( March 3, 2025, 10:34 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 3 denied review of a case in which American companies that operate a lead smelter in Peru sought review of an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that upheld a district court’s refusal to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Catholic clergywomen and Peruvian children who allege they have been injured by the smelter....