Department of Justice attorneys filed motions to dismiss lawsuits brought by two of the fired judges, arguing they lack merit.

The ruling is not the final say in the lawsuit, but it's a win for the girl detained by Judge Kenneth King after she fell asleep in his courtroom.

“For as long as we’ve had lawsuits involving sports, there have been questions about the impartiality of the judges making decisions,” said Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane sports law program. USA Today Brendan Sorsby’s lawyers made their case ...

The ruling from a federal judge in Massachusetts comes after the Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in a separate but related case