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
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
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
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 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
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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