“Arizona’s Judge John Roll remembered as a model of fairness; Federal Judge John Roll, killed in the Tucson shootings, got many death threats during an immigration case; But lawyers on both sides say he was fair and professional”: David G. Savage will have this article Friday in The Los Angeles Times.

In Friday’s edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz will have articles headlined “In Tucson Case, a Federal Judge Both ‘General and Traffic Cop’” and “A President, a Speech and a Point of Law.”

And in Friday’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist Conor Williams will have an op-ed entitled “A message from the judge killed in Tucson.”

“Environmental Lawyers Praise Slain Ariz. Judge”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

“Filmmaker must surrender Chevron footage: court.” Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s order that a filmmaker must hand over to Chevron Corp raw footage from a documentary as part of a legal fight over oil pollution in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Judge sets June resentencing date for Conrad Black”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Backers of lavish courthouse in Tallahassee apologize and dodge”: Today’s edition of The St. Petersburg Times contains an article that begins, “There were apologies all around Wednesday as members of a Senate budget committee heard from those involved in building the posh courthouse for the 1st District Court of Appeal.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Don’t sweep courthouse scandal under the rug.” In addition, columnist Howard Troxler has an op-ed entitled “‘Taj Mahal’ outrage is just for show unless the judges are kicked out.” And by clicking here, you can access online 39 photographs that the newspaper describes as offering “A sneak peek at opulent ‘Taj Mahal’ courthouse.”

In other coverage, The Pensacola News Journal reports today that “‘Taj Mahal’ courthouse has lawmakers fuming.”

And The Associated Press reports that “2 judges apologize for Fla. ‘Taj Mahal courthouse.’”

“D.C. Circuit Appeals Ready to Void Torture Suit”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “Judges skeptical of detainee case against Rumsfeld.”

“The appeal involves the application of the qualified evidentiary privilege for information gathered during a journalistic investigation, sometimes described as the ‘press privilege’ or ‘journalist’s privilege.'” In an appeal concerning the documentary film Crude about litigation being conducted in the courts of Ecuador over allegations of environmental damage from petroleum exploration and extraction operations conducted by an affiliate of Chevron, today a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision affirming the trial court’s order directing the film’s creator to turn over videotape footage constituting the outtakes of the film.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Filmmaker gave up journalistic freedom.”

“Vermont cemetery dispute reaches high court”: This article appears today in The Burlington Free Press.

“Cady says judges serve law, not political interests”: Grant Schulte has this article today in The Des Moines Register.

The newspaper also contains articles headlined “Bid to impeach remaining high court justices seen stalling in House” and “Vander Plaats kicks off his 99-county tour“; an editorial entitled “Cady delivers a timely defense of court“; and an essay by columnist Cathie Obradovich entitled “Justices must humanize their argument.”

“N.J. Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto tempers stance on abstention”: This article appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Rivera-Soto’s bizarre reversal.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that “Rivera-Soto modifies pledge to abstain on New Jersey Supreme Court.”

And The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, New Jersey reports that “Rivera-Soto changes mind about case participation.”

“Hearing set for Black as he bids to remain free”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Will former media mogul Conrad Black eventually head back to prison? Or will the flamboyant, 66-year-old’s long-running legal saga end with a judge setting him free for good?”

“Judge donates Supreme Court collection to IU”: This article appears today in The Indiana Daily Student.

“San Diego judge picked to handle Loughner case”: Greg Moran has this article today in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Arizona Daily Star reports today that “Calif. judge will handle Loughner’s federal case.”

The Arizona Republic reports that “Judge named for Loughner case; slain judge replaced.”

Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times reports that “San Diego federal judge to handle Tucson trial; Judge Larry A. Burns will handle the federal trial of Jared Lee Loughner after Arizona federal judges all recuse themselves because of ties to Judge John Roll, who was killed in the attack.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Loughner Arizona Shooting Case to Be Handled by U.S. Judge From San Diego.”