Courthouse News Service

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a consumer's lawsuit against Del Monte Food over the phrase “fruit naturals,” which appears on its fruit cups. The customer says the packaging led him to believe that all the cup's ingredients were natural, but because “naturals” is a noun and not a descriptive adjective, and because the registered-trademark symbol appeals after the phrase, “fruit naturals” should be understood just as the name of the product.

Penny could face up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted on the top count of second-degree manslaughter.

HONOLULU — Two teenagers say that Hawaii's law restricting gun sales to those over 21 infringes on their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Joined in the lawsuit by two firearm stores and a gun rights nonprofit, the teenagers are asking a federal court to declare the law unconstitutional and block its enforcement.

Prosecutors decried Sean Combs' latest request for bail as an example of a wealthy defendant "paying his way out of custody.”

A class of consumers of StarKist and Bumble Bee Foods products from around the world will get $152.2 million.

At a climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, pre-industrial nations stood firm and demanded more money from the U.S., Europe and other wealthy regions to help them not go down the slippery fossil fuel route for their own growth.

The award brings five years of litigation to a close and represents over 23,000 hours of billable work, work that a federal judge said could have been avoided if the parties settled earlier.

The curriculum, called Bluebonnet Learning, draws on biblical stories for use in English and Spanish language-arts lessons available for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Wine growers fear that an active water management area will stifle their economic growth without addressing the root causes of over pumping. But those with dried wells and cracked foundations say the community has run out of options.

The professor asked the judge to shield him from potential legal action over a tool to quiet Facebook users' newsfeeds.