Judge dismisses energy co. genocide case
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A judge dismissed a Canadian energy company from a lawsuit that alleged it aided genocide in its pursuit of oil in Sudan, saying Tuesday the plaintiffs had failed to find evidence against it that could be used in a U.S. court.
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A federal judge dismissed charges Wednesday against two jail guards accused of beating an inmate, saying prosecutors had not proven their case.
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a key element of insurer Geico&#39;s trademark infringement case against online search engine Google.
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A federal judge has rejected efforts by International Business Machines Corp. to dismiss a major portion of a lawsuit brought by SCO Group accusing the computer giant of copyright infringement.
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The International Court of Justice, the UN's highest legal body, dismissed cases filed by Serbia and Montenegro accusing NATO members of genocide during the alliance's 1999 air raids during the Kosovo conflict.
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a German man who said he was illegally detained and tortured in overseas prisons run by the CIA, ruling that a lawsuit would improperly expose state secrets.
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A federal judge sentenced a member of an ecoterrorism cell to more than 12 years in prison, rejecting arguments that he played a minor role in arsons aimed at saving animals and protecting the earth
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A Mexican judge has dismissed charges against a former domestic security chief accused in the disappearance of six reputed guerrillas at the height of the government's "dirty war" against insurgents.
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A Colorado judge on Wednesday dismissed a rape charge against basketball star Kobe Bryant after the young woman who made the accusations told prosecutors she could not go on with the case.
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A federal court judge on Thursday  dismissed a lawsuit against Google Inc. by disgruntled  advertising customer Kinderstart that had accused the Web  search leader of monopolistic business practices.
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A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.
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A judge throws out  the corruption case of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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A judge dismisses a $30 million lawsuit filed by the family of a teen girl allegedly assaulted by a man she met online. By the Associated Press.
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DETROIT - A federal judge yesterday threw out the terrorism charges against two men convicted last year in a case once hailed by the Bush administration as a major victory in the war on terror.
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Hollinger International&#39;s $US1.25billion ($1.7 billion) legal action alleging racketeering against former chief executive Conrad Black and businesses he controlled was dismissed by a US federal judge last Friday.
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A military judge today dismissed charges against Canadian GuantÃ¡namo Bay detainee Omar Khadr, saying the matter is outside the jurisdiction of the new military tribunal system.