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Supreme Court rejects Texas effort to gain access to Oklahoma water

Oklahoma beat Texas at the Supreme Court on Thursday in a cross-border contest over water for the Fort Worth area. » read more

Posted on Thu, June 13, 2013

Supreme Court rejects idea of patenting natural human genes

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that naturally occurring human genes may not be patented, potentially opening up commercial and scientific terrain to more freewheeling exploration. » read more

Posted on Thu, June 13, 2013

Supreme Court: California raisin growers can challenge marketing rules

Dissident California raisin farmers harvested a Supreme Court win Monday, easing future legal challenges to the decades-old program that regulates the raisin marketplace. » read more

Posted on Mon, June 10, 2013

Supreme Court widens opportunity for claims of ineffective counsel

A badly damaged Texas man who was sentenced to death for his part in a San Antonio-area gang rape and murder will get a second chance at mercy, under a divided Supreme Court ruling Tuesday. » read more

Posted on Tue, May 28, 2013

Supreme Court justices tread murky waters in Texas-Oklahoma dispute

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday opened a floodgate of questions about a water dispute pitting Texas against Oklahoma, with the eventual outcome still in doubt. » read more

Posted on Tue, April 23, 2013

Notion of gene patenting raises eyebrows at Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices pushed back Monday against the idea of patenting human genes during oral arguments that ranged from baseball bats and chocolate chip cookies to imaginary plants in the Amazon. » read more

Posted on Mon, April 15, 2013

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