| | Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say
Aug 15 2008 4:02PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. | | |
No decision on Exxon Valdez interest payments
Aug 12 2008 7:34PM CT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay interest on punitive damages awarded in the nation's worst oil spill. | | |
Mexican citizen asks high court to block execution
Aug 1 2008 10:40AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four months after losing his case at the Supreme Court, a Mexican citizen facing execution next week in Texas asked the justices Friday for a last-minute reprieve. | | |
Supreme Court meets Tuesday
Apr 15 2008 7:32AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is meeting to hand down opinions and hear arguments. | | |
Court won't hear young killer's appeal
Apr 14 2008 1:29PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a 30-year prison sentence for a teen who was 12 when he killed his grandparents in South Carolina. | | |
Court steps into utilities case
Apr 14 2008 12:52PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an environmental case in which utility companies want to revive an industry-friendly regulation put in place by the Bush administration. | | |
Court will hear wrongful conviction case
Apr 14 2008 9:54AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a man who served 24 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned can sue a former Los Angeles County district attorney and a top deputy prosecutor for violating his civil rights. | | |
Senator Vitter won't testify in sex case
Apr 14 2008 7:58AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. David Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand. | | |
Scalia to plug book on '60 Minutes'
Apr 8 2008 1:23PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The desire to sell books, it seems, can make even the Supreme Court's fiercest critic of the media smile for the camera. | | |
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