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The Nevada Supreme Court says state Republican and Democratic party leaders can choose their candidate to run for the state's open U.S. House seat.

Germany's finance minister defended the rescue packages for Greece and other eurozone countries at a supreme court hearing on Tuesday, as opponents argued that the bailouts violated both German and European law.

The Georgia Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and found a convenience store can be held liable for a fatal highway accident that took place after a driver purchased a 12-pack of beer.

Germany's finance minister defended the rescue packages for Greece and other eurozone countries at a supreme court hearing Tuesday, as opponents argued that the bailouts violated both German and European law.

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday scrapped a stock distribution plan for workers on a sugar estate owned by the president's relatives.

The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with a high-profile ruling that violent video games are protected by the First Amendment, but a bigger technology decision could be looming. The court agreed to hear a case next term about when the government can put GPS devices on people's cars - which could produce one of the court's …

A U.S. Postal Service truck driver accidentally struck and killed a retired state Supreme Court special referee who was the sister-in-law of prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz, police said Sunday.

Iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Yusef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy for having converted from Islam, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.

Starting a cider-making business in a country that guzzles the most beer per head in the world may seem risky, but the Czech Republic's first cider house has taken up the challenge.

Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.

Now that the Supreme Court has officially struck down the proposed California law banning the sale of “violent” video games to children I just want to know – is Apple listening?

Republican candidate Michele Bachmann spent Saturday shaking hands in diners and strolling through Cedar Rapids' bustling farmers market as she tried to capitalize on her early popularity in the state that kicks off the presidential campaign season.

The Obama administration has intervened in a planned execution in Texas, asking the Supreme Court to put a halt to it. The case involved a Mexican national, Humberto Leal, convicted of raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl named Adria Sauceda, according to the Houston Chronicle,

Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.

What does the historic vote on same-sex marriage in New York mean for the rest of the country? Will it play a role if and when the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the California case? Will it propel or impede efforts in other states to legalize gay marriage?

The Obama administration took the unusual step Friday of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl.

The US government's top lawyer urged the Supreme Court on Friday to spare the life of a Mexican death row inmate, saying his execution would cause "irreparable harm" to US interests.

The Obama administration took the unusual step Friday of asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a Michigan law that banned affirmative action in college admissions, creating the possibility of a U.S. Supreme Court battle.

The U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled that a practice known as pharmaceutical data mining, the processing and sale of information about which doctor has prescribed which drugs, is "speech" protected under the first amendment.On this ground, on Thursday, June 23, the Court struck down a  Vermont law preventing the sale of …

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"] [/caption] The U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled that a practice known as pharmaceutical ...

A law professor studying attorneys who argued against civil rights cases and a New York Times reporter who is researching first lady Michelle Obama's family roots are among winners of a fellowship created to mark the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision.

A player is seen during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club.