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Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)-- A lawyer breaks down sobbing in court. The president's children sit in the public gallery. The secretary general of the ruling party, the African National Congress, sits behind them. Outside, military veterans ...
May 24, 2012 at 23:57 | Source: CNN
BOGOTA, May 23 (UPI) -- A Colombian court has restored custody of adopted sons to a homosexual man, opening the door for gay adoptions. The Constitutional Court found that the country's Family Welfare Institute simply assumed the father's sexual ...
May 23, 2012 at 17:53 | Source: United Press International
SALT LAKE CITY — Michael Connolly said he "celebrated too much" following his friend's wedding. That resulted in a police citation for public intoxication. "I'm an Irishman. I know how to do that," he told Salt Lake Justice Court Judge John Baxter ...
May 27, 2012 at 00:16 | Source: ksl.com
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship. The 200-year-old U.S. Supreme Court definition of piracy has ...
May 23, 2012 at 19:05 | Source: San Francisco Gate
NEW DELHI – An Indian court on Friday extended the custody of two Italian marines accused of shooting two Indian fishermen after mistaking them for pirates, news reports said. Chief Judicial Magistrate A.K. Gopakuar, in the southern state of ...
May 25, 2012 at 13:05 | Source: FOX News
A rumor from Washington appeared to juice options activity in health-care providers’ stock Thursday, and stoked share gains as well. Options traders made bullish bets on the sector, and on insurance companies in particular, early in the session.
May 25, 2012 at 11:03 | Source: Wall Street Journal
JPMorgan Chase & Co. won preliminary court approval of its agreement to pay $110 million to settle nationwide litigation accusing it of charging excessive overdraft fees. The settlement would resolve lawsuits brought on behalf of more than 1 ...
May 26, 2012 at 11:02 | Source: Chicago Tribune
The calls for her retirement started last year—she’s nearly 80 and a two-time cancer survivor—but Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t going anywhere. Chris Geidner looks into the tricky world of politicking and the court. A little more than a year ...
May 24, 2012 at 08:41 | Source: Daily Beast
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court limited the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy in cases involving multiple charges and a deadlocked jury. The 6-3 decision holds that a jury's unanimous but tentative vote to acquit a defendant on ...
May 25, 2012 at 23:27 | Source: Los Angeles Times
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An appeals court has sided with the federal government in giving the go-ahead to Shell Oil Co. to move forward with drilling in the Alaska Arctic this year, according to a ruling issued Friday night. The 9th U.S. Circuit ...
May 27, 2012 at 02:39 | Source: Miami Herald