A 10th Circuit panel on Friday declined a Utah contractor’s request to be severed from litigation against Paragon, a company with ties to a Mormon sect that was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor and found in contempt of a court order for using child workers to harvest pecans.
Read more
The judge in former Dallas cop Amber Guyger’s murder trial was blocked Friday from presiding over a contempt case against the district attorney accused of violating a gag order by giving a TV interview on the eve of trial.
Read moreA Dutch journalist was released from jail Friday after being held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about a source.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Education to pay $100,000 in contempt fines for making defrauded students repay loans in violation of a preliminary injunction.
Read moreArizona’s Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America, returned to court via attorneys Wednesday, complaining to the Ninth Circuit that a criminal contempt conviction dismissed two years ago is still hanging over his head.
Read moreA Utah company asked a 10th Circuit panel Wednesday to reject a judge’s finding that it is a successor to Paragon Contractors, a company with numerous Department of Labor violations and ties to Mormon sect leader Warren Jeffs.
Read moreAn attorney for a Florida businessman who served as CEO of a company that defrauded customers in a precious metals investment scheme asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn an order finding him in contempt for not paying restitution.
Read moreIn the U.S. justice system, federal prosecutors typically have the exclusive power to charge people with crimes, but unknown to most of the public, there are a vanishingly small number of exceptions.
Read moreContinuing a 15-year legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission, attorneys for a Georgia-based dietary supplement manufacturer asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to overturn a ruling imposing $40 million in sanctions for violating court orders related to false advertising.
Read more
Court logs show a Louisiana district court judge ordered a man’s mouth be taped shut for repeatedly interrupting proceedings.
Read more
The House of Representatives passed a measure supporting their recent investigations of the Trump administration even as the Justice Department informed lawmakers Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will not be charged after being held in criminal contempt for defying congressional subpoenas.
Read moreThe House of Representatives voted 230-198 to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress Wednesday for their failure to respond to subpoenas issued in connection to an investigation into the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
Read moreDavid Daleiden and his anti-abortion group are not entitled to an en banc rehearing on their $195,000 contempt fine for releasing secretly recorded videos in violation of a preliminary injunction, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
Read more
A congressional committee Monday cleared the way for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas relating to a census citizenship question.
Read more
Though critical of newly released information not contained in the indictment, a federal judge said she will not impose sanctions in the criminal case over 2016 election meddling by Russia.
Read moreTurning up the heat on its probe of the census citizenship question, the House Oversight Committee voted 24-15 Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for not complying with subpoenas.
Read moreWith the White House now asserting executive privilege, lawmakers investigating the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census are delaying Wednesday a vote that would hold two Trump officials in contempt.
Read moreDisability rights advocates argued in federal court Tuesday that the state of Oregon should be held in contempt for not meeting the needs of criminal defendants who require mental health treatment.
Read moreHouse Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said Friday he will forge ahead with contempt proceedings for the leaders of the Justice and Commerce departments as part of the probe into their manipulation of the 2020 census.
Read more