The Latest Breaking News from District Court

"Tacoma Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Arson at Downtown Seattle Protest"

From a Justice Department press release distributed yesterday: A 26-year-old Tacoma, Washington, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 5 years in prison for arson for burning five Seattle Police vehicles parked around Sixth and Pine in downtown Seattle on Saturday, May 30, 2020, announced U.S.…

Reason · Mar 2, 2022

#MeToo/#TheyLied Settlements, Arbitration, and Rescission

Reiterman v. Abid, decided today by the Eleventh Circuit (in an opinion by Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, joined by Judges Elizabeth Branch and Britt Grant), involves a sexual assault allegation which led to a libel lawsuit, and which in turn led to a settlement agreement calling for arbitration. The question…

Reason · Mar 2, 2022

Man charged over fatal shooting in Tallaght

The man, who is in his 50s, will appear before Tallaght District Court on Friday morning.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Court Postpones Netanyahu Trial Hearings over Phone Spying Claims

The Jerusalem District Court announced on Sunday that all planned sessions this week in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial will be postponed to Feb 21. The former premier, now opposition leader, is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. A…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022

Brothel customer stabbed

A taxi driver who stabbed a man in the groin at a brothel in Jesmond after the man had finished being serviced by his sex worker girlfriend has been spared a jail term in Newcastle District Court.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 13, 2022

Philip Tripp loses appeal to keep companion bird after killing 'beloved family cat,' but sentence reduced

A former publisher of an animal magazine convicted of drowning a pet cat has failed to regain custody of his "companion parrot", but he has successfully had his sentence downgraded in NSW District Court.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Throwing Shade At The Shadow Docket In The Alabama Redistricting Cases

Merrill v. Milligan is the most important shadow docket entry since John Does 1-3 v. Mills

Reason · Feb 8, 2022

Removal of Ambedkar portrait leads to protest in Raichur

A portrait of B.R. Ambedkar, placed beside that of Mahatma Gandhi on a dais, was removed before the national flag was hoisted during the Republic Day celebrations on the District Court premises in Rai

The Hindu · Jan 26, 2022

Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre 'near-miss' incident

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hand over unredacted documents regarding an incident in August 2018 when a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was left suspended for about 45 minutes.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022

SA crash driver gets 10-year supervision

The South Australian District Court has imposed a 10-year limiting term on a mentally ill Adelaide man involved in a car crash that claimed two lives.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022