U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer had a conflict of interest under federal law when he heard arguments in a case this week despite his wife’s ownership of stock in a company involved in the dispute. A top court official ...

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WASHINGTON — In a case of interest to business and consumer groups, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to be divided over a company’s effort to end a class-action lawsuit by offering the person who first sued everything he ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed troubled by a federal regulation backed by environmental groups that requires utilities to pay big electric customers who save energy during times of peak demand. The Obama administration and other supporters ...

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People serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers were looking to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for signals about whether they will have a chance to seek their freedom. But the 75-minute high court argument in the ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term began Monday with no cross words between the justices, although a steady stream of divisive social issues awaits them in the coming months. In their first public meeting since a number of ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to New York state’s requirement that all children be vaccinated before they can attend public school. The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the policy ...

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A bipartisan coalition of 21 states filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the states’ practice of including both voters and nonvoters in drawing state legislative election districts this week. The brief argues that counting nonvoters with ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the European Union can pursue its lawsuit claiming that tobacco company R.J. Reynolds sponsored cigarette smuggling in Europe as part of a global money-laundering scheme with organized crime groups. The justices agreed ...

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The impacts on employers of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision siding with a Muslim-American woman who was not hired by a national clothing chain store because she was wearing a headscarf will be discussed Tuesday during a lunchtime continuing ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn’t planning to retire anytime soon, but he doesn’t hesitate when asked about his legacy after more than two decades on the bench. He said he likes the late Justice Thurgood Marshall’s preference for ...

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WASHINGTON — Nobody knows Citizens United quite like Hillary Rodham Clinton. The name of the conservative advocacy group, which five years ago won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case governing campaign finance, has become the preferred shorthand for talking about ...

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MOREHEAD, Ky. — Invoking “God’s authority,” a county clerk denied marriage licenses to gay couples again Tuesday in direct defiance of the federal courts, and vowed not to resign, even under the pressure of steep fines or jail. “It is ...

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