In a blow to medical marijuana advocates, a California appeals court has ruled that a city law regulating the sale of medical pot can’t stand because it interferes with federal enforcement efforts. The issue appears bound for the California Supreme Court.

A police officer’s sniffing of a teenage partygoer’s breath for alcohol constituted custodial questioning that triggered the right to Miranda warnings, a New Jersey appeals court has held, reversing the defendant’s conviction for underage drinking.

An appeals court has taken a California Supreme Court decision a step further, giving police broader authority for warrantless cellphone searches.

Whether or not an author got it right when he said Donald Trump might be a mere mega-millionaire rather than the billionaire he says he is, Trump’s defamation suit over the comment was correctly dismissed, a New Jersey appeals court held Wednesday.

A New York appeals court has officially disbarred attorney and money manager Kenneth I.