U.S. Supreme Court
Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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Jindal and Vitter criticize high court's support of healthcare act
U.S. Senator David Vitter and Governor Bobby Jindal BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator David Vitter have released statements in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act. -
Scruggs gets hearing in effort to shave sentence
Scruggs ABERDEEN, Miss. – Tort king Dickie Scruggs has won a chance to shorten his prison sentence at a hearing much like the trial he waived. -
BP shareholder suits in court Nov. 4 on motions to dismiss
Taylor HOUSTON – U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison will hear motions to dismiss three groups of Deepwater Horizon suits from BP shareholders at hearings on Nov. 4. -
U.S. SC won't hear challenge of $246B tobacco deal
Caldwell WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of a group that claims the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement created a marketplace unfairly hostile to smaller cigarette manufacturers. -
Borrowers propose to settle class action against Dean Morris law firm
Herman Borrowers who sued Dean Morris law firm of Monroe and lenders it represented in foreclosures propose to settle their class action claims. -
Tobacco settlement survives another challenge, appeal coming
Bader A federal appeals court decided Tuesday that 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is constitutional, ruling against a challenge by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. -
Legal observers decry proposal to overhaul federal preemption
Silverman Public policy attorneys Cary Silverman and Victor Schwartz of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Washington, D.C. have co-authored an article in the Tulane Law Review examining recent developments in federal preemption law.