A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California found two US Marines in contempt of court Friday after the two declined to testify against their former squad leader in a trial over...
Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday ruled that the use of specific documents from an illegal immigrant's alien-registration file during the immigrant's criminal trial is constitutional. The issue...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) does not provide for statutory relief for a lender's failure to conspicuously disclose certain...
Darrell Combs, Kathleen Combs v. Homer-Center School District, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, August 21, 2008 [ruling that a Pennsylvania law imposing reporting and curriculum review requirements on parents who home school their children does...
A Russian court on Friday rejected an application for parole made by former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky , who applied for early release from Krasnokamensk penal colony in July. Khodorkovsky headed the...
Prosecutors before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday appealed the indictment of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," saying it...
JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that lawyers' fees may be included in restitution awards granted to corporate fraud victims. The Second Circuit affirmed the lower court's decision to order...
Three of the largest brokerage firms in the US reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office and securities regulators representing 48 states on Thursday, agreeing to pay $10 billion to investors who...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that a Pennsylvania law imposing reporting and curriculum review requirements on parents who home school their children does not violate federal freedom of religion...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) assigned a new panel of judges Thursday to the upcoming war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . The changes come...