A lawyer for the state of Tennessee defending prosecutors’ decision to withhold evidence in a death penalty trial encountered skeptical and indignant questioning from several justices on Tuesday.
U.S. Supreme Court justices are swayed by their law clerks, tending to vote more liberally or conservatively as more clerks of like ilk join their chambers, according to a new…
An unknown number of child sex-abuse convictions in Santa Clara County, Calif., could be overturned after the discovery of some 3,000 videotapes of medical exams dating back to 1991 that…
Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote last year’s 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the Oregon Supreme Court to reconsider a $79.5 million punitive damages award, a ruling the Oregon justices…
A public hearing is set for tomorrow to examine an allegation that Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht accepted an illegal contribution from a law firm.
The Florida Supreme Court grilled lawyers from both sides of an unprecedented dispute involving the possible discipline of a judge for critical remarks he made in a written opinion.
We know that courts have been shy to accept cameras in the courtroom. But apparently even the quiet-as-a-church-mouse sketch artist isn’t welcome, at least at the U.S. Court of Appeals…
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the familiar today when it hears arguments on whether to set aside a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco giant Philip Morris.
Lawyers who work on indigent appeals for the Central California Appellate Program have been warned that their Social Security numbers and personal information have been stolen.
A footnote by Justice David H. Souter in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning $2.5 billion in punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill is prompting…
Rejecting a suggestion by a probation officer that Terry Christensen should be confined in his Beverly Hills home, a federal judge in California today sentenced the high-profile Los Angeles lawyer…
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