CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Palmetto State saw its first African American judge named to serve on its newly formed South Carolina Appellate Court on Sept. 1, 1983. Jasper Cureton, a native of Oconee ...

A prominent African-American judge has filed a $10 million claim against the UCLA campus police department alleging two officers roughed him up during a traffic stop for a seatbelt violation, his ...

President Clinton, complaining that Republicans have stymied his attempts to diversify the federal bench, bypassed the Senate yesterday to appoint the first black judge to the all-white 4th U.S.

Judge Lavenski Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was honored December 5th at the Arnold federal courthouse with the unveiling of his official portrait. The ceremony brought ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Judge Eileen A. Olds became the first African American judge and woman judge in the city of Chesapeake, and went on to be elected president of the American Judges Association, ...

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' third ruling that a white supervisor calling black men "boy"-as in "Boy, you better get going" and "hey, boy"-is not evidence of racial animus was issued last ...

Judge Eileen A. Olds became the first African American judge and woman judge in the city of Chesapeake, and went on to be elected president of the American Judges Association, still the only Virginian ...