High Court Sidesteps Opportunity To Clarify Patent Law.

The article presents news briefs related to the decisions of the several courts in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has avoided a much-needed clarification of patent law by dismissing a patent claim on a test for Vitamin B deficiencies. The court also upheld the deportation of an illegal immigrant, who in the 1980s was sent back to Mexico but later returned undetected. The Supreme Court upheld a jury's award to a female forklift operator in Tennessee who said she was punished for accusing her employer of sexual harassment.