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U.S. justices' 2007 climate change ruling looms over immigration case
WASHINGTON The conservative legal challenge to President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in line for U.S. Supreme Court review, would force the justices to wrestle with their own conflicting votes on when states have a legal right to sue the federal government.
White House to ask Supreme Court to allow delayed immigration action
WASHINGTON The Obama administration said on Tuesday it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision that blocked President Barack Obama's executive actions aimed at shielding millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.
U.S. justices skeptical toward Tyson class action appeal
WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Tuesday toward Tyson Foods Inc's challenge to an almost $5.8 million class action judgment in a case that could buck the court's recent pro-business trend in such disputes.
Obama's immigration action blocked again; Supreme Court only option left
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation suffered a legal setback on Monday with an appeal to the Supreme Court now the administration's only option.
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Texas trooper in fatal shooting
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Texas state trooper does not have to face a civil lawsuit for firing six rifle shots and killing a man fleeing police over a probation violation in a high-speed 2010 highway chase south of Amarillo.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects cellphone search warrant case
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a test case on privacy in the digital age on Monday, declining to decide whether police need to obtain search warrants to examine cellphone location information held by wireless carriers.
U.S. top court allows Apotex to pursue generic version of Daiichi drug
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by Daiichi Sankyo Inc and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc seeking to stop Apotex Inc from trying to introduce a generic version of Benicar, a drug for treating hypertension.
U.S. justices to hear religious objection to Obamacare contraception coverage
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear appeals brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
Big businesses back affirmative action before U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON Three major companies, citing the under-representation of minorities in science and technology fields, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in university admissions in a closely watched case to be argued next month.
U.S. justices skeptical of immigrant's deportation appeal
WASHINGTON A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic who pleaded guilty in New York to attempted arson in 1999 has grounds to appeal his threatened deportation.
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