Appeals Court

An appeals court reinstated a New York City law Thursday that prohibits the city’s police officers from putting pressure on a person’s torso while making an arrest, reversing a lower court ruling that labeled the measure as “unconstitutionally vague.” A five-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court ruled that the law, passed in 2020 in the wake...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that police reports about the use of force must be made public upon request even if they refer to a minor who has been charged as a delinquent. Wednesday’s ruling by the state Appellate Division handed The Trentonian newspaper a win in its lawsuit against Ewing Township, the paper reported. The decision follows...

A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to implement a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. The ruling from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the administration’s motion to lift a temporary national injunction that...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One must hand over years of President Donald Trump’s financial records in compliance with House Democrats’ subpoenas.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction on weapons of mass destruction charges of a New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states.

Admad Rahimi, who is already serving a life prison term for the bombings in NYC, was found guilty of trying to kill five officers who found him in Linden, New Jersey, in 2016. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Friday against a Trump administration policy it described as a “blanket ban” preventing immigrant teens in government custody from getting abortions, and it kept in place an order blocking the policy. The policy, which dates to 2017, prohibited shelters from facilitating abortions for children held in government shelters after entering the country illegally....

The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is more open to state restrictions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abortion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remains. At the same time, the justices declined to take on an issue closer to the core of abortion rights, rejecting the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked a...

As multiple states pass laws banning many abortions, confusion is swirling about what exactly that means for women.

Two shelters on opposite sides of the U.S. – Mexico border have teamed up to deal with the arrival of more than 50 unaccompanied migrant children over the past week.

A U.S. appeals court appeared inclined Wednesday to reject a request by the Trump administration to block a California law that limits police cooperation with federal immigration officials.

A U.S. appeals court appeared inclined Wednesday to reject a request by the Trump administration to block a California law that limits police cooperation with federal immigration officials.

President Donald Trump’s comments about so-called “sanctuary cities” were scrutinized at a federal appeals court hearing Wednesday to determine whether the president’s executive order threatening to cut funding from states and cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities is legal. Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney Thomas asked what the court was to make of statements...

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will be clear to play in Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

A Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series “Making a Murderer” lost another bid Wednesday to get out of prison while state attorneys fight a ruling overturning his conviction.
A three-judge panel from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Brendan Dassey must stay behind bars for now. The panel’s brief order gave no explanation.

A former Rutgers University student whose roommate killed himself after being captured on a webcam kissing another man has pleaded guilty to attempted invasion of privacy.

A New Jersey appeals court on Friday threw out the 15-count conviction of a former Rutgers University student whose roommate killed himself after being captured on a webcam kissing another man.

A federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled a transgender teen can use the boys’ bathroom at school, even though he was born a girl. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A Virginia high school discriminated against a transgender teen by forbidding him from using the boys’ restroom, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that could have implications for a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates against LGBT people.