RI Supreme Court justice stops Friday shutdown of state government so full court can hear case

October 5th, 2009 Supreme Court begins new term with new justiceWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has begun its new term with a new look. As court convened today, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice, joined the eight others.

October 4th, 2009 Britain's new Supreme Court swings into actionLONDON — Britain's most powerful judges take up their first case this week with new robes, new titles, a new courtroom and — some argue — more power. Monday marks the hearing of the first case by Britain's new Supreme Court, a group of 12 justices who were until recently known as the Law Lords.

October 1st, 2009 Supreme Court justices sworn in ahead of openingLONDON — Britain's new Supreme Court won't hear its first case until Monday, but the justices are already at work. Shortly after the newly titled justices of the Supreme Court were sworn in Thursday, they got down to business — an impromptu administrative hearing relating to a case they'll decide later this month.

September 4th, 2009 Court to give same-day audio in Clinton movie caseWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will release audio tapes soon after Wednesday's argument in a case about limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. The court said Friday it has agreed to a request by the C-SPAN cable network for the quick release of audio in the case that involves a movie, made by a conservative group, that was harshly critical of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential ambitions.

August 8th, 2009 Sotomayor to be sworn in as justice SaturdayWASHINGTON —Sonia Sotomayor, her family and friends are gathering at the Supreme Court for her swearing-in as the court's first Hispanic, third woman and 111th justice. Chief Justice John Roberts planned to preside at two oath-taking ceremonies Saturday allowing Sotomayor to begin her new job.

June 29th, 2009 Supreme Court bidding goodbye to SouterWASHINGTON — It's Justice David Souter's last day on the Supreme Court and he'll be ruling on a case familiar to the woman nominated to replace him. It's a reverse discrimination case filed by white firefighters in New Haven, Conn.

June 3rd, 2009 Brazil suspends American dad's custody of boySAO PAULO — A Brazilian supreme court justice has suspended a court order granting custody of a 9-year-old boy to his U.S. father. The decision by Justice Marco Aurelio was in response to a request by a Brazilian political party.

June 1st, 2009 High court rules for Ohio in death penalty caseWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the state of Ohio should have another chance to sentence a convicted killer to death, despite a previous factual finding that the man is mentally retarded. The court on Monday said a federal appeals court acted too quickly in throwing out the death sentence for Michael Bies, after the Supreme Court barred execution of mentally retarded people in 2002.

June 1st, 2009 Court won't hear appeal from man convicted of rapeWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't hear the latest appeal from a man convicted in the rape and killing of a 15-year-old Kansas City girl. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michael A.

May 30th, 2009 9/11 families angered by US support for SaudisNEW YORK — Relatives of Sept. 11 victims say they're angry that the Justice Department is supporting the Saudi royal family's bid to be removed from a 9/11 lawsuit.

May 29th, 2009 Black asks high court for release from prisonWASHINGTON — Former media executive Conrad Black is seeking his release from prison, at least until the Supreme Court decides whether to uphold his fraud conviction. Black has served nearly 15 months of a 6 1/2-year prison term following his conviction in July 2007.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday decided to hear a lawsuit by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging a court order asking it to segregate the cases of genuine and spurious candidates recruited as police constables. A vacation bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma, while admitting the state government's appeal against the Allahabad High Court ruling, issued notices to a group of recruits on whose lawsuit the high court had asked the state to differentiate the cases of the genuine candidates from the illegal ones.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday decided it will hear in May a lawsuit that alleges delay in sanction by the Kerala government to prosecute former state power minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. The aex court had initially declined to hear the public interest lawsuit and dismissed it.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday decided it will hear in May a lawsuit that alleges delay in sanction by the Kerala government to prosecute former state power minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. The aex court had initially declined to hear the public interest lawsuit and dismissed it.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Thursday refused to ban the release of Bhojpuri film 'Deshdrohi', which allegedly depicts Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's stand against north Indians, in Maharashtra. A bench of Justices B.N.