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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former radio reporter and Black Panther whose conviction for the 1981 killing of a Philadelphia police officer sparked international controversy. The justices, without comment, left intact a federal appeals ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Philip Morris USA’s appeal of a $79.5 million smoker award, declining to rule in a case that business groups had hoped would lead to tougher restrictions on punitive damages. The justices on Tuesday issued a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energizer Holdings, the battery-maker known for its inexhaustible pink bunny, refusing to revive patent claims against eight Chinese battery companies. The justices, without comment, on Monday let stand a lower court ruling ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned whether prosecutors can retry a former Enron Corp. official on charges stemming from the accounting fraud that caused the energy-trading company’s 2001 collapse. F. Scott Yeager, a onetime business strategist for Enron’s broadband unit, contends ...

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President Barack Obama nominated David Hamilton, an Indiana federal district judge with bipartisan support, for a U.S. appeals court seat in the new administration’s first judicial appointment. Hamilton, 51, a former aide to then-Gov. Evan Bayh of Indiana, is a ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had surgery last month for pancreatic cancer, said she will undergo a “precautionary” course of chemotherapy. The 76-year-old Ginsburg, who hasn’t missed any of the court’s public sessions, said she doesn’t expect ...

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The change sweeping Washington has been slow to show up in President Barack Obama’s legal stances on issues such as terrorism and racial preferences. The new administration’s court filings so far have been marked less by repudiation of former President ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from an accused al-Qaida agent held without charges in a military brig for 5 ½ years, canceling a scheduled showdown over presidential wartime powers and individual rights. The move spares the Obama administration ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patients can sue drugmakers for failing to provide adequate safety warnings, upholding a $7 million award to a musician who lost her arm after being injected with Wyeth’s Phenergan nausea treatment. The justices, voting ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may use a case involving Massey Energy Co. Chairman Donald Blankenship to require that judges disqualify themselves from cases involving major campaign supporters. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, the high court considered whether West ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced reluctance to declare a broad constitutional right to conduct DNA testing, questioning a convicted Alaska rapist’s effort to win access to evidence used at his trial. Hearing arguments Monday in Washington, the court considered whether ...

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