Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals News

The attorney for R. Allen Stanford has filed an appeal in an attempt to overturn a federal judge's order to keep the Houston financier behind bars pending his trial on conspiracy and fraud charges.

A student who was prohibited from wearing a T-shirt supporting John Edwards' presidential campaign at school asked a federal appeals court this week to bar a Texas school district from enforcing its dress code.

Originally published July 8, 2009 at 10:13 a.m., updated July 8, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. HOUSTON a ' A man serving life in prison for the beating death of his ex-girlfriend in an argument over a missing tattoo gun has lost an appeal in which he raised allegations of jury tampering during his Houston trial.

A student who claims he was threatened with suspension for wearing a T-shirt supporting John Edwards' presidential campaign is asking a federal appeals court to bar a Texas school district from enforcing its dress code.

A federal appeals court has given a condemned Texas prison gang member permission to move forward with an appeal of his conviction in the drug-related murders of three people whose bodies were set on fire.

A former Texas pastor wants a federal appeals court to throw out his conviction and sentence for a charge he imported a woman from Kenya to act as his sex slave after promising her a free education.

Uncle Sam could soon be writing another big check to a U.S. company, this time not for recession-related troubles but for civilian casualties five years ago in Iraq.

Wal-Mart, a company once criticized for less-than-generous employee benefits, has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers.

An appellate court in California has dismissed four lawsuits against MySpace filed by teen girls who were assaulted by men they met through the site.

A Volusia County judge remains in the running for a position on the 5th District Court of Appeals after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov.

Marriage law in my beloved Commonwealth of Virginia has come a long way since the days when its ban on interracial marriage was struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia .

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has concluded the lawsuit against Franklin County filed by the families of two black teens killed by Klansmen in 1964 should go forward.

Originally published June 30, 2009 at 12:48 p.m., updated June 30, 2009 at 2:03 p.m. EL PASO, Texas a ' A federal appeals court has upheld the prison term for an admitted drug smuggler wounded in a controversial shooting by Border Patrol agents.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a new trial request from convicted murderer Herman Saunders.

Allen Stanford will spend Monday night in jail after U.S. prosecutors told a federal judge that the accused swindler would likely flee the country rather than face life in prison if released on bail.

A look at some other figures serving time for their involvement in high-profile financial scandals: ? Jeffrey Skilling, 55, Enron's former chief executive, sentenced in October 2006 to more than 24 years in prison for role in company's collapse.

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a child custody dispute between a Texas mother and a British father that tests the boundaries of an international treaty.

A cardiologist is scheduled to report to federal prison on July 6 after a judge denied his request to remain free on bail pending an appeal in his health-care fraud case.

LAUREL, Miss. -- Former U.S. District Judge Charles Pickering Sr. will be the guest speaker at "Tea Party II: Spirit of 1776." The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Jones County Courthouse in Laurel.

MANSFIELD -- One of the three men convicted in connection with the killing of a Mansfield man during a Brinks truck robbery has lost a third bid to overturn his sentence.