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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

“Court rejects royalties for artists in out-of-state sales”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “California artists not entitled to royalty on out-of-state sales.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “CA Resale Royalties Law Reined In by 9th Circuit.”

And at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Will High-Priced Art Ever Be Auctioned Again in California?

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

Posted at 11:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Paul Stevens says some Guantanamo Bay detainees should be given reparations”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report today.

Posted at 11:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Nebraska looks at abolishing death penalty”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “There’s not a lot of sympathy for the 11 men on death row in Nebraska, but spurred by frustration about the growing difficulty and cost of carrying out executions, lawmakers are considering eliminating the death penalty.”

Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court: warrantless cellphone tracking not illegal search.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a closely-watched case involving the rules for changing technology.”

News Service of Florida reports that “Court backs use of cell records to track suspect.”

At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “Eleventh Circuit rules for the feds on cell-site records — but then overreaches.”

And at “The Southern District of Florida” blog, Brian Toth has this guest post about the decision.

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

Posted at 5:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“States respond to US appeal in immigration lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “States fighting President Barack Obama’s plan to spare millions of immigrants from deportation say they agree with a Texas judge who has temporarily blocked the president’s action.”

Via this post at “Josh Blackman’s Blog,” you can access the Brief for Appellees.

Posted at 5:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Alito and Scalia Liken Death Penalty Opponents to Terrorists”: Michael Dorf had this post yesterday at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Seeks Obama Administration Comment on Marijuana Case; Oklahoma and Nebraska call Colorado’s legalization of pot a ‘cross-border nuisance'”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Junior Justice: Elena Kagan is rewriting the role of a Supreme Court justice in American democracy.” Lincoln Caplan has this article in the Spring 2015 issue of The American Prospect magazine.

Posted at 8:16 AM by Howard Bashman