Justice Antonin Scalia is the court’s funniest justice, and the justice he most often teases is ranked No. 2, according to a new study of laughter during oral arguments.
Apparently distraught about his divorce case, an armed man entered a South Florida courthouse this morning through an unsecured exit and demanded to speak with a judge while pointing the…
A former Cravath lawyer who says he hates feminists but appreciates a “babe” suspects the three female justices on the U.S. Supreme Court voted to deny cert in his ladies…
A Columbia law professor isn’t concerned about recent comments by President Obama that contradict the criminal complaint filed against the suspect in the shooting death of U.S. District Judge John…
A federal judge in California with experience in death-penalty trials has been tapped to preside over the trial of the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting spree that left six…
A Washington newspaper has won a round in a costly court battle to force Yakima County officials and/or a local state court to make public the billing records for court-appointed…
The public, lawmakers and at least one Florida newspaper columnist are outraged about the lavish new “Taj Mahal” courthouse built to house the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee…
Concerning that a 52-year-old Florida jurist’s death from lung cancer last month may have been linked to courthouse mold, three of Judge Cheryl Aleman’s colleagues on the ninth floor have…
Updated: U.S. District Judge John McBryde of Fort Worth, Texas, has sanctioned three lawyers and recommended criminal charges against two of them for motions questioning his integrity in litigation over…
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