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A local court ordered the Japanese government on Thursday to compensate residents living near a U.S. airbase on the southern Okinawa island for noise pollution, as prospects of moving the controversial facility remain unclear.

TOKYO July 29, 2010) : A local court ordered the Japanese government on Thursday to compensate residents living near a U.S. airbase on the southern Okinawa island for noise pollution, as prospects of moving the controversial facility remain unclear.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Ken Huber, a former police chief convicted of killing his wife.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday has ordered a hearing on the post conviction claims of convicted murderer Robert Stanley Rowland.

Manila court judge has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to immediately bring back Senator Panfilo Lacson to the country as she junked the senator's motion for reconsideration seeking to cancel the issuance of an arrest warrant against him.

Theres tension brewing in the Sikh community of Austin in Texas, after a court recently ordered the demolition of the only gurdwara in Western Travis County.

A federal appeals court orders Virginia's attorney general to back away from threats of suing a woman for posting elected officials' Social Security numbers. The reason: The government published the private data first.

A court has set aside a default judgment against eBay in a lawsuit over the company's alleged practice of forcing sellers to use PayPal. The lawsuit was filed in Michigan on April 12, 2010, in Michigan, and the Court had held eBay in default after it failed to respond.

WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala., granted judgment in favor of the United States yesterday in a lawsuit brought to enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) against the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH).

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old girl and her cousin, 19. Jeffs, 54, was convicted in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice. He is serving two consecutive ...