NJ court scraps trial on abortion data
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A doctor has no duty to tell a woman considering an abortion that her embryo is an "existing human being," a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, averting a trial over when human life begins.
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The Supreme Court dismissed a case Monday in which a defendant says his lawyers gave him bad advice by telling him to reject a plea deal that would have spared him a death sentence.
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Deliberate bugging of conversations with lawyers could see trials halted and convictions overturned
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A federal court on Wednesday ruled that an abortion law signed by President Bush last year was unconstitutional and banned the U.S. Justice Department from enforcing it, joining two other states that struck down the law.
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The Supreme Court will get rid of a little bit of its secrecy next week when it abolishes the practice of keeping justices' names out of the official record of argument sessions.
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A divided federal appeals court today dismissed a case challenging a National Security Agency wiretap program, reversing a trial judgeâs order that the program be shut down.
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The New Jersey Supreme Court censured one of its own justices Friday for violating judicial ethics when he interceded in a dispute between his teenage son and a high school football teammate.
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against the possibility of a national class action Vioxx lawsuit.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)--In a blow to pro-lifers, the Florida Supreme Court struck down &quot;Terri&#39;s Law&quot; Sept. 23, ruling against the 2003 act that allowed Gov.
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A federal judge in Manhattan struck down the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act as unconstitutional yesterday, saying it fails to provide an exception to preserve a woman&#39;s health.
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A Roman Catholic church buried the ashes of hundreds of aborted fetuses Sunday, a day after the 32nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal, drawing criticism that the church was exploiting women's grief to make a political statement.
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The court has fixed December 11 for recording evidence in the case.
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Lawyers for John Mark Karr argued that the child pornography case be dropped since crucial evidence has gone missing
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A couple accused of tying up their pregnant daughter and driving out of state in the hopes of forcing her to undergo an abortion will only face charges back home in Maine after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case in New Hampshire where they were arrested.
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In a highly anticipated ruling, a federal judge found the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday because it does not include a health exception.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15, state District Judge John Dietz concluded a five-and-half-week trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance.
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A hearing into allegations of racism against the Zimbabwe Cricket Union is scrapped after a row over procedure.