WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba Court of Appeal has dismissed Peter Nygard's application for a judicial review of an order to extradite the former fashion mogul to the United States, where he faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The panel of three judges says there is no reason to interfere with the 2022 surrender order that the justice minister at the time, David Lametti, made under the Extradition Act. U.S. authorities sought Nygard's extradition from Canada on a nine-count...
A North Carolina court ruled that the case of the Atlantic Coast Conference vs. Florida State's Board of Trustees will stay, or pause, during FSU's appeal to the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
A NY appeals court has affirmed Judge Juan Merchan's gag order for Donald J. Trump in his criminal election interference trial. An appeals court feels Judge Merchan has appropriately identified the Orange Menace as a "significant threat to the integrity" of the proceedings. — Read the rest
(The Center Square) – A now-defunct New York state ethics panel that targeted former-Gov. Andrew Cuomo over a controversial book deal is unconstitutional, a state appeals court has ruled. The unanimous ruling by New York's Appellate Division’s Third Department upholds a September decision by state Supreme Court Judge Thomas Marcelle. He determined the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government was created without a required constitutional amendment, and lacks oversight...
Former President Donald Trump will remain gagged during his criminal trial in Manhattan, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A New York appeals court on Tuesday upheld the gag order against former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial.
A legal practitioner, Mr. Chinaza Egwuatu has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, asking why the Nigeria Judiciary has deliberately abandoned the Court of Appeal, Enugu Divisional complex and allowed it to rot. Invoking the Freedom of Information Act 2011in the petition also copied to the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, […]
On Friday, a federal appeals court panel upheld right-wing podcaster and Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s conviction for contempt of Congress. Bannon was convicted in October 2022 on two charges of criminal contempt of Congress—Willful Failure to Appear for Testimony and Willful Failure to Provide Records. Both of these charges resulted from Bannon’s refusal to obey a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Bannon was sentenced to four months in federal prison. Since then, Bannon has...
The Intermediate Court of Appeals filed an opinion April 30 vacating the verdict of a Circuit Court jury that found Erik Willis, 21, guilty in the July 8, 2020, stabbing of a 17-year-old girl at Kahala Beach.
Former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, has vowed to appeal the ruling of an Abuja High Court sitting in Apo, which dismissed his preliminary objection challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to prosecute him. The High Court ruled that the EFCC has the powers to investigate and […]
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has urged more collaboration and synergy with the judiciary and development Practice Direction for Court of Appeal on failed banks matters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally