Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

• Drug makers' settlements get high court review

  The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products ... 

• Justices struggle with international custody law

  The Supreme Court seemed to struggle Wednesday to find a middle ground on whether American courts have any further say in an international custody ... 

• High court says government can be liable for flood

  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not automatically exempt from paying for damage caused by temporary flooding from ... 

• New EPA rule could upend high court runoff case

  Wearing his gray morning coat and striped trousers, Justice Department lawyer Malcolm Stewart was the very picture of Supreme Court propriety Monday ... 

• High Court to decide how logging roads regulated

  The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to switch gears on more than 30 years of regulating the muddy water running off logging roads into rivers. 

• Court to decide if human genes can be patented

  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the ... 

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  Gay marriage before Supreme Court? Cases weighed

  The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three ... 

• US appeals court stays affirmative action ruling

  A federal appeals court is temporarily staying its declaration that Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional ... 

• Court: Can generic makers be sued for drug flaws?

  The Supreme Court will decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be held responsible in state courts for possible design defects that are in the ... 

• Another blow for state's anti-eavesdropping law

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court ... 

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  On average the Stones older than US Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court used to be called Nine Old Men. That's nothing compared to the ageless Rolling Stones. The justices on average are the kid brothers ... 

• Court: Who counts as a supervisor?

  When does your co-worker also count as your supervisor? The Supreme Court may make a final decision on whether to draw a legal line between work ... 

• Court orders new look at health care challenge

  The Supreme Court has revived a Christian college's challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, with the acquiescence of the Obama ... 

• High court rejects appeal over insanity defense

  The Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. 

• High court rejects appeal of ex-La. congressman

  The Supreme Court is leaving in place the corruption conviction of a former Louisiana congressman who hid money from bribes in his freezer. 

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  Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court

  Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her ...