Other court actions

In other actions Monday, the Supreme Court:

• Refused to consider letting states require evidence of citizenship when people register to vote for federal elections, rejecting an appeal from Arizona and Kansas.

• Rejected appeals from BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and left intact a ruling that opens the companies to potentially billions of dollars in fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

• Rejected an appeal from former Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., leaving intact his conviction for public corruption, insurance fraud and racketeering.

• Left in place lower-court rulings ordering hearings regarding jurors in two North Carolina death-penalty trials who reached beyond the jury room for biblical references to help their deliberations.

Information for this article was contributed by Bloomberg News and by The Associated Press.

A Section on 06/30/2015

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