Winklevoss Twins Plan to Take Facebook Lawsuit to Supreme Court

Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Not one, not two, but now three court rulings have ordered Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin Harvard graduates who claim Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea, to stick with the $65 million they were awarded in a 2008 legal settlement with the social networking company.

Still, the so-called "Winklevi" just won't give up.

After a federal appeals court said Monday that it would not reconsider the twins' latest settlement challenge, the brothers announced their intention to take the case to the Supreme Court.

But their tenacity may now be flying in the face of legal reality.  Though the twins' lawyers have set the Supreme Court in their sites, legal experts say the chances of the court actually hearing the case are slim to none.

Claiming Facebook defrauded them in the settlement agreement by misleading them about the company's worth, the Winklevosses have attempted to appeal the decision for the past three years.  The latest federal appeals decision affirms its own April ruling as well as the previous ruling of a California district court.

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