Insights and Stories on Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s pig confinement law

May. 11, 2023 at 12:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers. The justices voted 5-4 to uphold a […]

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to toss Roundup suits

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:41 pm CDT

By lawrence-hurley

Top court affirms hefty fine for man behind Quebec maple syrup heist

Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Ismail Shakil

Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Roundup case

Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

By lawrence-hurley Ludwig Burger

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

Aug. 16, 2021 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Court ruling, rains pressure corn, soy

Jun. 25, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Corn and soybean futures tumbled on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolstered a bid by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from laws requiring them to blend ethanol or other biofuels into their products, traders said. “Each time the markets start to stabilize, having priced […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute

Jun. 25, 2021 at 4:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a federal law requiring increasing levels of ethanol and other renewable fuels to be blended into their products, a major setback for biofuel producers. The justices overturned a lower court decision […]

By Andrew Chung Stephanie Kelly

Top court upholds federal carbon pricing policy

Mar. 25, 2021 at 8:28 pm CDT

Calgary/Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of the federal government’s carbon pricing policy on Thursday, upholding a central pillar of Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau’s climate plan and infuriating some provinces that opposed it. The country’s top court said climate change is a threat to Canada as […]

By Nia Williams Steve Scherer

India’s top court orders stay on farm laws that riled growers

Jan. 14, 2021 at 12:25 am CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an indefinite stay on the implementation of new agricultural laws that have triggered widespread protest from farmers, saying it wanted to protect farmers and would hear their objections. For more than a month, tens of thousands of farmers have […]

By Manoj Kumar Suchitra Mohanty

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear biofuel waiver case

Jan. 11, 2021 at 3:28 am CST

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a lower court ruling that severely limited the government’s powers to exempt small refineries from the nation’s biofuels law, rekindling a long-running dispute between the oil and corn industries. The decision came after appeals by refining companies that argued […]