"[A] statement that is misleading but true is by definition not a 'false statement,'" Chief Justice Roberts Jr. wrote in a unanimous decision. A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed with a ...

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago that upheld the conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson, who served four months in a federal prison for making false ...

“When outrageous, false statements are made that force innocent defendants to spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars to litigate and prove them false, there must be severe sanctions.” For better ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with the case of Patrick Daley Thompson, a former Chicago alderman and member of Chicago’s most storied political dynasty. Thompson served four months in a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that a federal appeals court misstated the law when it upheld a former Chicago alderman’s conviction for making "false" statements to the Federal Deposit ...