Minnesota Lawyer

A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.

As former Minnesota Supreme Court justice Alan Page’s unparalleled post-football path continues in Minnesota in the intersecting spaces of educational opportunity and racial justice, two of the most prized art pieces from Page and his late wife are on the market.

An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of a man who was convicted of killing a teenager, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state lacks jurisdiction for crimes committed on tribal reservations in which the defendants or victims were tribal citizens.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man who was found guilty of arming himself with a gun while intoxicated, rejecting his arguments that his core Second Amendment rights outweighed a state law against brandishing firearms while drunk.

San Diego County will provide attorneys to immigrants facing deportation proceedings under a pilot program approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.

A request for a new trial is routine following a guilty verdict and often mirrors issues that will be raised on appeal.

Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court should reconsider a precedent that prevents members of the military from suing the U.S. when they are injured while doing their duties.

The threat blocked electronic court filings, disrupted online payments and prevented hearings from taking place by videoconference for several days, officials said.

The federal court case is being brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Epic wants to topple the so-called “walled garden” of the app store.

Because a panel of three federal judges will decide the matter, any appeal could go straight to the Supreme Court.