Appeals court considers DeLay charge
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Texas' highest criminal appeals court agreed Wednesday to consider reinstating a conspiracy charge against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a move that could delay his trial until next year.
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The suit seeks $1 billion in damages and an injunction against further violations.
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A Cape Town magistrate today postponed a court appearance by Sir Mark Thatcher to give his lawyers time to try to appeal a high court judgment requiring him to answer questions from Equatorial Guinea about an alleged failed coup attempt.
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By Daily News  A hearing to increase bail from $1 million to $5 million for a Los Angeles fire captain charged with murdering a woman was postponed Thursday to allow the defense more time to review the prosecutor's motion.
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The current motion is in addition to the request for a summary judgment IBM has been seeking since early July. If the initial request is granted, it could bring the case to a close without trial. Although summary judgment arguments ...
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Judge Won&#39;t Consider Delays in Michael Jackson Case That&#39;s Scheduled to Start Trial Jan. 31. Defense attorneys Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr.
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Connecticut prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to override a judge's decision that allowed an admitted serial killer's execution to be delayed.
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The trial for boxer Paul Spadafora on charges he shot his girlfriend after a traffic mishap was delayed until next month. Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey A. Manning granted the delay after Spadafora&#39;s lawyer
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A judge has delayed his ruling allowing felons to vote until after the Nov. 7 general election and until the state Supreme Court can review the issue.
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Victim's fight could make legal history by extending the deadline for sufferers to seek compensation.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - A German court ordered on  Tuesday a week's delay in the trial of Mounir El Motassadeq, a  Moroccan accused of aiding the Sept. 11 attacks, allowing time  to brief a replacement for a defense lawyer hurt in an  accident.
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A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit seeking a paper trail for Florida's new touchscreen voting machines with only five weeks left before the presidential election.
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A hearing in the doping cases of US sprinters Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines that had been set for next week was postponed at the request of all parties, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday.
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Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on federal sentencing had been keenly awaited for months because it was expected to resolve questions that had put cases on hold throughout the federal system.
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A Moscow arbitration court on Monday postponed until January 21 the Federal Customs Service's $22.5 billion case against the Bank of New York, a lawyer for the service and the bank's spokesperson said.
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Connecticut's "failure to appear" charge is being challenged, worrying some prosecutors who use the tool extensively.
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The US trial of a Briton accused of offering to sell weapons to bring down planes may be delayed due to illness.