Court hears case of same-sex story reading
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As gay rights supporters and foes gathered outside, a U.S. federal court on Wednesday took up the question of whether a Massachusetts town and its school district infringed on parents' rights when a teacher read young students a book with a gay theme.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored
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The Supreme Court ruling, however, may not be the last word on the issue of spectator conduct.
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The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear the entertainment industry&#39;s case against two Internet-based file-sharing services through which millions of people swap music and movies online, a
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The Supreme Court is meeting to issue decisions and hear arguments in a case involving allegations of retaliation against a worker who complained of racial discrimination.
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Washington state&#39;s highest court has agreed to review a key issue in a contentious lawsuit that could determine whether Seattle continues to have two daily newspapers.
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Gay marriage appeal jilted: US Supreme Court leaves conservatives&#39; challenge of Mass. law at the altar. By Patriot Ledger staff and news services.
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A Virginia judge on Tuesday claimed jurisdiction to decide a child custody case between two women who had entered into a civil union in Vermont, a move that could set a legal precedent for same-sex couples whose relationships are recognized in some states and not others.
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A California library can bar a   religious group from holding worship services in library   meeting rooms open to the public, a U.S. appeals court ruled on   Wednesday.
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The Federal Communications  Commission on Wednesday asked an appeals court to return a case  to the agency so it could reconsider whether some episodes of  &quot;The Early Show,&quot; &quot;NYPD Blue&quot; and Billboard music award shows  violated decency standards.
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PUGHTOWN, Pa.  - A Methodist minister was tried by  an ecclesiastical court on Wednesday for being a practicing  homosexual and said she believes God created her as a lesbian  but she does not expect to keep her job.
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The Supreme Court meets Tuesday morning to issue opinions in cases that were argued in the fall and to hear oral arguments.
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A lesbian couple who wed in Canada were to learn yesterday whether an Irish court would hear their case to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5 - A California appeals court upheld on Thursday the state's ban on same-sex marriage, reversing a lower court's judgment against a voter-approved law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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Asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to review the FCC's decision to require so-called open-access rules.
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The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether Internet file-sharing services are responsible for their customers illegally swapping songs and movies, a multibillion-dollar case testing the limits of copyright law in the digital age.