The filing of an appeal in federal court generally divests the lower court of jurisdiction. This rule of appellate jurisdiction applies both to appeals from a district court to a court of appeals and ...

The ruling allowed immigration agents to stop people for reasons that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional. By Charlie Savage Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court on Monday ...

This is the last in an occasional series of articles explaining the history and scope of the various New York State Courts Sometimes, New York’s trial judges make a mistake. They’re human beings, and ...