drinks
2023/08/04
Grieving families confront Pittsburgh shooter at death penalty sentencing
2023/07/28
Trump’s Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors as Election Interference Charges Loom
2023/04/03
Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake
2023/02/10
Maryland mulls ending child sexual abuse lawsuit time limits
2022/12/27
Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
2022/12/12
US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/10/03
CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
2022/09/14
Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions
2022/09/06
Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/18
Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2022/07/29
Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion access
2022/07/18
Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban
2022/07/01
Court denies request for emergency halt to Ohio abortion ban
2022/06/03
Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
2022/05/30
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/12
Georgian wants Congress to decry prosecution of abortions
2022/05/09
California Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation
2022/05/06
Tennessee, South Carolina extend health care for new moms
2022/05/02
Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
2022/04/27
Groups sue over conditions in S. Carolina’s juvenile lockups
2022/03/24
Retired judges will hear divorce cases to clear backlog
2022/03/21
Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor
2022/03/07
Not guilty plea entered in alleged drug deal slaying
2021/11/20
New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
2021/11/08
International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
2021/11/04
Palestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
2021/09/06
Court rules Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute
2021/08/19
US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
2021/08/16
Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal
2021/08/13
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
2021/08/11
Court tosses ruling against Pennsylvania COVID-19 measures
2021/08/07
Order: Mississippi judges have discretion for COVID safety
2021/07/12
Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates dissolved lower house
2021/07/09
Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline
2021/07/07
Judge asked to dismiss lawsuit over WVa transgender ban
2021/07/06
Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
2021/07/02
Ruling is final blow to New Hampshire voter registration law
2021/06/30
Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court
2021/06/28
Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
2021/06/25
High court to rule whether to hear Maine school choice case
2021/06/18
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
2021/06/14
Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions
2021/06/09
Court nixes South Carolina’s lifelong sex offender registry
2021/06/07
Schumer recommending 2 voting rights lawyers to be judges
2021/06/04
Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
2021/06/01
Supreme Court ruling gives immigrant facing deportation hope
2021/05/24
Supreme Court: Guam can pursue $160M dump cleanup lawsuit
2021/05/19
Brazil police probe environment minister over timber exports
2021/05/14
Judge: Pretrial release OK for man accused in Capitol riot
2021/05/06
Albanian officials want ex-minister tried over deadly blast
2021/04/24
Nevada inmate fighting on several fronts to avoid execution
2021/04/17
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
2021/03/01
Anchorage companies, man fined for clean air violations
2021/02/04
Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
2021/01/26
US Supreme Court won’t take up Sheldon Silver’s case
2021/01/07
Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
2020/12/28
Parents Plead Not Guilty to Charges in Missouri Girl's Death
2020/12/01
Cosby’s sex assault conviction goes before high-level court
2020/11/17
Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
2020/11/14
‘Obamacare’ likely to survive, high court arguments indicate
2020/11/11
High court seems likely to leave to health care law in place
2020/10/24
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/18
Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
2020/10/08
Court blocks extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline
2020/09/10
Black Democrat urges governor to drop Black court nominee
2020/08/24
Vermont extends emergency court rules until new year
2020/08/06
Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses
2020/07/02
High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
2020/07/01
Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions
2020/06/02
Court to hear arguments on Dayton gunman's school records
2020/05/30
Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services
2020/05/24
Court upholds ban on in-person church services in California
2020/05/03
Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/04/26
Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
2020/04/03
Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
2020/03/29
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
2020/03/20
