AFP (Agence France-Presse) sued Google in 2005 for displaying snippets of their content in Google News. Well it has been reported that Google and AFP have signed an agreement to allow Google the ability to use those snippets again. In that agreement, the court case has been thrown out.

Old thread about AFP suing Google:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2005-03-24-n76.html

New article about the agreement:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070406/ts_afp/usmediaafpgoogle_070406121614;_ylt=AsIVRyHcDhT4HxaQxHnOCg7MWM0F