Supreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug Case
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The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether Rhode Island authorities can enforce state law on an Indian reservation, a dispute triggered by a police raid on a tribal smoke shop.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision striking down a state law designed to save the life of a severely brain-damaged woman.
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The Supreme Court confronted a dispute yesterday between a liberal state&#39;s rights and a zero-tolerance federal anti-drug policy, as a top Bush administration lawyer argued that
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was wrongly barred from raising new arguments in challenging his 1998 conviction for tax conspiracy.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a ruling that terminally ill patients have no constitutional right to be treated with experimental drugs Â even if that means the patient will likely die before the medicine is approved.
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against the possibility of a national class action Vioxx lawsuit.
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The move comes ahead of a House hearing this week where, it is expected, drug companies will be excoriated for refusing to publish unfavorable clinical trial results.
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Chicago Tribune - The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's appeal over the so-called Terri's Law, leaving the fate of the severely brain-damaged woman for whom the measure was enacted with state courts that have repeatedly ruled she should be allowed to die.
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider whether states may offer license plates with antiabortion messages, leaving lower courts divided over whether the programs in a dozen states unconstitutionally restrict dissenting views.
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The Supreme Court declines to hear the music industry's appeal of a case that forbade it from trying to force phone and internet companies from turning over the names of people suspected of copyright infringement over peer-to-peer networks. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit by a conservative group blocked from airing ads about same-sex marriage.
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Drug maker Alpharma Inc. said late Friday a federal court denied drug giant Pfizer Inc.&#39;s request for a temporary restraining order against the company from launching a generic version of an epilepsy drug.
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The Supreme Court&#039;s refusal Monday to consider a second lethal injection case suggests the justices are not ready to decide whether the drugs amount to cruel and unusual punishment, legal experts said.
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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.
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OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada refused to elevate health funding to a constitutional right in a ruling that was a stunning setback for families of autistic children asking the state to pay for expensive treatment.