Fight over jaguar habitat in Southwest heads back to court
2020/03/18
Georgia high court election cancellation headed for appeal
2020/02/28
UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
2020/01/14
Supreme Court rejects appeal in texting suicide case
2020/01/08
WikiLeaks' Assange in UK court fighting extradition to USA
2020/01/07
New Orleans budget issues prompt short-lived furlough threat
2020/01/03
Russian court jails 2 terrorism suspects arrested on US tip
2019/12/28
Court: Washington drivers must use turn signals to turn
2019/12/18
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
2019/12/06
Court to consider bathroom use by transgender student
2019/12/04
Afghanistan probe appeal begins at Hague international court
2019/12/01
Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records
2019/11/27
Court turns down bid to block vote on nuclear plant rescue
2019/11/25
Supreme Court shields Trump’s financial records for now
2019/11/19
Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes
2019/11/11
As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act
2019/11/10
Supreme Court considering whether Trump must open tax returns
2019/10/21
High court to consider state role in prosecuting immigrants
2019/10/17
Trump’s lawyers ready for Supreme Court in tax record fight
2019/09/29
Trial begins Monday in Kansas abortion stalking lawsuit
2019/09/16
High Court overturns city mandate on construction projects
2019/09/10
New Orleans judges seek review of court fees conflict ruling
2019/09/03
Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win
2019/08/20
Court rules Rams lawsuit can be heard in St. Louis courtroom
2019/08/14
Thai court acquits Red Shirts of terrorism for 2010 protests
2019/08/10
Suspect in Norway mosque attack bruised but smiling in court
2019/08/04
Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder
2019/07/28
Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/26
Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
2019/07/11
Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
2019/07/06
Court rules against Florida officials on medical marijuana
2019/06/25
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/21
Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
2019/06/15
Ohio high court won't hear challenge over bite-mark evidence
2019/06/08
Semenya wins in court again; claims was denied race entry
2019/06/02
Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships
2019/06/01
Kevin Spacey appears at court for hearing in groping case
2019/05/24
DeVaney sworn in to South Dakota Supreme Court
2019/05/24
High court halts electoral map redrawing in Michigan, Ohio
2019/05/12
Students in Colorado shooting face murder, other charges
2019/05/07
News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
2019/05/03
Arizona court says Costco can be sued over ED drug disclosure
2019/04/30
Roggensack Re-Elected as Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief
2019/04/27
Wisconsin court says gun site not liable in spa shooting
2019/04/21
Court case threatens to take gloss off Ostersund's rise
2019/04/15
6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
2019/04/08
Court finds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty
2019/04/01
Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
2019/04/01
As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow
2019/03/16
Court reinstates late Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction
2019/03/13
Detained Saudi women's rights activists brought to court
2019/03/07
Court: $700M judgment against North Carolina still unpaid
2019/03/05
N Carolina court: State retirees should pay health premiums
2019/03/02
Japan court OK's Nissan ex-Chairman Ghosn's release on bail
2019/03/01
Court raises concerns over power lines by historic Jamestown
2019/02/21
French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
2019/02/18
Republicans pitch keeping Court of Appeals at 15 judges
2019/02/13
Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice set for sentencing
2019/02/10
Hearing set on end to decades-old Everglades court oversight
2019/02/06
Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl to appear in court
2019/01/26
Court: Illinois mom can sue Six Flags for fingerprinting son
2019/01/25
Appeals court reopens case involving payment to law firm
2019/01/04
GOP candidate asks North Carolina court to declare he won
2018/12/26
Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/12/22
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
2018/12/08
Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details
2018/12/07
Palestinian court extends detention of Palestinian-American
2018/12/05
Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure
2018/12/01
Alec Baldwin appears in court in parking-spot case
2018/11/24
Government asks high court to hear transgender military case
2018/11/21
European court orders Turkey to free ex-Kurdish party leader
2018/11/19
New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing
2018/10/29
Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
2018/10/05
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh clears crucial Senate hurdle
2018/09/28
The Latest: 6 countries seek criminal probe of Venezuela
2018/09/08
Parkland survivor urges Congress to reject Trump court pick
2018/09/01
