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Friday, April 14, 2017

“Supreme Court Ruling Draws a Vague Line in Bankruptcy Cases”: Stephen J. Lubben has this new installment of his “In Debt” column at the “DealBook” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Worst System of Citation Except for All the Others”: David J.S. Ziff has this review of “The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation” (20th ed.) in the Spring 2017 issue of the Journal of Legal Education. And at his “Ziff Blog,” he has a related post titled “My Review of The Bluebook: The Reviews Are In!

As PG noted at the “De Novo” blog back in 2005, the 18th edition of The Bluebook included “How Appealing” in an example of how to cite to a blog, a development that sparked some law blog commentary (see here, here, here, here, and here) and at least one law review mention.

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“NASA detained a 75-year-old woman selling a tiny moon rock. An appeals court says she can sue.” Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Woman, 74, sues after sting and tough questioning over moon rock.”

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Detention of woman during moon rock sting ‘degrading.’

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

Posted at 11:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Greitens instructs DNR to consider religious organizations for grants”: Celeste Bott of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article that begins, “Days before the U.S. Supreme Court is due to hear a pivotal case over whether Missouri can use public money to aid religious institutions, Gov. Eric Greitens announced that he’s instructed the Department of Natural Resources to allow such organizations to apply for and receive DNR grants.”

Jason Hancock of The Kansas City Star reports that “Gov. Greitens reverses state policy, allowing tax dollars to aid religious groups.”

Katie Kull of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Greitens: Religious organizations can apply for state grants.”

And Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies of St. Louis Public Radio report that “Missouri Gov. Greitens issues policy change regarding state grants and religious groups.”

Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard Bashman