SCOTUS

Retired Justice O'Connor Backs "Our Courts" Video Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2008 - 11:56am.

New York - Recently retired U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor has announced her support for a new video game called "Our Courts," an online interactive civics program designed for children in grades 7 through 9, Reuters reported.

Courts Give Fantasy Sports Leagues Free Access to Player Stats

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 3, 2008 - 10:28am.

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Major League Baseball in a move that will give fantasy sports leagues the rights to use players' names and statistics without paying a license fee. The initial court ruling in favor of fantasy sports league operators came in 2005, and MLB and its players' association appealed to the Supreme Court in February, arguing that players should retain control over the use of their names and likenesses, and that such licenses are worth billions of dollars.

Supreme Court: Cell Phone Unlocking Class Action Deserves Trial

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 28, 2008 - 11:21am.

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a case involving the rights of consumers to "unlock" mobile phones from a particular network, which in effect will allow a lawsuit charging AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) with unfair business practices to proceed to trial, Wired.com reported.

Supreme Court Rejects Dot-com Investors' Claims Against Investment Banks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2007 - 10:47am.

San Francisco - The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled against investors who filed an antitrust lawsuit against a number of investment banks, which alleged inflated charges and prices collected during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, CNET News.com reported.