U.S. Court of Appeals

Senate confirmation tips once-conservative Richmond appeals court to Democrats The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based ...

Should techniques for training horses be eligible for a patent? What about a system for choosing a jury or fail-proof method for speed dating? Supreme Court justices raised the questions Monday as they struggled to decide what types of inventions should qualify ...

Attorneys for feds, environmental groups, argue for roadless rule in 10th Circuit briefs Attorneys for the federal government and environmentalists argue that a federal appeals court should uphold a ban on new roads in national forests known as the "roadless rule." The ...

Supreme Court to decide if two-person Labor Board can make decisions The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether two people can do the work of five when it comes to resolving labor-management disputes in the workplace. The National Labor Relations ...

Appeals panel dismisses case involving Christian fraternity after U. of Florida changes policy A federal court has dismissed an appeal by a Christian fraternity that tried to force the University of Florida to recognize it as an official organization. The 11th U.S. ...

Supreme Court blocks release of names on Washington state anti-gay rights petition The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed referendum petitions to bring expanded rights for gay couples up for ...

Ashcroft asks panel to reconsider lawsuit brought by man held as material witness after 9/11 Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for wrongfully detaining people as ...

Appeals court allows release of names of people who backed anti-gay rights referendum Washington's secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state's expanded benefits for domestic partners, a ...

SEC files notice of appeal, seeks to reverse dismissal of insider-trading case against Cuban The Securities and Exchange Commission says it plans to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of the agency's insider-trading lawsuit against Mark Cuban. The SEC filed a notice Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday affirmed new sentences imposed on former Adelphia Communications Corp's top executives, John Rigas and Timothy Rigas, in June last year. A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...