DiCaprio assault case thrown out
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A $45m legal case accusing Leonardo DiCaprio of inciting violence is thrown out by a US judge.
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EAGLE, Colo. -- The rape case against Kobe Bryant finally fell to pieces shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, when his accuser called District Attorney Mark Hurlbert to say she had had enough and would no longer cooperate. The call set in motion a series of events that ended with the charges being thrown out little more than eight hours later.
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Michael Jackson's lawyers fail in their attempt to have evidence seized in a raid on his ranch thrown out.
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District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday for his "selfish" rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players &#151; a politically motivated act, his judges said, that he inexplicably allowed to fester for months after it was clear the defendants were innocent.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbors will have to show more proof if they want to sue him for building a basketball court they claim destabilized their property.
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By Heather MacDonald, STAFF WRITER  OAKLAND -- City Attorney John Russo on Wednesday tossed out a petition drive aimed at stopping the massive Oak to Ninth development, concluding the argument was fatally flawed.
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DNA taken from a child rape victim cleared a 23-year-old man charged in the case, prompting prosecutors to ask Wednesday for the charges to be dismissed.
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Prosecutors dismissed the case against the three main suspects in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway
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A US federal court threw out a 1.25 billion-dollar racketeering suit against British media mogul Conrad Black and other former directors of Hollinger International.
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An antitrust lawsuit against the guardian of the ICANN is thrown out.
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American basketball star Carmelo Anthony will not face charges of marijuana possession after a case was dismissed.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina State Bar on Thursday issued a formal order disbarring former district attorney Mike Nifong for his handling of the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
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Acting at the request of prosecutors, a federal judge on Thursday 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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District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said he filed the motion to dismiss the criminal case Wednesday because Bryant&#39;s 20-year-old accuser was no longer willing to testify.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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CHICAGO - A US federal court judge has thrown out Hollinger International&#39;s $1.25 billion US lawsuit against Conrad Black and other former executives of the company.
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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.