Katrina suit vs. Army Corps dismissed
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A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency failed to protect the city but that his hands were tied by the law.
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By Marie Price  A U.S. Department of Justice civil rights lawsuit alleging that the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs fails to protect juveniles at the L.E. Rader Center in Sand Springs should be dismissed, state attorneys say.  In a filing with the U.S.
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By Bloomberg News. A judge dismissed a lawsuit against Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of the Oracle Corporation, and Jeffrey O. Henley, its chairman, that accused them of insider trading
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A court martial clears two soldiers of failing to ensure their men did not abuse Iraqi civilians in Basra.
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A federal judge has dismissed a New York Times lawsuit against the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, saying classified documents the newspaper was seeking under the Freedom of Information Act were properly withheld.
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An Army National Guard sergeant  who sued the U.S. military over the forced extension of his  service dropped the lawsuit after learning he would not have to  return to Iraq, officials said on Wednesday.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an agreement that Georgia reached with the Army Corps of Engineers for water rights to a major federal reservoir outside Atlanta, handing Alabama and Florida a major victory in the states' long-standing water wars.
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In denouncing the way the Bush administration has denied aid to tens of thousands of victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a federal judge in Washington last week pulled back the curtain on a deeper mystery 15 months after the nation's costliest natural disaster:
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DENVER -- An Army appeals court stopped a key hearing yesterday for three soldiers charged with killing an Iraqi general during an interrogation and ordered the military to explain why the proceedings have been closed to the public.
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An Army captain sued the government Friday to block his pending deployment to Iraq, saying he resigned in June after completing eight years of service in the Army and Army Reserve.
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The state of Georgia, stricken by months of drought, confirmed Friday that it will sue the Army Corps of Engineers.
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A federal district judge in Washington dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that contended medical residents are forced to participate in a system that ensures they work long hours for low wages.
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A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration's attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
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A divided Louisiana state appeals court has ruled that people who lost their homes in hurricanes are not necessarily entitled to recover the full amount of their losses if their insurance policies covered only some perils but not others.
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Eight US soldiers serving in Iraq launched a legal challenge yesterday to stop their tours of duty from being extended. The lawsuit is the first of its kind by a group of American soldiers on active service in the country.
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By CAIN BURDEAU  NEW ORLEANS - A group of residents whose neighborhood was flooded during Hurricane Katrina added a lawsuit Thursday to the mounting case against the Army Corps of Engineers, saying the agency knew flood walls were unstable.
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By MICHELLE ROBERTS  NEW ORLEANS - Two nursing home owners who were arrested after 34 of their patients died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are suing the government, saying federal, state and local officials they failed to evacuate vulnerable citizens as the storm approached.