In that case, brought by the family of a truck driver who had been killed when a train hit his truck, the court said the $500,000 limit violated the Illinois constitution.

The veterans, who brought their suit in 1983, argued that the limit violated their rights to due process of law and to petition the Government.

The Sox and their fans did not celebrate too hard in 2004, did not violate any limits of etiquette.

Today, in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, lawyers will debate whether new limits on eligibility for shelter violate the decree, the bedrock of the city's broad right to shelter.

The court ruled that such limits do not violate rights of voters or legislators.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia restated their view that all limits on campaign finance violated the First Amendment.

In a campaign finance case from Colorado, the court did not repudiate its long-held view that tight limits on campaign contributions do not violate the First Amendment.

They wrote last January that any limits on either campaign spending or contributions violated the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.

The question before the Federal Appeals Court is whether limits on the amount of money that political candidates can spend in their campaigns would violate constitutional protections of free speech.

It left intact the rule that a limit on contributions to candidates does not violate the First Amendment.