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Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
News Releases 04/01/2018Eye drop users everywhere have had it happen. Tilt your head back, drip a drop in your eye and part of that drop always seems to dribble down your cheek.But what most people see as an annoyance, some prescription drop users say is grounds for a lawsu...
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Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
Opinion 04/01/2018Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more tha...
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Court: Government can't block immigrant teens from abortion
News Releases 03/31/2018A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.A judge issued an order Friday evening barring the gove...
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Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
U.S. Courts Newsroom 03/24/2018The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case.The arguments justices will hear Wednes...
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Maryland redistricting case comes before Supreme Court
News Releases 03/22/2018The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed by Republicans in Mary...
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Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
U.S. Supreme Court News 03/22/2018Lawyers for the state of Arkansas argued Friday that the state prison director has long had the power to determine a death row inmate's sanity and that now isn't the time to change the way it moves the prisoners closer to their executions.The argumen...
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USCIS will reject any petition that includes an incorrect fee payment
News Releases 03/18/2018USCIS will reject and return the petitions and associated filing fees to petitioners that were not selected, as well as any cap-subject petitions received after Feb. 27.In January, the Department of Labor announced a change to its process of issuing ...
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Bolivia takes sea access dispute with Chile to world court
Court Watch 03/18/2018Bolivia made an emotional appeal Monday for the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter talks over granting the landlocked South American nation access to the Pacific Ocean, saying the dispute will remain a source of conflict if it's n...
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Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana
U.S. Courts Newsroom 03/11/2018A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana is asking a federal appeals court to allow it to resume construction work in an environmentally fragile swamp.A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arg...
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Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
Recent Cases 03/08/2018The smirk wiped from his face, a crying Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud Friday in a hard fall for the pharmaceutical-industry bad boy vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug.Shkreli, the boyis...
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Cambodian court denies opposition leader release on bail
News Releases 03/05/2018Cambodia's Supreme Court has denied bail for an opposition leader charged with treason who is seeking to be released for medical treatment abroad.The court ruled Friday that Kem Sokha must remain in pretrial detention for his own safety and because t...
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TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
Opinion 03/03/2018The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline doesn't have to reimburse attorneys who defended Nebraska landowners against the company's efforts to gain access to their land, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.The high court's ruling resolves a dispute...