Los Angeles authorities appeared Tuesday at a federal court hearing where a judge is considering whether to hold the city in contempt. It’s the latest step in a long-running legal saga focused on the ...

A St. Lucie County sheriff's deputy was jailed for contempt of court after failing to appear for a deposition in a double homicide case. The deputy missed two scheduled depositions in a death penalty ...

Tory Lanez was held in contempt of court and fined $20,000 after abruptly ending a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit. The deposition unraveled quickly when Lanez, born Daystar ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — A divided federal appeals court on Friday granted ...

A divided federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Friday in a case over the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act in deportation matters — but it did not fully snuff out a ...

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Wednesday he will move quickly on a contempt inquiry centered on whether senior Trump administration officials knowingly defied his court order in March when it ...

A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration's request Friday to temporarily halt contempt proceedings ordered by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg as he weighs whether senior ...

WASHINGTON — A split appeals court panel on Friday tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against the Trump administration in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison. The decision comes after ...

Judge James Boasberg had sought contempt proceedings over the March 15 removals. A federal appeals court on Friday overturned U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's attempt to initiate contempt ...