U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the lawsuit against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and General Electric Co. over radiation exposure claims by residents near the Hanford nuclear reservation in eastern Washington State.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Smokers can sue over deceptive marketing of so-called light cigarettes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - One of West Virginia's three large 2007 verdicts has been settled before the U.S. Supreme Court could decide if it wanted to review it.
Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's qualifications to be president.
Nathan Hecht (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht has been ordered to pay a $29,000 fine for accepting an illegal campaign contribution and failing to report the gift.
Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court will decide Friday whether to hear a lawsuit by challenging President-elect Barack Obama's qualifications to be president.
Barrett NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Outside counsel hired by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood are trying to breathe new life into a dispute with the City of Memphis over allegedly stolen groundwater.
Nathan Hecht (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Ethics Commission today is considering a complaint filed last year against state Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard for the third time arguments over a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco company Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit.
Richard Blumenthal (D) HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) -- A proposed natural gas pipeline in Connecticut has been stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court, upholding Connecticut's denial of a key environmental permit, ending an almost decade long fight to stop the pipeline's construction.
Blankenship WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the larger of two recent appeals involving Massey Energy and the West Virginia courts system.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Attorneys general from Colorado and Kansas on Monday will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a dispute over expert witness fees related to a long-running water dispute.
Rob McKenna (R) TUMWATER, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna says he plans to ask state lawmakers next year to ban the shipment of Internet-purchased cigarettes to anyone other than licensed wholesalers or retail stores.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A paralyzed man who has sued hundreds of California small businesses to gain accommodations for the disabled on Monday lost his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to lift an order requiring special permission for him to file new lawsuits.
Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have recused himself from the $50 million case of a heavy campaign supporter.
Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The former deputy Pennsylvania attorney general who challenged Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's qualifications to be president has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Barton "Buzz" Thompson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appointed a Stanford law professor to sort out the facts in a water dispute between Montana and Wyoming.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) -The first payment to victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill could be delayed because of a lawsuit filed by a fish processing plant that objects to how the money is set to be allocated.