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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Alaska climate change case
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Alaskan village's claim that it should be able to sue oil companies and utilities for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Global Change, Duke Energy Corporation
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Supreme Court declines to hear Alaska climate change case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Alaskan village's claim that it should be able to sue oil companies and utilities for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of Kivalina wanted various named...Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Global Change, Duke Energy Corporation
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U.S. justices rule for PPL Corp in overseas tax case
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp over its dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service concerning credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote... -
Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the Supreme...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Instrument Engineering, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marketing, Medtronic Incorporated
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Fidelity whistleblower case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as workers at publicly traded companies....Tags: Mutual Funds, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, WorldCom Incorporated, Labor Legislation, Labor Disputes
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U.S. justices endorse FCC authority in cellphone tower case
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authority to try to speed up the process for installing wireless communications towers when local governments...Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Wireless, Antonin Scalia, John G. Roberts, Jr., T-Mobile
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N.J. developmental centers brace for huge change
The Philadelphia InquirerWith its imposing, Victorian-era buildings and leafy, college-like campus, the Vineland Developmental Center was in its time a state-of-the-art institution for treating young women with complex mental and emotional disorders. At its peak in the late...Tags: Cerebral Palsy, Autism, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Spina Bifida, Health and Medical Professionals
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OPINION: Ethics reform: At a crossroads
The StateA YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we...Tags: Punishment, Public Officials, Executive Branch, Ethics, Elections
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Trials, U.S. House of Representatives, Church and State Relations, Religion and Belief
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Supreme Court rules for PPL in overseas tax case
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp. in its dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Allentown-based PPL can...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Internal Revenue Service, Allentown, Credit and Debt, Taxation
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear case of disgruntled frequent flyer
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh whether federal law prevented a customer from suing an airline for kicking him out of its frequent flyer program for allegedly complaining too frequently...Tags: Corporate Crime, Delta Air Lines, Crime, Law and Justice, Air Transportation Delays, Laws
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Poverty
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