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U.S. Top Court Won't Review Dismissal of MySpace Rape Case
By DONNA HIGGINS, Andrews Publications Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed against MySpace by the mother of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a man she met on the popular social networking Web site.

Chief justice's father dies after long illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of Chief Justice John Roberts died Tuesday after a long illness, the Supreme Court said. John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr. was an executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and later worked for CSC Industries and taught at the University of South Carolina's Graduate School of Business, the court said in a brief statement.

FLIR Systems Execs Ask Supreme Court to Dismiss Fraud Charges
By ROBERT WOODMAN MCSHERRY, Andrews Publications Staff Writer
Three former executives of FLIR Systems have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order the dismissal of criminal fraud charges against them, claiming that the Securities and Exchange Commission improperly shared information with prosecutors that it had gathered for a civil investigation.

Supreme Court meeting Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is meeting to issue decisions and orders in its last public session before Thanksgiving. The justices are expected to hand down at least one opinion from among the cases they heard near the beginning of the court term in October.

Paralyzed Calif. man loses high court appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) - A paralyzed man who has sued hundreds of businesses over accommodations for the disabled lost his Supreme Court appeal Monday to get out from under a court order requiring special permission to file new lawsuits.

 

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