Update 1: Court Rejects Steelworkers&#39; Argument
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A US appeals court ruled Friday that the federal government has no obligation to pay employees of a failed manufacturer &quot;shutdown pensions&quot; that union officials said were promised in a labor contract.
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Washington - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Massachusetts&#39; gay marriage law, leaving intact a state court ruling that has led to thousands of weddings for same-sex couples and a national debate on the issue.
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In a setback for employees claiming job bias, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that they could not rely on old evidence showing that they have long been paid less than co-workers to argue that they are discriminated against now.
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JOHANNESBURG  - South African mining group Harmony has lost the latest round in a hostile takeover of rival Gold Fields when a court rejected an urgent attempt to appeal against a ruling frustrating its bid to create the world&#39;s largest gold producer
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 18 -- The Illinois Supreme Court threw out two lawsuits accusing gunmakers of knowingly letting weapons fall into the hands of gang members and other criminals, in a ruling Thursday that the manufacturers cannot legally be blamed for street violence.
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The justicesâ questioning indicated that a majority did not accept the basic argument brought by challengers to Indianaâs voter-identification law.
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider dismissing a lawsuit seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible for the 1999 shooting of a letter carrier by a white supremacist.
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A Dutch judge refused Monday to grant an injunction blocking Mittal Steel Co. NV's proposed $40 billion acquisition of rival Arcelor SA.
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The US Supreme Court refused for a second time yesterday to get pulled into the politically charged fight over gay marriage in Massachusetts, rejecting an appeal from some state
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A federal appeals court denied requests Wednesday to reinstate a lawsuit filed by hundreds of people affected by a race riot in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921.
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A German state court has rejected a suit filed by a homeowner who complained against noise from Alemannia Aachen's Tivoli stadium.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on  Monday a free-speech challenge to a New York law banning the  wearing of masks at public gatherings by a group claiming ties  to the Ku Klux Klan.
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A federal bankruptcy judge in New York yesterday denied Enron Corp.&#39;s request to block a lawsuit by a federal agency seeking to take control of the company&#39;s pension plans.
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A divided Supreme Court today ruled that workers may not sue their employers for unequal pay because of discrimination that may have occurred years earlier.
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The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will not get involved in a lawsuit brought by a congressional staffer who was fired by former  senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota.
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South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young accepted an international sport court&#39;s ruling on Thursday that rejected his appeal for a gymnastics gold medal at the Athens Olympics.
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Steelworkers strike after the world's third largest tire maker and the steelworkers union failed to agree on a new labor contract