Oct 23 - By Associated Press
Communications services company Cbeyond Inc. said Friday that the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga., issued preliminary approval for the settlement of a derivative lawsuit that the company had previously disclosed.
Oct 16 - By Associated Press
A 65-year-old Maine woman was jailed for allegedly assaulting a state trooper with a stun gun during an investigation into whether she was hoarding animals at her house. The woman pleaded not guilty to multiple charges Thursday in Superior Court in Farmington. The woman was under a court order barring her from keeping animals after nearly 70 animals were found at her home in 2004 and she was convicted of animal cruelty.
Aug 28 - By Associated Press
A former Superior Court judge has been denied his request for a disability pension he said he was entitled to because of stress caused by critical newspaper articles.
Jul 24 - By Associated Press
O.J. Simpson has filed a declaration in Superior Court saying most of the items seized by authorities following a bungled hotel heist that sent him to prison last year are rightfully his and should be returned.

Jun 27 - By Associated Press
More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week.

Jun 12 - By Errin Haines, Associated Press Writer
Usher Raymond says he and his wife were separated for nearly a year before the R&B singer filed for divorce, calling the marriage "irretrievably broken," according to court records.
May 20 - By Associated Press
A Superior Court jury says two chemical companies must pay Modesto $18.3 million to remove dry-cleaning chemicals from the soil and groundwater.

May 8 - By Associated Press
A former New Jersey beauty pageant winner has been sentenced to a year in jail for bouncing more than $70,000 in bad checks to purchase antique furniture. Heather "Hedy" Di Carlo also was given five years' probation Friday in state Superior Court in Newark.
Jan 21 - By Associated Press
A Superior Court judge has ordered an associate of alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff to testify before Massachusetts securities regulators after he failed to appear at previous hearings.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
A Superior Court judge has refused to hear the divorce case of a lesbian couple, but questioned whether the law that barred the women from ending their marriage unconstitutionally denied them a right enjoyed by heterosexual Rhode Islanders.

Apr 16 - By Associated Press
A court commissioner on Thursday authorized various lawyers representing Britney Spears and her family to be paid more than $372,500 out of Spears' funds.

Mar 20 - By Chelsea J. Carter, Associated Press Writers
A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee chain paid to shift supervisors.

Mar 13 - By Associated Press
Britney Spears' friend Osama "Sam" Lutfi has filed papers objecting to the Superior Court commissioner assigned to the pop star's conservatorship case.
Mar 11 - By Associated Press
A Superior Court jury awarded $40.1 million to a man whose heart was damaged so badly by a malfunctioning machine during an operation that he had to undergo a heart transplant.

Mar 5 - By Associated Press
A court commissioner ruled Wednesday that Britney Spears' father will retain control of the troubled pop star's finances and estate for another five months.

Feb 19 - By Associated Press
A lawyer for Britney Spears was turned down Tuesday in a bid for a gag order on attorneys in the pop star's child-custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon rejected the request after attorney Anne Kiley argued that media coverage was "emotionally and physically" dangerous to Spears.

Feb 13 - By Greg Risling, Associated Press Writer
Mel Gibson has met terms of his no-contest plea to misdemeanor drunken driving after his notorious 2006 arrest in which he made derogatory comments about Jews, a judge found Wednesday.

Feb 8 - By Raquel Maria Dillon, Associated Press Writer
A Superior Court commissioner gave Britney Spears' father the power to fire the singer's business manager, according to documents released Friday.

Feb 1 - By Solvej Schou, Associated Press Writer
Throughout the course of Britney Spears' months-long emotional tailspin, one universal question has lingered with each spectacular turn: Why doesn't her family take drastic measures to stop this? On Friday, they did.

Jan 4 - By Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer
Britney Spears was apparently spending a second day in a hospital Saturday, the result of a bizarre standoff that brought police to her house and led a judge to award ex-husband Kevin Federline custody of their two sons.

Dec 28 - By Associated Press
"Married ... with Children" actor David Faustino isn't married anymore. Faustino, who played Bud Bundy on the hit TV comedy, ended his marriage to Andrea Faustino, according to documents filed Friday in Superior Court.

Oct 10 - By Peter Prengaman, STF
Lawyers for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline discussed increased visitation with Spears' extended family Thursday as a judge considered her request for overnight visits with her children.

Aug 1 - By Amanda Beck, AP Writer
Eddie Murphy acknowledged he is the father of Melanie Brown's young daughter Friday, a day after the former Spice Girl took legal action to establish him as the child's parent.

Jun 8 - By John Rogers-443, AP Writer
The circus that follows Paris Hilton almost everywhere was out in full force Friday at Superior Court here, with hangers-on toting signs and dancing jigs before the judge's ruling to return her to jail reduced most to stunned silence.

Jun 7 - By Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
Rarely has it been the simple life for Paris Hilton these days. The hotel heiress was headed for a courtroom showdown Friday that could put her back behind bars, as prosecutors sought to hold sheriff's officials in contempt for releasing her early from jail.