Courts

Courts

• India's secret executions raise concerns

  For 11 years the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago they found out — from ... 

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  3 political sisters in Pa. convicted of corruption

  The story has more irony than a Greek tragedy. Three sisters from a devoutly Catholic family have seen their personal and political careers ruined by ... 

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  Calif. city corruption case goes to jury

  The corruption case against six former officials of the scandal-ridden suburban city of Bell was placed in the hands of the jury Friday, with a ... 

• Judge blocks shareholder vote on Apple proposal

  A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who ... 

• Court lets stand Obama's China wind farm ban

  A federal judge said Friday she can't overturn President Barack Obama's decision to revoke a Chinese company's purchase of four wind farm projects in ... 

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  Ruling leaves Ill. grappling with concealed carry

  A federal appeals court on Friday narrowly rejected Illinois' request to reconsider a ruling that found the state's concealed carry weapons ban ... 

• Gay couples ask high court for marriage equality

  Gay and lesbian couples who are challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday that the Constitution prohibits discrimination against ... 

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  Chicago district disappointed in ex-congressman

  Residents in this swath of sprawling Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs have brimmed with loyalty to Jesse Jackson Jr. over the past 17 years, giving ... 

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  Macy, Penney to spar in court over Martha Stewart

  Let the pots and pans fly. Two of the nation's biggest department stores — J.C. Penney and Macy's —began to duke it out in New York State Supreme ... 

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  Kenyan chief justice reveals threats ahead of vote

  In an extraordinary public statement only days before Kenya's high-tension national election, the country's chief justice on Wednesday said he has ... 

• Court bars retrial of Michigan arson suspect

  The Supreme Court has ruled that a Michigan defendant cannot be retried for arson even though his initial acquittal was based on a judge's mistake. 

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  Lawyer: Israel won't free Palestinian on strike

  A lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike says Israel's supreme court has rejected a petition to release his client. Attorney Nery Ramati ... 

• Georgia execution halted at the last minute

  The execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990 was halted Tuesday at the last minute so courts could consider claims that he's ... 

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  Chavez back in Venezuela, stirs succession talk

  Hugo Chavez's sudden return to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatments in Cuba has fanned speculation that the president could be ... 

• Judge blocks NYC from Ken Burns film footage

  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked New York City from getting footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the ... 

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  Former Ivory Coast president faces charges

  Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing ... 

• Colorado execution possible after appeal rejected

  A Colorado judge can schedule the state's first execution in 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from an inmate who ... 

• Court says police don't have to prove dog training

  Police don't have to extensively document the work of drug-sniffing dogs in the field to be able to use the results of their work in court, the ... 

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  High court seems to favor Monsanto in patent case

  The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to side with Monsanto Co. in its claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean ... 

• Court won't hear appeal from ex-Ill. governor

  The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan over his corruption conviction. The justices on Tuesday turned away Ryan's ... 

• Court: US custody case not moot with child abroad

  The United States court system doesn't lose jurisdiction in international custody disputes simply because the child involved is no longer in the ... 

• High court rules against Georgia hospital merger

  The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern ... 

• High court limits detention powers in searches

  The Supreme Court has limited the power of police to detain people who are not at home when their residence is to be searched. By a 6-3 vote Tuesday, ... 

• Court will hear campaign donation limits appeal

  The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to campaign finance laws limiting how much an individual can give to political campaigns. The justices on ... 

• High court reject's rapper C-Murder's appeal

  The Supreme Court has passed up another chance to deal with an anomaly of constitutional law that requires federal juries to reach unanimous verdicts ...