WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court onMonday declined to block payments BP PLC is required topay to businesses demanding compensation for the 2010 Gulf ofMexico oil spill while the company appeals a lower court ruling.
The high court rejected the company's emergency application,filed on May 28 after the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals lifted an injunction that had preventedpayments being made. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller)