A digital media expert said to Businessweek that television broadcasters might have been afraid of the possibility that the decision on Aereo's service by the US Supreme Court on Tuesday might inspire rich cable and Internet companies to create some form of the streaming startup's business model for their businesses that could challenge the pay-television industry.
Chief Justice John Roberts has recently rebuffed Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's petition to block generic versions of its prized multiple-sclerosis drug Copaxone from entering the market while the case is still ongoing, Bloomberg reported.
Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia had told a press club that although the high court admits its lack of expertise on the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, it will be making its final decision on the matter nonetheless.
In an event, two justices of the US Supreme Court, namely Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, confirmed that eventually, the high court would decide on the legality of the NSA surveillance activities despite their acknowledged lack of expertise on the matter.
Sharon Baldwin, one of the plaintiffs who have been challenging the state of Oklahoma regarding its same-sex marriage ban, detailed to The Denver Post a decade-worth of setbacks they encountered fighting for their constitutional rights.
The Iowa Right to Life Committee Inc is seeking to lift the ban on campaign contributions by corporations and have cited that the current legislation has violated rights to equal protection and free speech, Bloomberg reported.
Although gay rights supporters scored a victory when the US Supreme Court denied hearing the anti-discrimination case against Elane Photography for its denial of service to a same-sex couple, the Los Angeles Times said the reason behind it was simple: it did not secure enough votes to grant the photographer's request for an appeal.
The US Supreme Court had agreed to allow private individuals or entities to donate to as many political candidates provided that they do not exceed the $5,200 per candidate cap, CNN said.
Reuters said that the justices of the US Supreme Court are split on whether they should broaden the current patent laws in the country to protect companies from patent trolls.
The US Supreme Court's rejection of hearing the state of Delaware's revival of its private arbitration cases program upheld an earlier federal court ruling, which said that the proceedings under the program should have public access, Reuters said.
A court majority in the US Supreme Court ruled that the employee whistleblower protection could now be accorded to company employees of subcontractors investment advisory firms, law and accounting firms.
Majority of the judges at a Supreme Court hearing in Washington said that the seizure of robbery suspect Walter Fernandez and the subsequent search of his home for evidence was legal on the basis that his partner and co-tenant Roxanne Rojas had given authorities consent to conduct a search.
The US Supreme Court needed to make a stand regarding the distinction of keeping a firearm for self-defense within the home, the Wall Street Journal quoted Lyle Denniston of the the Constitution Daily in a report.