UN court hears case over strategic Indian Ocean islands
2018/08/29
Blankenship ballot bid denied by West Virginia Supreme Court
2018/08/26
Iran goes to UN's highest court over re-imposed US sanctions
2018/08/18
Alabama Supreme Court won't move lawsuit against Moore
2018/08/13
Court: EPA violated law on harmful pesticide, orders ban
2018/08/03
Iowa woman promoted to nation's lone all-male Supreme Court
2018/08/03
SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
2018/07/31
Supreme Court keeps 'climate kids' suit on track for trial
2018/07/23
Tennessee abortion change vote case appealed to high court
2018/07/22
New Jersey court proposes tossing out old open-warrant cases
2018/07/17
Court says convicted serial rapist should be released
2018/07/13
Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation
2018/07/08
Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report
2018/07/04
California high court: Yelp can't be ordered to remove posts
2018/06/25
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/20
Outgoing Indiana Senate president gets major law firm job
2018/06/19
Court deals major financial blow to nation's public employee unions
2018/06/18
Wolf held fundraiser at law firm his administration is suing
2018/06/14
NY high court nixes Trump's bid to delay defamation suit
2018/06/11
Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/01
Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run
2018/05/20
Suspect in vandalism to Jewish boundary heads to court
2018/04/24
Ohio court's visitor center adds plaster cast of Harding
2018/04/20
Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection
2018/04/14
Supreme Court upholds audit law, ending Otto's lawsuit
2018/04/10
Supreme Court dismisses Microsoft search case
2018/03/27
Agency: School boards, counties should stay out of court
2018/03/21
Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
2018/03/15
Groups: Duterte can't evade accountability by quitting court
2018/03/10
Former Trump campaign aide Nunberg at court for grand jury
2018/03/08
Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
2018/03/07
Cambodian court denies opposition leader release on bail
2018/03/02
Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
2018/02/17
France argues World Court has no jurisdiction in graft case
2018/02/12
Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
2018/02/09
Court: Ex-West Virginia judge ineligible for benefits
2018/02/02
Suspect in U Penn student's murder due in California court
2018/02/01
Cambodian court again rejects bail for opposition leader
2018/01/31
Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
2018/01/27
Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
2017/11/20
Belgian court pushes back extradition hearing for 5 Catalans
2017/11/10
High court to hear appeal in Newtown school shooting case
2017/11/08
Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
2017/11/02
Moscow court seizes property of prominent director
2017/10/30
Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
2017/10/27
Court gives government a win in young immigrants' cases
2017/10/15
Ex-SKorea leader Park complains about extension of detention
2017/07/19
EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary
2017/07/15
Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
2017/07/11
Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
2017/07/09
Parents of sick UK infant storm out of new court hearing
2017/07/07
Rob Kardashian's ex-fiancee arrives at court for hearing
2017/06/15
Trump visiting Supreme Court as justices weigh travel ban
2017/06/12
Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments
2017/06/07
Court: Neighbors can sue pot grower for stinky smells
2017/06/01
East Timor court drops premier's libel case against media
2017/05/28
Doctor arrested at Trump hotel on gun charges due in court
2017/05/24
Finnish court releases Iraqi twins in IS-related killings
2017/05/16
High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans
2017/05/16
Court likely to question if Trump's travel ban discriminates
2017/05/11
Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/04
Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
2017/04/15
9 life sentences in state case on Charleston church slayings
2017/04/06
New Ohio lethal injection process rejected by appeals court
2017/04/02
Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
2017/04/01
S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
2017/03/27
Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
2017/03/07
Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems
2017/02/24
Supreme Court Hears Case on Fatal Border Shooting
2017/02/24
Supreme Court won't hear Ohio man's Amish hair-cutting case
2017/01/29
Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
2017/01/25
Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/23
Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
2017/01/21
Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/17
Supreme Court delays New Jersey sports betting decision
2016/12/22
Woman charged in twin's Hawaii death due in Albany court
2016/12/22
Supreme Court pauses Alabama execution of convicted murderer
2016/12/21
Arkansas Court Upholds Gay Marriage Birth Certificate Law
2016/12/20
Populist lawmaker Wilders convicted of anti-Moroccan chants
2016/12/19
