Longtime civil rights activist C. DeLores Tucker, who died last year, accused two Philadelphia newspapers The Philadelphia Daily News and the Legal Intelligencer of mischaracterizing her dispute with the estate of slain rapper 2Pac Shakur and others. Shakur wrote lyrics that rhymed Tucker's name with an obscenity.

Tucker had sued Shakur, alleging, among other things, that her husband, William Tucker, had suffered loss of "consortium" because of the emotional distress brought on by Shakur.

The Supreme Court previously rejected Tucker's appeal in a similar libel case against Time and Newsweek magazines. The original lawsuit against 2Pac's estate also was dismissed.