In a 2004 will, Josephine Smoron left almost all her considerable assets, which included a dairy farm, to her longtime caretaker. A subsequent estate document in 2006 explained that she…
A judge has found a Florida law firm in “deliberate, willful and flagrant” contempt and fined it $49,000 for setting—and then missing—two foreclosure hearings.
Recently retired Justice John Paul Stevens is critical of two Supreme Court decisions striking down a school integration program and finding a Second Amendment right to own guns, but he’s…
A Florida lawyer who serves as a magistrate in Duval County drug court is still hearing cases there after taking a plea to a reduced charge in his own drunken-driving…
A little-known case brought by a would-be lawyer in Texas helped pave the way for the famous U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
A judge from Intercourse, Pa., has been charged with disorderly conduct based on allegations he passed out condoms hidden inside acorns in the state Capitol complex.
Apparently blaming a local Minnesota prosecutor who happened to be his neighbor for his latest criminal conviction, John Stephen Woodward at first made legal ethics complaints against Dakota County Attorney…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has sold his Pfizer stock, allowing him to participate in cases involving allegations of drug overcharges and vaccine injuries.
A routine failure by the U.S. Senate to hold timely votes to decide whether or not to confirm the nominations of judicial appointees is exacerbating the problem created by more…