The case calls attention to the occasionally uncomfortable consequences of justices' ownership of individual stocks. ... Financial and personal conflicts of interest affecting four Supreme Court justices left the court without a quorum last week and unable to decide...
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URBANA – A Champaign man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in federal prison for illegally having guns. U.S. Central District of Illinois Chief Judge Michael McCuskey imposed the sentence, to be followed by three...
A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss fraud and theft charges against celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab be replaced on the case....
By Kristin Bender BERKELEY -- A state appeals court has denied a request for a new injunction by two community groups making a last-ditch effort to stop construction of an athletic training center near Memorial Stadium,...
According to the Berkeley Daily Planet, the state Court of Appeals has refused to issue an order banning UC Berkeley from proceeding with construction of its new sports training center. California Oak Foundation lawyer...