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State prosecutors have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s request to reconsider his conviction for murdering George Floyd, saying lower courts already got it right

The parents of the teenage boy who killed four of his classmates and injured six others and a teacher at Oxford High School in 2021 are appealing their case to the Michigan Supreme Court.

DETROIT — Three Michigan Court of Appeals judges weighed arguments Tuesday about whether there is sufficient evidence to send the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, raising questions about how foreseeable the shooting was to James and Jennifer Crumbley.

DETROIT — A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard oral arguments about whether there is sufficient evidence to order the parents of a former Oxford High School student to face involuntary manslaughter charges for 2021 mass shooting at the school, focusing largely on what James…

Does DOJ actually agree with "a couple of law professors beating a drum on Twitter"?

From Tharp v. Hillcrest Baptist Church of Columbus, decided Dec. 27 by the Ohio Court of Appeals (Judge Keith McGrath, joined by Judges Julia Dorrian & Michael Mentel): This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, Kevin Tharp, from a decision … in favor of defendants-appellees Hillcrest Baptist Church of Columbus, Ohio…

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul has yet to say whether she will sue her fellow Democrats over their rejection of her pick to head the state’s judicial system.

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin's attorney on Wednesday morning made his argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, the latest and what could be the final courtroom proceeding in his case that spans nearly three years.

but the Michigan Court of Appeals reverses.

Harvey Weinstein is asking New York’s highest court to overturn his 2020 rape conviction, arguing that the judge betrayed his right to a fair trial by “succumbing to the pressure” of the #MeToo movement

Easterday v. Everhart, decided Thursday by the Indiana Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Melissa May, joined by Judges Terry Crone and Leanna Weissmann, involved the custody of the parties' 12-year-old daughter. The parties' original agreement was for joint legal custody but for mother to have primary physical…