Updated: An Ohio judge who has refused to step down from a serial murder case after a local newspaper reported that she may have posted anonymous Internet comments about the…
Justice Stephen G. Breyer challenged a lawyer for a cruise line operator during oral arguments Wednesday with a hypothetical that involved his wife’s driving instructions.
Many TV viewers know Janet Napolitano for her gaffe as she spoke about the would-be underwear bomber who was tackled on a Christmas Day flight. In two interviews, the Homeland…
The left-leaning Judge Diane Wood plays the role of “philosophical outlier” on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but she has maintained a friendly relationship off the bench…
Another judge from the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is on the so-called short list of potential nominees to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
For years, an Oregon justice of the peace allegedly commented to clerks and parties in cases at Central Lane Justice Court about their sex lives, among other objectionable topics.
A Washington, D.C.-area lawyer made his first appearance before Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Friday, but it wasn’t in a U.S. Supreme Court case.
A Florida judge who has overseen the high-profile Casey Anthony murder case for almost two years has agreed to step down in response to a recusal motion filed late Friday…
With characteristic modesty, it appears, Justice John Paul Stevens opted to announce earlier this month his planned retirement at the conclusion of the current U.S. Supreme Court…
A civil litigant has filed a lawsuit that claims a Texas county is violating the state and federal constitutions and the federal racketeering law by requiring civil litigants to use…