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The Supreme Court justices offered no comment as they turned down a petition from a union local representing workers at the casino, who said federal law called for bankruptcy judges to preserve union contracts guaranteeing pension and health benefits. | AP Photo Supreme Court turns down Trump casino bankruptcy case

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will not wade into a dispute over employee benefits in the bankruptcy reorganization of the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel in Atlantic City.

The justices offered no comment as they turned down a petition from a union local representing workers at the casino, who said federal law called for a bankruptcy judges to preserve union contracts guaranteeing pension and health benefits.

Trump sold the company that owns the casinos, Trump Entertainment Resorts, in a 2009 bankruptcy reorganization plan . The firm went through another reorganization under Chapter 11 in 2014. The casino is now owned by investor Carl Icahn, but continues to use Trump's name under an agreement with the billionaire real estate developer and presumptive Republican presidential nominee.