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High court hears Florida beach dispute

The Supreme Court is weighing whether owners of beachfront homes in Florida must be compensated because a beach-widening project cost them their exclusive access to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Tags: united states, supreme court beach erosion
Court won't keep paraplegic killer in prison

The Supreme Court will not stop a lower court from releasing from prison a man who killed his wife just before Thanksgiving 1991, then shot himself in a failed suicide attempt.

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Court won't hear appeal on airplane crash

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a woman who wants to sue the government because air traffic controllers told the pilot of a homemade airplane to continue flying in a thunderstorm before...

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Court won't revive student's suit over grad speech

The Supreme Court won't revive a student's lawsuit against a school that punished her for talking about her religion during her high school graduation speech.

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Court turns down Calif. death row inmate's appeal

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a California death row inmate who was convicted in the gruesome murders of four people in 1983.

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Court sides with Gov't in detainee photo case

The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their U.S. captors.

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No decisions in high court's horn of plenty

For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months.

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Tags: united states, supreme court decisions to come
CAPITAL CULTURE: Sotomayor adds celebrity to court

Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges'...

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Tags: united states, sotomayor celebrity, sonia sotomayor, supreme court
Court turns down student over religious speech

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a student who complained that high school officials violated her constitutional rights when they turned off her microphone during her religion-tinged...

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Court won't hear complaint about Redskins name

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive.

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Washington Redskins' Shaun Suisham kicks a field goal in the fourth quarter during the NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Landover, Md. Washington won 27-17. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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