Supreme Court takes up cases about race in redistricting
2016/12/18
UK Supreme Court hears landmark challenge to Brexit plans
2016/12/17
Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many
2016/12/16
Lawyers for Egypt's Islamists see high court as last refuge
2016/12/08
Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
2016/12/04
US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
2016/12/02
ICC prosecutor: African states leaving court is 'regression'
2016/11/22
US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
2016/11/15
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/09/17
Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
2016/09/09
High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
2016/08/19
Polish prosecutors investigate court head for abuse of power
2016/08/09
Appeals court rejects request to postpone voter ID decision
2016/07/28
Court won't reinstate church official's conviction
2016/07/14
Court blocks prosecutors from seizing emails stored overseas
2016/07/08
Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents
2016/07/05
Thai military court adds to singer's jail term for insults
2016/06/26
Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
2016/06/15
Court upholds net neutrality rules on equal internet access
2016/06/07
British court gives 22 life sentences to pedophile
2016/06/07
High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
2016/05/11
Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
2016/05/07
Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail
2016/04/16
Democrats push McConnell, GOP on Supreme Court nomination
2016/03/25
'Bogus beggar' pleads guilty to fraud charges
2016/03/16
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
2016/03/12
Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
2016/03/02
Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test
2016/02/27
Federal appeals court to rehear Texas voter ID case
2015/12/01
Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/11/30
High Court rules against Northern Ireland's abortion law
2015/11/22
Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating
2015/11/18
State Supreme Court suspends Hawaii telescope permit
2015/11/04
Supreme Court considers if Pistorius guilty of murder
2015/10/12
Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/10/07
Virginia executes serial killer who claimed to be disabled
2015/09/17
Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading
2015/09/04
Appeals court overturns county's longest-ever drug sentence
2015/07/08
Appeals court upholds parts of Arizona ethnic studies ban
2015/06/21
Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter
2015/06/18
Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court
2015/05/17
Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts
2015/05/16
Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
2015/04/16
After conviction, many court cases left for Aaron Hernandez
2015/04/07
Supreme Court rejects North Carolina appeal on election law
2015/03/12
Court upholds death sentence for Pakistan governor's killer
2015/02/25
Supreme Court won't reinstate case of man who went missing
2015/01/21
Judicial candidates' appeals for campaign cash at high court
2014/12/11
Woman at center of 1961 Supreme Court case dies
2014/09/23
Accused White House intruder to appear in court
2014/01/20
Court hearings for 2 arrested in student stabbing
2012/02/07
Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
2012/01/13
Priest with gambling habit facing prison in Vegas
2012/01/10
Nevada Supreme Court reaches 60,000th case
2011/12/08
Political aide to former Md. governor found guilty
2011/12/01
NY court hears hedge fund boss' bail arguments
2011/11/16
Missouri Supreme Court upholds strip club restrictions
2011/11/11
Court says nothing about health care appeal
2011/11/08
Court to look at life in prison for juveniles
2011/11/06
MF Global faces class-action suits after bankruptcy
2011/11/05
Court: Fla. must weigh arbitration in Madoff case
2011/10/28
Man pleads guilty to Picasso theft at SF gallery
2011/10/27
PETA lawsuit seeks to expand animal rights
2011/10/21
Court orders new trial for convicted Cass County killer
2011/10/20
Mom pleads guilty to forcing beer on children
2011/10/17
US House group files motion in gay marriage suit
2011/09/28
Rentech Announces Final Court Approvals of Settlements
2011/09/28
Ex-workers at Fla. foreclose firm get class action
2011/09/26
Wis. Supreme Court takes payday loan case
2011/09/09
Guilty plea for Va. man in $318K Social Security fraud
2011/09/06
Calif. gay marriage ban faces next legal hurdle
2011/08/16
2 enter guilty pleas in GOP corruption case
2011/08/14
Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
2011/08/12
Lawyer: NJ student didn't mean to spy on roommate
2011/08/05
Calif. court hears appeal on gay juror dismissals
2011/08/03
Appeals court overturns rare Mich. death sentence
2011/08/01
Ex-Schuyler teacher seeks OK to plead guilty
2011/06/13
NY lawyers: Affair with boss led to inside trades
2011/06/13
Court orders reconsideration of parole judgment
2011/06/07
Senate confirms Obama lawyer as solicitor general
2011/06/02
Ark. court upholds conviction in TV anchor slaying
2011/05/23
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty
2011/05/21
Maine lawmaker due in court on gun-threat charges
