The U.S. Supreme Court has supported 21 pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies, led by AstraZeneca Plc (NYSE:AZN), in a lawsuit accusing them of funding terrorism that harmed American troops and civilians in Iraq. The justices dismissed a lower court’s ruling that had allowed the case to proceed, directing the court to reconsider the lawsuit. The plaintiffs allege that major U.S. and European pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, including Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), GE Healthcare USA, a unit of GE Healthcare Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GEHC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), and F. Hoffmann-La Roche (OTC:RHHBY), provided corrupt payments to the Hezbollah-sponsored militia ...