"The question is whether or not in this society it's wrong to say an employer should care about its employees," the justice told Mr. Bagenstos.

The case was dropped, and the justice presiding at the time told Mr. Komlosi that the legal "process works in strange ways."

"You have a fairly hard row to hoe here in getting us to change that," one justice told him, acknowledging the lower-court rulings.

Another justice, in the Southern Tier town of Allegany, told them he saw nothing wrong with using court funds for his own purchases.

The justice simply told Mr. Arnold to shut up, then sentenced him without bail.

In giving his instructions today, the justice told the jurors to first consider the most serious charges, murder.

The justice of the peace comes up and tells me everything is under control.

The justice told the panel that the magazine had been left in the courtroom by a court officer.

The justice told a lawyer for the State Senate, too, that he was not under investigation, according to the commission.

Without insisting on a particular formulation, the justices told the appeals court to consider other courts' approaches.