2011/05/19
SD Supreme Court disciplines circuit judge
2011/05/15
Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
2011/05/13
LimeWire settles out of court with major record labels
2011/05/07
Disabled lawyer cranks out lawsuits
2011/05/05
4 guilty in $5.2M Medicare fraud scheme in Houston
2011/04/28
Ohio man pleads guilty in abortion-gunpoint case
2011/04/28
Iowa court reverses child endangerment conviction
2011/04/23
Court denies Va. inmate's lawsuit over beard
2011/04/04
Pa. bus firm in deadly NJ crash is taken off road
2011/03/03
Delaware court upholds Barnes & Noble ruling
2011/03/02
Ark high court upholds dismissal of gas lease suit
2011/02/03
Dick's settles with former Neb. worker over pay
2011/02/03
Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit
2011/01/18
Court won't hear appeal from NY couple
2011/01/12
SEC charges 4 with insider trading
2011/01/04
Calif. high court refuses appeal of no-burn rule
2010/12/19
Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
2010/08/30
Utah court rejects appeal from polygamous sect
2010/07/20
NY man gets 19 years to life in wife's poisoning
2010/06/28
Bankruptcy judge approves Visteon disclosure plan
2010/06/14
NY woman sentenced for taking $700K from law firm
2010/06/03
US court weighs school discipline for Web posts
2010/05/17
High court rules out life sentences for juveniles
2010/05/10
DA opposes Polanski's request for sealed testimony
2009/12/23
Judge rejects mandatory condoms on LA porn sets
2009/11/15
LV Law firm sues state over mortgage modification licensing
2009/10/19
2 Hudson residents sue General Mills over Cheerios cholesterol claims
2009/08/03
Workplace Bullying Worse Than Sexual Harassment: Study
2009/08/01
Supreme Court Overturns 75 Mil Malpractice Suit Verdict In NJ
2009/04/20
Court to weigh state's duty to English learners
2009/04/13
Davis Polk Recruits Ex-SEC Aide
2008/12/28
Judge: 2 adoptive dads belong on birth certificate
2008/12/18
Appeals court rejects DC missing pants case
2008/12/16
Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder
2008/12/14
Court sides with NY Times in anthrax libel case
2008/10/01
Ex-Attorney Loses Bid to Access Legislator's Records
2008/09/30
Homeowner Get 122K in Hidden Cash, Court Says
2008/09/29
Court Clears Microsoft in $1.5 Billion Patent Action by Lucent
2008/09/24
Attorney's Letter To Jurors Questioned
2008/09/15
Reputation Battle Tied to 4th Circuit Nominee
2008/09/11
'We're Not Cougars,' Women Say In Suit
2008/09/08
EU Court Unfreezes Assets of Saudi Charity
2008/09/08
NY Judge dismisses challenge to gay marriage recognition
2008/09/03
Court Chides Judiciary for Relying on Wikipedia
2008/09/02
Landlord Can Demand Gold Coins, Court Says
2008/08/19
Sixth Circuit Upholds Nudity Ban in Ohio
2008/08/14
Truck Driver Sues For Bridge Collapse
2008/07/29
Coalition Opposes Canyon Granite Removal
2008/07/25
New York AG files complaint
2008/07/22
Monkey See, Monkey Sue
2008/07/18
Jr. College Fired Her For Answering A Student's Question
2008/07/16
New Jersey court strikes down sex offender residence laws
2008/07/14
Ibuprofen Strip Search Violated Student's Rights
2008/07/09
Court Shields Bloggers From Disclosing Names
2008/07/02
'Reality' Show Host Sued For Assault
2008/06/19
Court sides with employee in benefits case
2008/06/17
ACLU files suit against Texas juvenile prison system
2008/06/16
Ginsburg Reverses FOIA Denial
2008/06/11
Class Claims Steak House Knowingly Hires Illegals
2008/06/10
Judge Removed From Office For Phone Rage
2008/06/05
Black Public Defenders Sue Atlanta
2008/05/15
9th Circuit Halts Logging In Sierra Nevada Forest
2008/05/15
Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside
2008/04/25
Makers of Paxil, Zoloft Win
2008/04/21
Paper Wins Dismissal Of Libel Suit
2008/04/16
Court Won't Hear Young Killer's Appeal
2008/04/08
9th Circuit Declines Serial ADA Plaintiff's Appeal
2008/04/04
Ohio Settles Lawsuit Over Youth Prisons
2008/03/25
9th Circuit: County Can't Use RICO
2008/03/20
Man Pleads Guilty After Verdict Tossed
2008/03/18
Court Rules in Favor of Wash. Primary
2008/03/11
Miami appraiser pleads guilty to fraud scheme
2008/03/07
US court dismisses suit on Barr's Plan B pill
2008/03/06
Judge Rejects Murtha Deposition Request
2008/03/05
District judge given probation in gun incident
2008/03/05
Supreme Court to Release Same-Day Tapes
2008/03/05
Ex-Westar execs want charges dismissed
2008/03/04
Judge won't dismiss charges against Haditha commander
2008/03/03
N.Y. man guilty of killing family, burning home
2008/03/03
Venezuelan pleads guilty in suitcase scandal
2008/03/03
Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Battery
2008/03/03
Court Leaves Diabetes Drug Case Intact
2008/03/01
Court Looks At Internet Limits
2008/03/01
Law firm violated debt collection statute, federal suit alleges
2008/02/08
U.S. Appeals Court sets deadlines in Peel case
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
Court Updates |
2025/01/27 17:55
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution promises citizenship to those born on U.S. soil, a measure ratified in 1868 to ensure citizenship for former slaves after the Civil War. But in an effort to curb unlawful immigration, Trump issued the executive order just after being sworn in for his second term on Monday.
