"Securing a favorable judgment is often just the beginning of a legal battle. Enforcing that judgment, especially against uncooperative defendants, can be daunting. Many times, it requires subpoenaing ...

James W. Cushing of the Law Office of Faye Riva Cohen. While it should be self-evident that the parties to a court case are obliged to obey the terms of the court’s orders, there are, unfortunately, ...

Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. By Alan Feuer ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A federal judge said Wednesday that he plans to “promptly” move ahead with an effort to find out which Trump administration officials were responsible for flouting his orders in a high-stakes ...

A Pueblo judge voided the jail sentences of three people Nov. 1 after finding the city wrongfully incarcerated them using contempt of court charges without proper charging documents or jurisdiction.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A district judge in Pueblo on Friday erased the municipal contempt of court convictions and sentences for three people, finding city judges had illegally ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Pueblo District Court judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of a man jailed since January on municipal contempt of court charges while he ...

In some two dozen cases stemming from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota that CNN has reviewed, federal judges appointed to the bench by Democrats and Republicans have had to ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New York City’s jails will be heard on Jan. 14. By Hurubie Meko and Jan Ransom ...

SINGAPORE — Against a backdrop where social media could quickly amplify opinions on ongoing court cases, the Government has introduced a Bill to spell out when these comments would be in contempt of ...