“Court case could add wrinkle to beach replenishment”: This article appears today in The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, along with an article headlined “Beaches a major playground for controversy.”

“Texas Supreme Court tosses $15.8 million verdict in case involving illegal immigrant; Immigration status should not have been an issue at trial, justices rule”: Today in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has an article that begins, “The Texas Supreme Court threw out a $15.8 million verdict Friday, ruling unanimously that lawyers improperly introduced evidence that a gravel truck driver involved in a 2002 accident that killed four members of a Wise County family was an illegal immigrant.”

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Intermediate appeals court debate continues”: This article appears today in The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette.

“Miranda protection reduced by SJC”: The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, “The state’s high court said for the first time yesterday that police do not have to give a Miranda warning to a suspect who has consulted a lawyer and has that lawyer with him or her while being questioned by police.”

And The Winchester Star reports today that “SJC hands down ruling in Winchester murder case.”

You can access yesterday’s 4-3 ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“State Supreme Court to hear insurance case”: In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “With hundreds of millions of dollars potentially at stake, the state Supreme Court has agreed to referee a dispute between accident victims and insurers for those who injured them. The justices voted unanimously this week to hear an appeal by a company whose insurer was faced with paying the full cost of treating an accident victim, even though the hospital had provided its services at a discount.”

“Justice Clarence Thomas sends Cedar Hill student a surprise package”: This article appears today in The Dallas Morning News.

“Clarence Thomas, Silent but Sure”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she would forbid state judicial elections”: Robert Barnes had this article yesterday in The Washington Post.

“Santa Cruz man gets rehearing in Nazi salute”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court granted a new hearing Friday to a homeless-rights advocate who sued the city of Santa Cruz after he was expelled from a City Council meeting for giving a mock Nazi salute to the mayor.”

The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports today that “Outspoken Santa Cruz City Council critic Robert Norse to get another day in court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court in SF to rehear Nazi salute case.”

You can access at this link yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s original ruling can be accessed here.

“Obama chooses 1st young appeals court nominee”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared. Goodwin Liu, 39, is an unabashed liberal legal scholar who, if confirmed, could become a force on the federal appeals court for decades.”