Judge Rules Against Feds in BALCO Case
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge overseeing the BALCO steroids case in has ruled against the government and says BALCO founder Victor Conte and Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, can keep evidence prosecutors turned over to them from the investigation.
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A federal judge handed a victory to the defense Thursday in the Valerie Plame case, siding with Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff in a fight over release of classified information.
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A U.S. judge dealt a setback to the  Bush administration and ruled on Monday that the Guantanamo Bay  terrorism suspects can challenge their confinement and the  procedures in their military tribunal review process are  unconstitutional.
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A federal judge yesterday barred the Bush administration from launching a crackdown Tuesday on U.S. employers who hire illegal immigrants while she considers a lawsuit by the AFL-CIO that charges that the plan will harm citizens and other legal workers.
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A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday rejected a bid by class action attorney Melvyn Weiss and his law firm to have their criminal conspiracy trial moved to New York
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A federal judge rejected arguments from the Bush administration Tuesday and ruled for Democrats in a dispute over how to count provisional ballots, a new voting requirement that could become the hanging chad of 2004.
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A federal judge ruled Friday against Long-Term Capital Management, finding that the fund acted in bad faith when it took $106 million in tax deductions.
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A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers
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The Bush administration's plan for prosecuting foreign enemy combatants was sidetracked Monday by a federal judge's ruling, the latest in a string of legal defeats for the government.
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Four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes in the Balco case are challenging the evidence against them. Defense lawyers claim federal agents illegally searched the Balco lab in Burlingame.
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A federal judge has refused to suppress evidence in a case accusing Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano of illegally wiretapping stars.
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child-molestation case has ruled that a hearing about allegations of past sexual misconduct by the singer will not be held behind closed doors.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- BALCO founder Victor Conte and Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, are expected in court to determine whether they can keep evidence prosecutors turned over to them from the government's investigation of steroids in sports.
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A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that key portions of a presidential order blocking financial assistance to terrorist groups are unconstitutional, further complicating the Bush administration's attempts to defend its aggressive anti-terrorism tactics in federal courts.
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TORONTO (CP) - The jury that convicted Robert Baltovich of murder in 1992 got "inflammatory" and "unfair" guidance from a trial judge who failed to give equal weight to both the Crown and the defence, a court heard Thursday.
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A federal judge slammed former Wall Street banking star Frank P. Quattrone with an 18-month prison sentence for obstructing a federal securities investigation, ruling that the
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A North Carolina state judge ruled against Wal-Mart Stores in a tax shelter case involving the companyâs paying itself rent and later citing that amount as a tax deduction.