An 11th Circuit panel appeared highly unsympathetic Tuesday to Alabama drivers who argue a city ordinance unlawfully imposes fines on motorists caught by automated red-light cameras without giving them the right to confront their accuser.
Read moreA class action filed Thursday accuses Chicago of refusing to repay residents money it collected from illegally issued duplicate vehicle-related tickets.
Read moreA Connecticut man who warned motorists about “cops ahead” with a hand-drawn sign brought a federal complaint Monday to protest his arrest.
Read moreThe Los Angeles County Superior Court will consider a person’s ability to pay hefty traffic fines before sending the matter to the Department of Motor Vehicles for license suspension under the terms of a settlement announced Monday.
Read moreA Michigan city’s practice of “chalking” car tires to enforce parking regulations was challenged in the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday, after a resident claimed the system is a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights akin to GPS monitoring.
Read moreThe city of Ferguson, Missouri, fought at the Eighth Circuit on Friday to toss claims that it runs a debtor’s prison for people too poor to pay traffic tickets.
Read moreInternational ticket reseller Viagogo says it’s suing superstar Ed Sheeran’s promoter for fraud on allegations the company confiscated genuine tickets from concert-goers and forced them to purchase new tickets.
Read moreAppointing a panel to hold hearings on the issue, the New Jersey Supreme Court suggested Thursday wiping the slate clean for people who were charged years ago with minor municipal offenses like traffic tickets.
Read moreJust over a week after its first effort foundered at the Ohio Supreme Court, the city of Toledo brought a constitutional complaint to revive its program of issuing traffic tickets with unmanned cameras.
Read moreMajor League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a finding that sports teams must pay sales taxes on collectible bobblehead toys and other giveaways to fans on game days.
Read moreA group of ticket brokers say the Los Angeles Dodgers spurned them when they cancelled thousands of ticket sales during a consolidation deal, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week.
Read moreA Connecticut man filed a class action Friday claiming the New York Jets are selling seats that were set aside for purchasers of personal seat licenses to the general public, making the licenses he bought to get season tickets worthless.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Rams won the latest round in an ongoing legal battle against former St. Louis season ticket holders after a federal judge declined Tuesday to decide the case in favor of fans who bought personal seat licenses.
Read moreThe Third Circuit revived claims Friday that Super Bowl ticket hoarding by the NFL caused fans to pay inflated prices on the secondary market.
Read moreA cellphone app that has been shaking up Florida’s traffic-ticket-fighting market this year claims in a federal complaint that the state bar association is conspiring with a more established competitor to shut it down.
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A resident of the Chicago suburbs filed a class action claiming the city of Markham is collecting fines for red-light camera violations while skirting state law.
Read moreDistracted driving has been blamed for a spike in traffic fatalities last year, but three drivers claim in a class action that Chicago’s response to the problem puts motorists through a money-making scheme with little due process.
Read moreA divided Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday struck down several of the state’s red-light and speed camera laws as unconstitutional.
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