Programming note: I will be traveling to Dallas, Texas during the day on Monday, to attend a planning session on Monday evening for the 2016 AJEI Summit, which will be occurring in November 2016 in my hometown of Philadelphia.

On Tuesday morning, I will be at the at the SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas for a continuation of the AJEI Summit planning session.

On Wednesday morning, following my return home late Tuesday night, I will be presenting an appellate oral argument on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellees in this case to a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

As a result, new posts will not appear here until Monday afternoon or evening. On Tuesday, appellate-related updates are likely to appear only at this blog’s Twitter feed. And on Wednesday, new posts are unlikely to appear until late in the afternoon, although appellate-related retweets may appear at this blog’s Twitter feed throughout the day. If you don’t already follow “How Appealing” on Twitter, you can do so via this link.

“Family’s fight over vacation land goes to U.S. Supreme Court”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Wisconsin is full of stories about cabin owners at odds with shoreland conservation and development rules. But only one has made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the justices agreed to hear the Murr family’s claim that St. Croix County effectively took its property without compensation.”

“Superior Court throws out some charges against former PSU administrators”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article that begins, “The state Superior Court on Friday dismissed several criminal counts against three former Penn State administrators charged as part of the Jerry Sandusky sex assault case, finding that they were not properly represented by the university’s general counsel during their own grand jury testimony.”

You can access here, here, and here the three rulings that the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued on Friday.

“Efforts to repeal Kansas death penalty may be stymied by U.S. Supreme Court’s decision”: The Lawrence Journal-World has this report.

“Pa. Justices To Rehear More Than 25 Cases From 2015”: Matt Fair of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has hit the reset button on nearly 30 cases left undecided at the end of 2015 in order to work around the suspension of Justice J. Michael Eakin and to allow input from three new justices who took the bench earlier this month.”

abc27.com News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a report headlined “Supreme Court’s Eakin: ‘I should not have been suspended.’”

In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Brad Bumsted has an article headlined “Pornocopia insanity in Harrisburg.”

Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Justice Eakin’s trial for offensive emails could bring scrutiny for other judges.”

Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Judicial panel zeroes in on review of Eakin’s emails.” The newspaper also published an editorial titled “Crisis of credibility.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Eakin looks to limit emails being considered in ethics case.”

“In Nine Trips to Supreme Court, Ted Cruz Saw Mixed Results”: Aman Batheja of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Tight three-way race so far for SC Supreme Court justice seat; ‘Only the good Lord knows who will win’; Hard-fought contest will end Feb. 3 when lawmakers vote”: The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

And in other Carolina-related appellate news, at the November 2015 AJEI Summit in Washington, DC, I learned (in a private conversation) which style of North Carolina barbecue the Chief Justice of North Carolina prefers. During my then-recent sojourn through western North Carolina, a little over a month before the AJEI Summit, I had conducted a bit of my own research (see here and here). More discussion of the two major styles of North Carolina barbecue can be accessed here, here, here, and here.

This November, the 2016 AJEI Summit will be taking place in my hometown of Philadelphia, so I am hoping to see plenty of “How Appealing” readers there. Tomorrow and Tuesday, I will be in Dallas, Texas at the SMU Dedman School of Law for a planning session relating to this year’s Summit.

“In Immigration Case, Politics Front and Center”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his redesigned “Jost on Justice” blog.

“Yogi Berra’s guide to appellate advocacy”: Attorney Earl K. Cantwell has this article online at the Buffalo Law Journal.

“Symposium on ‘Invisible Justices'”: Friday at “Dorf on Law,” Eric Segall had a post that begins, “On February 11, the Georgia State University Law Review is hosting a comprehensive symposium on Supreme Court transparency.”

Segall writes that “C-Span is considering covering the event.” As someone who won’t be attending the event in person, it would be great if C-SPAN made video of the event more widely available.