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On Tuesday the Supreme Court declined to hear a case regarding Yahoo!'s ability to countersue the plaintiffs against Yahoo! in the French court case which levied a fine of $15 million against Yahoo!.

The original case began with Yahoo!'s listing of Nazi memorabilia, which is a prohibited item in France, on its website in France.  A complaint was filed by the Union of Jewish Students in France (UEJF) and the League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) against Yahoo!

The French court ruled that Yahoo! could be fined $15 million unless the items were inaccessible to French residents; Yahoo! decided to remove the items altogether.

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