A panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling late Friday, saying the Department of Justice’s arguments to ...

The race was on to take advantage of the decision opposing a law that required background checks for ammunition purchases.

The court’s denial is the latest setback for the new California bar exam, which state bar officials project will save as much as $3.8 million annually because it can be given remotely in small ...

A California state appeals court affirmed its prior decision that a $23,000 permit fee didn’t violate an El Dorado man’s ...

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said she is "deeply concerned" by reports that federal authorities ...

The California Supreme Court ruled that the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) does not apply to all cases ...

The California Supreme Court’s chief justice said Wednesday that she will not seek a second 12-year term in November and will conclude her current term of office on January 1. The announcement ...

An East Palo Alto homeowner filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the law, likening it to ...

California has sworn in a new judge to its Supreme Court, and she's making history by becoming the first Latina in the role. Justice Patricia Guerrero has been an associate justice in California's ...

California’s top court overturns death penalty for mentally ill man Justice Martin Jenkins is seen here when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination to the California Supreme Court on Oct. 5 ...

She covered the California Supreme Court and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. A California native, she graduated from UC Berkeley and has worked in Washington and Los Angeles for The Times.

Speaking for his court in 1948, for example, Traynor boldly ignored an 1883 Supreme Court ruling and tossed out California’s antimiscegenation law on the ground that it violated the 14th ...