Supreme Court rules for R.J. Reynolds in racketeering case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the scope of federal racketeering law, handing R.J. Reynolds a victory in its effort to fend off a lawsuit by European Union nations accusing the cigarette maker of running a global money-…
Supreme Court backs police in Utah drug search case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday widened the ability of prosecutors to use evidence obtained by police during an unlawful stop against a defendant in court in a case involving a Utah man who a narcotics detective found carrying i…
Closing arguments wrap up in Baltimore cop’s trial over Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The Baltimore police officer being tried for murder in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray failed to ensure his safety and should have called for medical aid, a prosecutor contended during the trial’s closing arguments on Mon…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state assault weapon bans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place gun control laws in New York and Connecticut that ban military-style assault weapons like the one used in last week’s massacre at an Orlando nightclub, rejecting a legal challenge by…
Supreme Court agrees to hear immigrant detention dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether immigrants detained for more than six months by the U.S. government while deportation proceedings take place are eligible for a hearing in which they can argue for their r…
Texas ‘affluenza’ mom has curfew eased: lawyer
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of the Texas “affluenza” teenager had her curfew eased, her attorney said on Monday, in her first court appearance since being charged by a grand jury last month with helping her son flee to Mexico.
Orlando gunman told 911 he was strapping explosive vests to hostages: transcripts
(Reuters) – The gunman who killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub called 911 dispatchers during the rampage to say he planned to put four explosive vests on hostages and that he wanted the U.S. military to stop bombing Syria and Iraq, according to tra…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to patent review process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Cuozzo Speed Technologies Corp in its challenge to a federal agency’s procedures for canceling patents in a case involving a vehicle speedometer that tells drivers when they are spee…
U.S. justices to mull president’s power to nominate officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a lower court decision that invalidated part of a former U.S. labor board official’s tenure, in a case that could curb the next president’s power to staff top positions in his or her administration.
Supreme Court declines to revive apartheid claims against IBM, Ford
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a group of black South Africans seeking to revive human rights litigation aiming to hold Ford Motor Co and IBM Corp liable for allegedly conducting business that helped perpe…
