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Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court considered bolstering the rights of oceanfront property owners, as justices questioned a Florida program that protects against erosion by adding sand and creating new strips of public beach.
Florida homeowners argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that they should be compensated for a beach restoration project that leaves their private beachfront property open to the public.
Tennessee executed a man Wednesday who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store.
As the Supreme Court weighs a challenge to beach renourishment, the ownership of pricey strips hangs in the balance.
Florida took up a seven-mile-long beach restoration project, and some beach property owners say it violates their rights. On Wednesday, a lawyer for waterfront landowners encountered both skepticism and support at the Supreme Court.
In a constitutional challenge involving a Minnesota law firm, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed troubled by a federal restriction on legal advice to potential bankruptcy clients, but less concerned about the requirement that lawyers advertise as a "debt relief agency" if they give bankruptcy advice.
An interesting case came before the U.S. Supreme Court today: Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida. It may sound more like a trendy diet than a case for the nation's highest court, but the issue at stake is a serious ...
The Supreme Court is considering the validity of business method patents, but there's a more fundamental question for entrepreneurs: should one exercise one's patent rights?
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court voiced skepticism Monday of Merck & Co. Inc.'s (MRK) arguments that shareholders waited too long to file securities lawsuits alleging the drug maker misrepresented the safety of painkiller drug Vioxx, which it removed from the market in 2004.
U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed reluctant Monday to give the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. a "statute of limitations" way out of defending against a securities fraud class action involving Vioxx.
Arielle Bullard had every belief she could get into the University of Michigan. The senior at Cass Technical High School in Detroit mailed in her application during the 2006-2007 winter semester.
A federal appeals court on Monday ordered a new trial in a case that led the U.S. Supreme Court in June to make it harder for workers to win age discrimination lawsuits.
Kit Smith will be giving up her seat on Richland County Council after nearly 20 years.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, complying with a court order, this afternoon released documents chronicling how it handled allegations of sexual abuse against its priests dating back more than three decades.
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"The highest court has spoken, and certainly we want to abide by what the court has said."