The order would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally. It also forbids U.S. agencies from issuing any document or accepting any state document recognizing citizenship for such children.Trump’s order drew immediate legal challenges across the country, with at least five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups. A lawsuit brought by Washington, Arizona, Oregon and Illinois was the first to get a hearing.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is,” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour told a Justice Department attorney. “This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
Thursday’s decision prevents the Trump administration from taking steps to implement the executive order for 14 days. In the meantime, the parties will submit further arguments about the merits of Trump’s order. Coughenour scheduled a hearing on Feb. 6 to decide whether to block it long term as the case proceeds.
Coughenour, 84, a Ronald Reagan appointee who was nominated to the federal bench in 1981, grilled the DOJ attorney, Brett Shumate, asking whether Shumate personally believed the order was constitutional.
“I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” he added.
Shumate assured the judge he did — “absolutely.” He said the arguments the Trump administration is making now have never previously been litigated, and that there was no reason to issue a 14-day temporary restraining order when it would expire before the executive order takes effect.
The Department of Justice later said in a statement that it will “vigorously defend” the president’s executive order, which it said “correctly interprets the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”
“We look forward to presenting a full merits argument to the Court and to the American people, who are desperate to see our Nation’s laws enforced,” the department said.
The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among them.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, in the aftermath of the Civil War, to ensure citizenship for former slaves and free African Americans. It states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Trump’s order asserts that the children of noncitizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States, and therefore not entitled to citizenship.
Arguing for the states on Thursday, Washington assistant attorney general Lane Polozola called that “absurd,” noting that neither those who have immigrated illegally nor their children are immune from U.S. law.
“Are they not subject to the decisions of the immigration courts?” Polozola asked. “Must they not follow the law while they are here?”
Polozola also said the restraining order was warranted because, among other reasons, the executive order would immediately start requiring the states to spend millions to revamp health care and benefits systems to reconsider an applicant’s citizenship status.
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
Court Updates |
2025/01/01 19:54
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A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said.
The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty. The attacks by al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped spur U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in what the George W. Bush administration called its war on terror.
The military appeals court released its ruling Monday night, according to the U.S. official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Military prosecutors and defense attorneys for Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the attacks, and two co-defendants reached the plea agreements after two years of government-approved negotiations. The deals were announced late last summer.
Supporters of the plea agreements see them as a way of resolving the legally troubled case against the men at the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Pretrial hearings for Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi have been underway for more than a decade.
Much of the focus of pretrial arguments has been on how torture of the men while in CIA custody in the first years after their detention may taint the overall evidence in the case.
Within days of news of the plea deal this summer, Austin issued a brief order saying he was nullifying them.
He cited the gravity of the 9/11 attacks in saying that as defense secretary, he should decide on any plea agreements that would spare the defendants the possibility of execution.
Defense lawyers said Austin had no legal authority to reject a decision already approved by the Guantanamo court’s top authority and said the move amounted to unlawful interference in the case.
The military judge hearing the 9/11 case, Air Force Col. Matthew McCall, had agreed that Austin lacked standing to throw out the plea bargains after they were underway. That had set up the Defense Department’s appeal to the military appeals court.
