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Supreme Court won't hear tobacco case
Oct 10 2006 12:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by 30 states in a battle over payments by three small cigarette companies into accounts set up to help cover future damage awards in tobacco-related lawsuits.
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High court won't consider asbestos case
Oct 10 2006 12:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - W.R. Grace & Co. lost its bid to the Supreme Court Tuesday to get out from under a $54 million bill to clean up asbestos in the Montana mining town of Libby.
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Supreme Court considers indictment flaws
Oct 10 2006 12:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judges and prosecutors make mistakes, a Justice Department lawyer told the Supreme Court Tuesday, but sometimes those errors are so minor that they don't warrant reversing a conviction in a criminal case.
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Court rejects Roe v. Wade companion case
Oct 10 2006 11:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned aside the case of Sandra Cano, one of the women behind the legalization of abortion, who had sought to reverse the victory she won 33 years ago.
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Court turns down case of ex-Nazi guard
Oct 10 2006 10:01AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down the case of a former guard at a Nazi slave camp suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
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