The justices, without comment, left intact a federal appeals court ruling that said Starr, one of AIG's largest shareholders, doesn't have the legal right to sue the government.

The justices, without comment, left intact a federal appeals court ruling that said Starr, one of AIG's largest shareholders, doesn't have the legal right to sue the government.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for potentially billions of dollars in legal claims against General Motors Co. over a deadly ignition-switch defect, turning away the companys appeal in a clash connected to its 2009 bankruptcy sale.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear State Farms bid to overturn a finding that the insurance company fraudulently overbilled the government for damage from Hurricane Katrina.