Winklevoss twins still pursuing Facebook case

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Winklevoss twins press Facebook case in Boston federal court after dropping Supreme Court appeal

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As the old saying goes, it ain't over until it's over.

And Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are not finished with Facebook yet. The dramatic seven-year legal feud that inspired "The Social Network" may have one last plot twist.

The Olympic rowers are pressing their case in federal court in Boston that Facebook did not turn over important information during litigation.

In a court filing Thursday, the Winklevosses and their business partner Divya Narendra said they planned to ask the judge to investigate whether Facebook "intentionally or inadvertently suppressed evidence." You can see our earlier coverage on this here.

"These are old and baseless allegations that have been considered and rejected previously by the courts," said Neel Chatterjee, an attorney for Facebook.

The Winklevosses and Narendra said Wednesday that they would not appeal a 2008 settlement they struck with Facebook. They filed papers with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco saying that after "careful consideration" they had decided not to file a petition to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In April, the 9th Circuit ruled against the Winklevosses and Narendra--who allege that Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site--in their effort to have the settlement thrown out. That $65-million cash-and-stock settlement may now be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Andrew Noyes, a Facebook spokesman, said Wednesday: "We've considered this case closed for a long time, and we're pleased to see the other party now agrees."

But it appears that the parties are not in agreement.