Supreme Court developments

LITTLE ROCK — In other Supreme Court actions on Monday, justices:

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Agreed to take up a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that federal regulators should treat runoff from logging roads in industrial timberlands the same way as pollution discharged from a factory.

Said it will hear the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal of a 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that states can block antitrust scrutiny of hospital mergers, in this case Phoebe Putney Health System Inc.’s acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital in Georgia.

Agreed to settle a dispute about who can be considered a workplace supervisor for purposes of a federal job-discrimination lawsuit.

Decided not to hear a complaint against Maryland’s congressional redistricting map, thus affirming Maryland judges’ decision to throw out the lawsuit.

Declined to review a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a 29-foot war memorial cross to Korean War veterans is an unconstitutional mixing of government and religion.

Rejected an appeal by Jose Padilla, an American citizen held in military custody as an “enemy combatant” for three years before being convicted of terrorism conspiracy in a civilian court, and two co-defendants that they were wrongly convicted of conspiring to send money, recruits and equipment to overseas terrorist groups.Information for this article was contributed by The Associated Press and Bloomberg News.