Justices Turn Down Appeal by Ebbers
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Bernard J. Ebbers, the former WorldCom chief executive, who was convicted of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud.
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The Supreme Court today sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation&#39;s only law sanctioning such unions.
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The California Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider an appeal by convicted murderer Scott Peterson seeking a new jury and venue change for the penalty phase of his trial.
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LOS ANGELES - The judge in the Michael Jackson case turned down two big defense requests yesterday. The first was to dismiss the case.
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The Supreme Court sidestepped the nationwide battle over same-sex marriage yesterday, declining to hear a case aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that made it legal this year for gay couples to marry.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by four men who challenged Florida's ban on adoption by gay couples, avoiding another contentious fight over gay rights.
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The judge in GEICO&#39;s trademark infringement case against Google and Yahoo!&#39;s Overture division has declined the defendants&#39; motions to dismiss, effectively giving the go-ahead to a case with big implications for search engines&#39; use of trademarks as
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In upholding a lower court&#39;s ruling, the Supreme Court rejected arguments that the Do Not Call list violates telemarketers&#39; First Amendment rights.
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The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out.
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The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to allow a Wisconsin anti-abortion group to run political ads this fall that criticize Democrats.
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The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday rejected two efforts to change the route of the West Bank separation barrier in and around east Jerusalem.
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SETBACK FOR PRIVACY ADVOCATES: The Supreme Court, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let it pursue a lawsuit against the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
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The High Court of Justice, in a six to one vote, on Thursday turned down three petitions calling for the rejection of the attorney-general&#39;s decision to close the case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Greek Island Affair.
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The Supreme Court dismissed a case Monday in which a defendant says his lawyers gave him bad advice by telling him to reject a plea deal that would have spared him a death sentence.
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The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from abortion opponents in Southern California who were ordered to pay legal fees to Planned Parenthood after they unsuccessfully sued the family-planning group to require it to declare a link between
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Florida&#39;s Supreme Court declined today a request by Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its ruling against a state law designed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive
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The justices decline to rule on a lower court decision that says terminally ill patients have no constitutional right to be treated with experimental drugs that have not been thoroughly tested, effectively letting the ruling stand.