A continuing investigation into the killing of the Colorado prisons superintendent is focusing on at least two questions: Whether the deceased suspect in the case, Evan Spencer Ebel, could be…
A lawyer for an embattled Michigan judge who is facing an ethics complaint has said he doesn’t believe the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission will be able to prove charges that…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had to change his morning routine when he stopped by a Starbucks in suburban Maryland on Tuesday, the day of oral arguments on California’s…
An admittedly intemperate family court judge has been suspended without pay for the remaining years of his term by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
A scheme that federal prosecutors say Amin Abbas Eltayeb launched to try to collect on the $750 loan he had made to an exotic dancer allegedly resulted in threats against…
Authorities are investigating a March 14 incident in which a 50-year-old New York lawyer who represents low-income clients for the Legal Aid Society says a court officer shouted at her…
A California judge who is facing a 32-count case concerning his alleged theft of a now-deceased elderly neighbor’s life savings of $1.6 million or more has voluntarily stepped down from…
A federal appeals judge warned a congressional panel on Wednesday that $350 million in sequestration cuts to court funding has resulted in emergency measures that are “unsustainable, difficult and painful…
Personal trainer Bryant Johnson is a records manager in Washington, D.C., federal court by day. In the evening, he is a personal trainer who counts Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and…
After last week’s layoff of 22 lawyers, a Detroit prosecutor says her office is stretched too thin to cover all traffic court and domestic violence cases.
Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer told a House appropriations subcommittee on Thursday that sequestration could have a serious impact on lower federal courts.
A federal appeals court has removed a judge from the trial of reputed gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, who is accused of committing 19 murders as part of a racketeering conspiracy.
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