Wal-Mart Tops U.S. High Court Agenda as Video Game Ruling Looms

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Violent video games, climate change and a million Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees will preoccupy the U.S. Supreme Court in the homestretch of its nine-month term.

The justices will issue 31 rulings over the next four weeks, beginning today when they take the bench at 10 a.m. in Washington. The June flurry has become a tradition at a court where the combination of summer plans and calendar realities can leave the justices resembling high school students rushing to complete their term papers.