Programming note: On Tuesday morning, I will be attending the oral argument of two related appeals before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Some earlier news coverage of these cases can be accessed here and here. Additional posts will appear on Tuesday afternoon.

“Padilla appeals decision over alleged torture”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A man convicted of plotting terrorism has appealed a judge’s decision to throw out his lawsuit, which claimed he was tortured at a Navy brig in South Carolina. Court documents show Jose Padilla appealed his case April 5 to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“Appeals court blocks Arizona immigration law”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Appeals Court Rules Against Arizona Law.”

The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking Arizona immigration law; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals turns down a request by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who had asked the jurists to lift an injunction imposed last year by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton; The immigration law had raised fears that Latinos would be harassed and had sparked strong protests.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t lift stay on Arizona immigration law.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Appeals court upholds Facebook deal from 2008; The federal appeals panel rules that the deal between Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard colleagues Divya Narendra and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss is valid and enforceable”: Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Court Upholds Facebook Settlement With Twins.”

Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an article headlined “Winklevoss Twins Can’t Back Out of Deal on Facebook, Judge Says.”

The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Winklevoss twins fraud case: Is ‘Social Network’ saga finally over?; Winklevoss twins lawyers argued that the twins’ settlement with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — chronicled in ‘The Social Network’ — was fraudulent; An appeals court disagreed, but the Winklevoss twins vow to fight on.”

Tuesday’s edition of Financial Times reports that “Winklevoss twins lose Facebook fight.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Harvard twins stuck with Facebook agreement.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Facebook Wins Decision Enforcing Winklevoss Settlement.”

And Reuters has a report headlined “Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal — court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“TN Senate to debate abortion revisions; Vote on constitutional amendment could put issue on Tenn. ballot”: The Tennessean contains this article today. According to the article, “The Senate is taking up a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that has served as the foundation for abortion law in the state for more than a decade.”

“Wanted: Supreme Court justice; Question is whether a woman replaces retiring Meierhenry.” This article appears today in The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

“Discrimination case may not go all Wal-Mart’s way”: Reuters Legal has this news analysis.

“Judge allows lead-paint lawsuit to proceed; Adelman ruling contradicts peer’s”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “A federal judge in Milwaukee has issued a ruling that allows children poisoned by lead paint to pursue lawsuits against manufacturers through a ‘risk contribution’ theory that the state Legislature eliminated in a tort reform bill earlier this year. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman contradicts a decision issued in June by another federal judge, Rudolph Randa, and adds another layer to the conflicted picture of lead paint litigation in Wisconsin.”

“Prisoners: The Guantanamo quagmire.” Hendrik Hertzberg has this comment in the April 18, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.

“Maine’s 1st Circuit judge to take senior status”: Saturday’s edition of The Bangor Daily News contained an article that begins, “The only judge from Maine on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will assume senior status later this year and the search to replace him has begun.”