“High court overturns porn verdict; No intention to distribute obscene material featuring Amherst campers’ faces”: The Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph today contains an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court has overturned the child-pornography conviction of a man who digitally put faces of girls from a local camp onto pictures of naked adult women, partly because he never intended to distribute the pictures.”
And The Associated Press reports that “NH high court overturns 2006 child porn conviction.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire at this link.
“Texas and the Death Penalty”: Jonathan Gurwitz has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.
“More join fight about ‘under God’ in Pledge”: This article appears today in The Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader.
“Supreme court justices visit OU law next week”: Yesterday’s edition of The Norman Transcript contained an article that begins, “The University of Oklahoma College of Law will make history next week when two U.S. Supreme Court justices participate in activities surrounding the investiture ceremony of Robert H. Henry to the position of chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.”
And The Journal Record reports that “High court justices to visit OU for 10th Circuit investiture.”
The web site of the University of Oklahoma College of Law provides this listing of upcoming events.
“Symposium looks at effect of court ruling on school integration plans”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky today contains an article that begins, “Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court limited schools’ ability to use race in student-assignment plans, the jury is still out on whether districts will find permissible ways to maintain integrated schools, a top expert said yesterday.”
“Supreme Court won’t hear case of minister’s custody blog”: Today in The Providence (R.I.) Journal, Edward Fitzpatrick has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court is refusing to review or halt a Family Court order that told a state agency to ‘advise’ a retired minister to stop publishing a blog ‘as it pertains’ to two children involved in a divorce and custody case.”
“Terrorist Tort Travesty”: John Yoo has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.
“Judge denies Mack’s request for new trial”: The Reno Gazette-Journal contains this article today.
“Alabama Supreme Court rules ‘Borat’ agreement binding; Etiquette coach’s suit belongs in New York”: This article appears today in The Birmingham News.
And The Telegraph (UK) provides a news update headlined “Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat has the last laugh.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama appears at this link.
“Convictions of hospital officials overturned”: The Providence (R.I.) Journal today contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has overturned the convictions of Roger Williams Medical Center executives Robert A. Urciuoli and Frances P. Driscoll, who had been charged with paying a state senator to push the hospital’s agenda in the legislature.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s First Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Prosecutor Quashes Charges Against Judge”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A grand jury’s bitter backroom struggle to charge a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife in the burning of their house burst into the open on Friday after a prosecutor who had opposed the indictments went to court and had them quashed. The grand jury foreman and assistant foreman said political favoritism was behind the decision to drop the day-old charges against the justice, David M. Medina, and his wife, Francisca.”
The Los Angeles Times reports today that “D.A. rejects grand jury’s indictment of justice; David Medina of the Texas Supreme Court faced arson-related charges, as did his wife; Two jurors say he was protected by politics.”
The Houston Chronicle contains articles headlined “Medina attorney asks judge to sanction 2 grand jury members” and “Justice Medina may face ethics inquiry; Report raises questions about his mileage costs.”
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that “DA drops indictment of judge and wife.”
And law.com reports that “Indictments Against Texas Supreme Court Justice Medina Dismissed; Judge David Medina and his wife had been indicted in connection with a fire that destroyed their home and a neighbor’s.”
“A Declaration falls through the cracks; The Supreme Court’s rare copy is safely tucked away, then forgotten for seven years, a spokeswoman says”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to locate a rare, vintage copy of the nation’s founding document, try looking behind the filing cabinet. That was a lesson learned the hard way at the Supreme Court, where a 185-year-old facsimile of the Declaration of Independence gathered dust for seven years, tucked behind the office furniture, a court spokeswoman acknowledged this week.”
“Drives in 5 states target affirmative action; Activists aided by Prop. 209’s Ward Connerly aim to put the issue before voters; Foes say the initiatives will be hard to block”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Justices to Hear Cigarette, Drug Cases; High Court to Also Take On Age Discrimination and Worker Protection Suits”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.
Today in The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has articles headlined “Justices to Hear Cases on Product Liability” and “Justices Add More Cases on Job Discrimination.”
And in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has articles headlined “Supreme Court to consider shield for drug, cigarette firms; Federally approved warning labels should block consumer lawsuits in state courts, the industries say” and “Supreme Court will hear employee harassment case; The justices will decide whether workers who cooperate with discrimination investigations are protected against losing their jobs.”
“Detainee’s Lawyers Rebut C.I.A. on Tapes”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Lawyers for Majid Khan, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have challenged the Central Intelligence Agency’s assertion that videotaping of interrogations stopped in 2002, saying that Mr. Khan’s interrogations after that time were recorded on videotape.”
And The Washington Post reports today that “Lawyers for Detainee Refer In Filing to More CIA Tapes.”
“Judicial Conference Backs 9th Circuit’s Censure of Los Angeles Federal Judge; The U.S. Judicial Conference also sent an additional complaint back to the appellate court for further consideration”: law.com provides a report that begins, “It seems the disciplinary actions involving Los Angeles federal Judge Manuel Real just won’t die.”
And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Federal judge could face harsher punishment; The justice in Los Angeles who was reprimanded is being reviewed again after lawyer argues that sanction was insufficient.”
You can access the two opinions of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability at this link.
“West Virginia Judge Steps Out of Case Involving a Travel Companion”: Today in The New York Times, Adam Liptak has an article that begins, “Chief Justice Elliott E. Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court disqualified himself on Friday from further participation in a case involving a powerful coal executive after photographs of the two men meeting in Monte Carlo in 2006 were filed in court this week.”
The Gazette-Mail of Charleston, West Virginia reports today that “Benjamin in, Maynard out of Massey cases; Lawyers for Harman Mining sought both justices’ recusals.” Yesterday, the newspaper reported that “Justice Benjamin added to request for recusal.”
The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail reports that “Maynard withdrawing from Supreme Court case after vacation photos with Blankenship released.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Chief justice recuses self in W.Va.; Replacement named by 2nd justice accused of bias in $75 million coal case.”
The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia reports that “Chief justice bows out of coal case.”
The Register-Herald of Beckley, West Virginia reports that “Coal operator surprised by justice’s recusal from case.”
The West Virginia Record reports that “Maynard recuses, Benjamin refuses.”
The Associated Press provides articles headlined “Judge Removes Himself From Massey Case” and “Maynard flap underscores W.Va.’s small-town nature.”
And Huntingtonnews.net reports that “‘Spike’ Out but Benjamin Refuses to Recuse; Acting Chief Justice Names Hampshire County Judge.”
“Getchell pulls nomination as federal judge; Bush selection for 4th Circuit cited long odds he’d get Senate hearing”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Washington Post reports today that “4th Circuit Nominee Withdraws Name.”
The Virginian-Pilot reports that “Richmond lawyer pulls out of bid for federal appeals court.”
And The Hill reports that “Judicial nominee withdraws amid Democratic criticism.”
“Lawyer Reveals Secret, Toppling Death Sentence”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.
My most recent earlier coverage appears at this link.
