City of Sherrill, New York v. Oneida Nation of New York, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ginsburg, March 29, 2005 [ruling that the tribe could not regain sovereignty over lands in central New York by purchasing them on...

Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed., Supreme Court of the United States, Justice O'Connor, March 29, 2005 . Excerpt:The regulations implementing Title IX clearly prohibit...

Following up on a JURIST report from earlier today, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ruled out resigning after a new interim report by the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Program faulted him but cleared him...

More than three dozen Pakistanis transferred to their home country from detention at Guantanamo Bay remain imprisoned, most without charge, Pakistani government officials have said. The prisoners include 32 transferred by the US in September 2004 and another seven...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that regulators have called Warren Buffett to answer questions next month about his involvement in the insurance transaction between General Re Corp....

Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed death sentences they received in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. The appeals court hearing the case said it would rule on May 31. The...

Ousted Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev said Tuesday that he would be willing to resign if given "relevant" legal protections. Akayev made the statement in an interview with a Russian television station while he is staying outside...

US District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina on Tuesday approved a $16 million plea agreement between the Justice Department and Riggs Bank over Riggs' maintenance of secret accounts for South American dictators, including former Chilean dictator...

After resting their case, Russian prosecutors Tuesday asked a Russian trial court to convict ex-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky of tax and fraud charges, and asked that he receive the maximum 10 year sentence. Khodorkovsky...

Four suspected Islamic radicals began trial Tuesday in Paris for allegedly conspiring to kill Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masood . French prosecutors believe the four men helped two Tunisians travelling with fake Belgian passports. Posing as journalists,...