Judges

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on Thursday issued a 12-page reprimand of a state judge who threatened the publisher of…

A West Virginia judge ruled Wednesday that even the state Supreme Court is subject to public records laws, just as…

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on Wednesday deemed embattled Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy “permanently disabled" and officially…

From The Dallas Morning News: A Texas-bordering Mexican state where the drug trade subsists on public corruption, and murders this year have topped 700, is trying…

Ohio's state Supreme Court is grappling with the same privacy and transparency dilemma the federal courts dealt with several years ago,…

The Associated Press wants a Pennsylvania judge to open up his inquiry into grand jury leaks from a casino owner's perjury case, in…

A Kansas judge declared a mistrial in a rape case Thursday and faulted a local newspaper for reporting that the defendant had just been…

A California judge subpoenaed Washington Times reporter William Gertz in May over suspected grand jury leaks in a Chinese espionage…

Libel suits brought by judges are always a serious concern for journalists because of the deferential treatment judges are often…

In the latest development in the five-year-long battle between the Boston Herald and Superior Court Judge Ernest Murphy, the Massachusetts…