Austin now has the option of taking his effort to throw out the plea deals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Separately, the Pentagon said it had repatriated one of the longest-held detainees at the Guantanamo military prison, a Tunisian man who U.S. authorities approved for transfer more than a decade ago.
Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi’s return to Tunisia leaves 26 men at Guantanamo. That’s down from a peak population of about 700 Muslim men detained abroad and brought to the prison in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Al-Yazidi’s repatriation leaves 14 men awaiting transfer to other countries after U.S. authorities waived any prosecution and cleared them as security risks.
The Biden administration, pressed by rights groups to free remaining Guantanamo detainees held without charge, transferred out three other men this month. The U.S. says it is searching for suitable and stable countries willing to receive the remaining 14.
In a statement, the U.S. military said it had worked with authorities in Tunisia for the “responsible transfer” of al-Yazidi. He had been a prisoner at Guantanamo since 2002, when the U.S. began sending Muslim detainees taken abroad there.
Al-Yazidi is the last of a dozen Tunisian men once held at Guantanamo.
Of those remaining at Guantanamo, seven — including Mohammed and his 9/11 co-defendants — face active cases. Two others of the 26 total have been convicted and sentenced by the military commission. |
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
Court Updates |
2024/12/11 10:08
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.
The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dismissing the parents’ lawsuit.
Three justices, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, would have heard the case. That’s one short of what is needed for full review by the Supreme Court.
Parents with children in Eau Claire public schools argued in a lawsuit that the school district’s policy violates constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom.
Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents’ case.
Lower courts had found that the parents lacked the legal right, or standing. Among other reasons, the courts said no parent presented evidence that the policy affected them or their children.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals included two judges Republican Donald Trump appointed during his first term.
But Alito described the case as presenting “a question of great and growing national importance,” whether public school districts violate parents’ rights when they encourage students to transition or assist in the process without parental consent or knowledge.
“Administrative Guidance for Gender Identity Support” encourages transgender students to reach out to staff members with concerns and instructs employees to be careful who they talk to about a student’s gender identity, since not all students are “out” to their families. |
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
Court Updates |
2024/12/01 12:02
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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail complex.
Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an “emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,” his attorney, Imran Ansari, said in a statement.
“It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes,” the statement continues. “His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.”
A spokesperson for New York City’s Department of Correction did not immediately respond to an email. The agency’s inmate database confirmed that Weinstein had been transferred from Rikers Island to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan.
Weinstein has been in city custody since earlier this year after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.
In a legal filing last week, Weinstein’s attorneys accused the city of providing him with substandard medical care for a litany of medical afflictions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes.
“When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV’s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear — hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,” Ansari said in a statement that likened Rikers Island to a “gulag.”
The troubled jail complex, located on an island in New York City’s East River, has faced growing scrutiny for its mistreatment of detainees and dangerous conditions. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for a possible federal takeover of the jail system, finding the city had placed its incarcerated population in “unconstitutional danger.”
A publicist for Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, echoed the allegation in a statement Monday.
“Mr. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not,” he said. “In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Court overturns actor Jussie Smollett's 2019 conviction in hate crime hoax case
Court Updates |
2024/11/17 15:45
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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.
Smollett's appeal argued that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially dropped charges. The state's highest court heard arguments in September.
Smollett, who is Black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs and tossed a noose around his neck, leading to a massive search for suspects by Chicago police detectives and kicking up an international uproar. Smollett was on the television drama "Empire," which filmed in Chicago, and prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with the studio's response to hate mail he received.
A jury convicted him of five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021. Smollett has maintained his innocence.
His attorneys have argued that the case was over when the Cook County state's attorney's office dropped an initial 16 counts of disorderly conduct after Smollett performed community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond. intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially dropped charges.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.
Smollett's appeal argued that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially dropped charges. The state's highest court heard arguments in September.
Smollett, who is Black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs and tossed a noose around his neck, leading to a massive search for suspects by Chicago police detectives and kicking up an international uproar. Smollett was on the television drama "Empire," which filmed in Chicago, and prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with the studio's response to hate mail he received.
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A jury convicted him of five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021. Smollett has maintained his innocence.
His attorneys have argued that the case was over when the Cook County state's attorney's office dropped an initial 16 counts of disorderly conduct after Smollett performed community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond.
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