On Tuesday, the US high court had a hard time with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the government in a case of a 19-year-old Massachusetts woman who suffered a fatal 2009 seizure at a mental health facility.
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state legislative districts in Arizona drawn by an independent commission, rebuffing complaints that the electoral maps diminished the clout of Republican voters.
A unanimous High Court ruled on Tuesday that Maryland officials overstepped their authority when they provided financial subsidies to encourage construction of a new power plant in the state.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library violates copyright law.
