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Baton Rouge judge delivers major victory for families fighting nation's largest homebuilder, ruling arbitration clause unenforceable in moldy homes lawsuit.

A Youngsville family's three-year legal battle against nation's largest homebuilder reaches crucial deadline as judge weighs arbitration clause validity.

A federal appeals court rules Louisiana’s classroom Ten Commandments mandate unconstitutional, protecting students’ First Amendment rights.

Proposed Louisiana law would forbid anyone from staging a protest or other assembly outside someone's house, sparking debate over the First Amendment.

A city councilman unexpectedly resigned from his council seat and resigned from the race Monday.

The petition comes after the councilman's run-off opponent claimed he no longer lived in the district.

Rutledge Deas IV pled guilty in 2019 to tricking women into changing his diaper and now he is accused of doing it again.

It's not just what you say in court that helps you to win or lose a case, it could also be what you wear.

This is definitely not the way you want to kick off a double-murder trial—especially when you're the suspect.

Our emotions get the best of us sometimes, and that was definitely the case with an Ohio father who attacked his daughter's killer in court.

The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals says no air conditioning is needed to provide comfort for Louisiana death row inmates.

36-year-old Cedric Connor of Lafayette will see over 19 years of prison time after a conviction on child porn production.  Court documents showed that Connor produced the porn while babysitting a 7-year-old girl, taking pictures of her in sexually explicit poses ...

An elderly Alabama widower is doing battle with local officials over his right to keep his late wife’s remains buried in the front yard of his home.

Amanda Knox, the American woman convicted of murder by an Italian court in 2009, has been freed after an appeals court overturned the decision on Monday. Her co-defendant and former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was cleared as well.