A judge in West Virginia has been disqualified from continuing to hear a case alleging groundwater pollution because he once represented one of the defendants—while still a practicing lawyer and…
A famous civil rights lawyer and Harvard Law School professor is trying to hold Justice Antonin Scalia’s feet to the fire concerning a U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
The presiding judge of Texas’ highest criminal court testified in her misconduct trial on Tuesday that she didn’t violate court rules when she refused to keep…
A federal judge in Philadelphia has agreed to direct Westlaw and Lexis to pull eight of his published rulings in an attractive nuisance case to honor the terms of a…
Federal agents taught a blogger Hal Turner what he could and could not say on Internet websites as they trained him to be an “agent provacateur” pushing others to behave…
A death row inmate who claims the Eighth Amendment bars his execution because he is innocent of the crime will get a hearing before a federal district judge, thanks to…
The presiding judge of the highest criminal appeals court in Texas is expected to testify on her own behalf in a hearing that begins today. At issue is whether Judge…
The bar association’s latest evening program with Angus and Judge Horatio Standwell was about bench trials. I was afraid the topic wouldn’t draw very well, but when Angus offered to…
The fallout continues today concerning a Maryland judge who admittedly deflated a court worker’s car tire in response to her alleged inappropriate use of La Plata courthouse parking.
Many federal courts make their case documents readily available online—for a price. And even though it’s only 8 cents a page, that can quickly add up for frequent users.
Some appeals court judges are apparently becoming increasingly frustrated with a 1996 law restricting habeas review of state death penalty convictions, as they voice ringing disapproval in dissenting opinions.
Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are competing to prosecute accused high-profile terrorists housed at Guantanamo, but local leaders in Alexandria, Va., have…
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