A Florida jury has ordered tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay almost 300 million dollars (200 million euros) in damages to a former ...
Black Conn. firefighters object to promotions for white co-workers who won court case A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions ...
In case that prompted US Supreme Court ruling, W.Va. high court again sides with Massey Energy A multimillion-dollar coal contract dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court took its latest turn Thursday with another ruling in favor of ...
YANGON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision. The 64-year-old Nobel peace laureate was sentenced in August ...
In case that prompted US Supreme Court ruling, W.Va. high court again sides with Massey Energy A multimillion-dollar coal contract dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court has again resulted in a ruling in favor of Massey Energy ...
John O'Connor, the husband of retired US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died Wednesday in Arizona after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, the US high court announced. He was 79. Sandra Day O'Connor left her seat on the Supreme Court ...
Sonia Sotomayor poses inside Supreme Court for cover of Latina magazine to be released Nov. 17 Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process — up to a point. At a ...
The Washington sniper was to be executed Tuesday for a three-week reign of terror in 2002 that left 10 people dead, paralyzed the capital and triggered one of the largest manhunts in US history. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine turned down a last-minute ...
Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death Tuesday after the nation's top court denied a stay of execution. Muhammad's lawyers had appealed for the ...
US Supreme Court reinstates death penalty in Ohio death of man met in gay bar in 1985 The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar ...
Federal judge to decide whether to put campaign finance challenge on faster track It's now up to a federal judge in New Orleans to decide whether to put a challenge to campaign finance restrictions on a faster track to the U.S. Supreme ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Monday to make it unconstitutional for any juvenile who commits a crime other than murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possible release. Instead of adopting such a categorical rule, ...
