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After authorities in the Fort Trumbull area of New London, Connecticut planned to expropriate residents within a 90-acre area in order to pursue a waterfront development with shops and offices, residents challenged the law of eminent domain. The Supreme Court will review the legality of the law.

Religious groups have several cases pending that challenge laws banning public displays of the Ten Commandments.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has approved the settlement reached with the Justice Department by Microsoft Corp. concerning its antitrust case. Massachusetts and Microsoft's competitors have argued that this settlement does not go far enough in curbing Microsoft's monopoly.

The Supreme Court rules that people detained as 'enemy combatants' and terrorism suspects must be given the right to a hearing before a U.S. court. This leaves the over 600 Guantanamo Prison detainees a chance to contest their detention. This ruling is seen as a serious setback to the Bush governnents anti-terrorism policy.

The Supreme Court rules that high courts have authority to compel firms to supply confidential records as requested by foreign regulators. As a result, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. may ask that rival Intel Corp. provide documents for use in a European investigation.

Foreign companies cannot launch antitrust lawsuits against international companies in U.S. courts, accordi ng to a Supreme Court ruling. This decision is seen as a positive step by American corpor ations, as it has been felt that American antitrust laws have had too much international scope .