Defense counsel for a young man, who as a teenager was involved in the brutal murder of another teen, is asking an appeals court to reduce his conviction because she says the trial judge should have allowed a defense of ...

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NEW YORK — Federal appeals judges suggested Tuesday they may let a court monitor get back to reviewing Apple’s antitrust procedures but only after limiting his duties. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral ...

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WASHINGTON — Majority Democrats in the Senate won approval Tuesday for one of President Barack Obama’s key judicial nominees, the first of his picks to win confirmation since they weakened the chamber’s filibuster rules. Senators voted 56-38 to approve Washington ...

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ALBANY — A mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas. The four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously Thursday that state mining and drilling ...

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WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that likely would have led to greater disclosure of who is paying for certain election ads. In March, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Federal ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that found colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements. In a decision released Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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ALBANY — A state appeals court rejected a challenge to New York’s year-old same-sex marriage law Friday, ruling closed-door negotiations among senators and gay marriage supporters including Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not violate any laws. The Appellate Division of state ...

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ALBANY — An oversight commission has urged New York judicial officials to reform hiring practices after an investigation showed one appeals court favored insiders who have relatives, friends or acquaintances there. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct says the 2010 ...

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WASHINGTON — Appeals court judges expressed concern Thursday about whether to overrule Congress’ determination that some southern states and other jurisdictions still must have federal election monitoring to protect minority voting rights. Alabama’s Shelby County is challenging a requirement under ...

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The constitutional rights of a former Auburn Correctional Facility inmate were not violated by the court’s allowing him to represent himself at trial, an appeals court has decided. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in People v. Clyde (2011 NY Slip ...

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WASHINGTON — A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued ...

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MIAMI — A federal appeals court has thrown out the 17-year prison sentence imposed on convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the sentence imposed by ...

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