The Supreme Court today reversed a ruling that threatened the future of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal ...

The 5th Circuit ranks behind the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the highest share of judges who were appointed by Republican presidents – 71% compared with 91%.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public-school classrooms and state-funded universities in the state is ...

Tuesday’s hearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans was because the U.S. Supreme Court kicked the case back to the 5th Circuit.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday ruled against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants amnesty to illegal immigrants who arrived in the ...

The 5th Circuit remanded the case to the district court for a new trial on damages. Record labels can expect a lower payout because the appeals court said they can't obtain separate damages awards ...

A federal appeals court delivered a unanimous rebuke of Louisiana’s law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools. Here’s what it means.

Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who authored major rulings against abortion rights, gun control and Obamacare, was named on Friday as the new chief judge of ...