LAGUNA NIGUEL - Some judges have to hear cases in moldy trailers outside the courthouse. Defendants, lawyers and witnesses hav...

In Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Chapman, 64 So. 791 (Miss. 1914), Judge Richard F. Reed found the following for the court...

SAN JOSE - The headmistress of an exclusive Los Gatos elementary school was acquitted by a Santa Clara County judge Wednesday ...

California redevelopment law was developed in the wake of World War II as a response to conditions of blight and decay in the ...

In a ruling implicating sentences in dozens of criminal cases, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a trial judge, not...

The evening's topic had been society's lowered standards. "I regret to say that it started with the Catholics," O'Toole sighed...

While the tragic factual scenario in 'Pacheco' may somewhat limit its applicability, a strong lesson may be gleaned for proper...

When you went to the polls on Nov. 7, did you spot any voter with a shaggy wagging tail? An investigation several years ago by...

Services have taken place for Neil G. McNiece, partner at Santa Monica's Haight, Brown & Bonesteel. McNiece died Nov. 24 o...

Concerned that judicial races are turning into spending contests increasingly marred by hit pieces and other unethical conduct...

LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Performance will begin hearings Feb. 21 about allegations a Los Angeles Superior Cour...

The end of an eight-year legal tug-of-war between a private landowner and Riverside County may just be the beginning for other...

LOS ANGELES - An appellate court Wednesday reversed a gag order that silenced a Glendale woman from complaining about alleged ...

LOS ANGELES - Perhaps more than in most U.S. cities, life in Los Angeles is a lottery. Will the city be leveled by an earthqua...

Frank D. Winston, a popular San Francisco attorney who has long brightened the local and state legal scene with musical shows ...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles probate commissioner Wednesday approved the largest personal injury settlement to date by the Metr...

PHOENIX - Ask Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to talk about his career achievements, and before long he'll be pra...

LOS ANGELES - Imagine that you're the new kid in juvenile hall. Most likely, you're scared out of your wits. You're in a big r...

The big chunk in the middle of Butte Creek may not have been the most pressing environmental problem in the world, but it was ...

A San Francisco distributor can sell 9,000 cases of fine wine, a judge has ruled, but only if he doesn't reveal who made it. T...

A trial attorney has only one chance to present a compelling story to the jury, while simultaneously preserving the same story...

SAN FRANCISCO - Palo Alto's Cooley Godward announced Tuesday that it will expand its growing San Francisco office by more than...

Recently, the 2000 Human Rights Watch Annual Dinner honored five human-rights defenders. These individuals have advanced justi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge John Dearman has been tapped as the new presiding judge of San Francisco's probate court. Dearman said i...

SAN JOSE - Silicon Valley will honor Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Eugene Hyman for his efforts in establishing the ...

An appellate court has affirmed a life sentence without possibility of parole for a woman who murdered her lover's wife. A jur...

A Wells Fargo Bank manager who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder following her victimization during an attempted bank ro...

SANTA ANA - Retired Orange County Judge John Henry Smith Jr., remembered by former colleagues as a talented jurist who conside...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District should not concentrate on ways to protect itself from liability in the B...

SANTA ANA - A man who worked for a gay and lesbian community services center has sued for sexual harassment, alleging his male...