A trial court judge in Ohio ruled Wednesday that the state's new constitutional amendment banning gay marriage prevents domestic violence charges from being filed against unmarried people. Ohio's domestic violence law was not limited to married people. The...

Schiavo v. Schiavo, emergency petition for stay pending filing and disposition of a writ of certiorari, Supreme Court of the United States, March 23, 2005 [petition by the parents of Terri Schiavo after Eleventh Circuit refusal to authorize reconnection of...

The British government persisted Thursday in refusing to disclose the full legal advice it received from Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on the Iraq war despite disclosure of a previously blanked-out text in the 2003 resignation letter of...

Lawyers for the parents of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo filed a final appeal with the US Supreme Court Wednesday night after the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals refused an en banc rehearing of their case ....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 24.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.American University Washington College of Law will hold a...

In re Schiavo v. Schindler, Petition/Motion for Intervention, Florida Department of Children and Families, Circuit Court for Pinellas County, March 23, 2005 . Read the full...

The government of Florida and a Florida judge engaged in a last-minute legal tussle late Wednesday as the state made what could be its final bid to restore Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. At a press conference held while the...

Yuen, et al. v. Gemstar TV Guide International, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Circuit Judge Trott, March 22, 2005 [upholding a district court's ruling which froze $37.6 million in termination pay and bonuses to two Gemstar...

United States v. Sczubelek, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, March 21, 2005 ....

France and the United States locked diplomatic horns behind closed doors in the UN Security Council Wednesday over which court should try war criminals from the long-troubled Darfur region of Sudan. France, along with eight of the other 15...