Citizens filed 6,000 misconduct complaints against federal judges in the last decade, but only seven faced formal disciplinary action, a newspaper investigation has found.
Despite an apparent pleading error by the appellants’ counsel, a federal appeals court today reversed the federal program bribery convictions of two Mississippi judges and a trial lawyer. This is…
An Ohio judge’s e-mails to a newspaper about an alleged serial murderer whose case he was later assigned have reportedly led him to step down from the upcoming trial.
Robert H. Henry, chief judge of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, stunned colleagues, friends and staff Thursday when he announced that he’ll give up his lifetime federal…
A judge and judge-elect in Montgomery County, Pa., have created a stir, but haven’t broken any nepotism rules by hiring their wives to serve as their secretaries.
A Florida ethics opinion says judges may post comments and other materials on social networking sites, but they shouldn’t friend lawyers who may appear before them.
A sitting Arizona judge has been charged with three major felonies, apparently at least partly in connection with his court rulings concerning a battle among local officials for control of…
A new Massachusetts court rule allows judges to explain their decisions after the fact—in supplemental memoranda, rather than interviews with the press.
The controversial former Las Vegas judge who was banned from the bench for belittling staff has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a former assistant for defaming her.
A deadlocked jury forced a mistrial today in the case of a so-called hate blogger accused of threatening three federal appeals court judges in an Internet tirade over an opinion…
A Phoenix-area courtroom officer who took a public defender’s document is in jail for refusing to apologize, but it’s not clear if he is in a jail cell.
Michael T. Toole, a judge in Luzerne County, Pa., was charged today with honest services fraud and filing a false tax return, and he was also suspended from judicial duties…
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