NYC judge dismisses Gest's assault case
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A judge threw out a $10 million civil assault lawsuit Monday filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.
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A judge threw out a felony charge against a former mental patient accused of stalking Uma Thurman on Wednesday, leaving him to face two misdemeanor counts at a trial that would likely require the "Pulp Fiction" star to testify.
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday because he did not meet the definition of those subject to trial under a new law.
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Denver star Carmelo Anthony was &quot;vindicated&quot; Wednesday when a marijuana possession charge against him was dismissed, said Daniel Recht, his attorney.
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A judge on Tuesday dismissed a civil lawsuit filed against William Kennedy Smith by his former personal assistant who alleged he sexually assaulted her.
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A judge Monday threw out a $10 million civil assault suit filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.
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A lawsuit that charged William Kennedy  Smith, a nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy, sexually assaulted a  former employee six years ago and tried to intimidate her into  keeping quiet was dismissed on Tuesday.
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A judge quashed a four-week suspension slapped on London Mayor Ken Livingstone for comparing a Jewish journalist to a Nazi concentration camp guard, officials said.
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A judge has dismissed illegal weapons charges against Fabolous that put the Brooklyn rapper behind bars for a night last October.
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A judge gave a tentative go-ahead to lawsuits filed on behalf of five men wrongly convicted in the notorious 1989 Central Park jogger attack, tossing out some claims but allowing others to proceed against the city.
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By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jan. 31--A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit brought by a former Grand Forks man against two police officers and two jail administrators after a violent struggle with law enforcement after a standoff in May 2004.
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Prosecutors dismissed all charges Wednesday, Nov. 3, against two Montclair High School students who were accused of raping a 15-year-old schoolmate last month, ending a case that brought
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A judge dismissed on Monday the murder case against one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of the half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams.
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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 judge on Friday dismissed charges of attempted sexual assault against three men accused of trying to dig up a woman's body to have sex with the corpse, noting that Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia.
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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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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday.