Corrected: A New Mexico judge who was open to the possibility of romantic relationship with an assistant public defender to whom he gave a gag sex-book gift during a take-out…
In the more than 30 years since the death penalty was reinstated in California, it has cost the public about $308 million per execution on the 13 occasions it was…
Disciplined for repeated rudeness to lawyers, court staff and others, a South Dakota judge says he can’t afford the nearly $175,000 that a six-month suspension and subsequent probation could cost…
Justice Elena Kagan tried ad-libbing as she announced her opinion yesterday holding that a federal court had no authority to bar a class action in state…
The administrator for Franklin County, Ohio, has promised to investigate concerns about a glass staircase in a new courthouse, but he says the issue may be overblown because the stairs…
Briefly banned from practicing bankruptcy law in the Middle District of Florida, after one of its lawyers aggravated a federal judge, an Orlando law firm is now back in the…
In 2006, a Kentucky judge retired rather than face potential discipline for his role in overseeing a $200 million settlement in controversial diet drug litigation that sent two of the…
At his confirmation hearing 20 years ago for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas told of how he could identify with prisoners he saw arriving at his…
Renowned federal appeals court judge Judge Richard Posner clearly wasn’t favorably impressed by a damages case brought by an alleged serial spammer seeking compensation for being put on an anti-spam…
The chief federal district judge in San Francisco has refused to vacate a controversial same-sex marriage ruling last year by a now-retired colleague, based on his sexual orientation and involvement…
