Contempt of court basically means not respecting a court’s authority or ignoring its orders. It can happen in obvious ways, like causing a scene in court, or less obvious ones, like failing to follow ...

ST PAUL PARK, Minn. — Amid strain on the federal court system resulting from Operation Metro Surge, one judge took things a step further to compel the Justice Department to comply with orders. A ...

From Commans v. Dunbar, decided Friday by Judge Jennifer M. Perkins, joined by Judge Kent E. Cattani: Daniel Commans appeals his conviction and punishment for contempt of court for providing a vulgar ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El ...

His challenge to the judicial process in the Delhi excise case has opened a new front in the long-running tension between ...

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 ...

A man who photographed his "vulnerable" domestic violence victim as she gave evidence and sent her threatening messages while he was standing trial, and also filmed the prosecutor in the court ...