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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

“Gun rights in California: Court uncertain about concealed carry laws.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Gun Advocates Grilled on Concealed Carry Challenge.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online on YouTube at this link the video of today’s reargument en banc before an 11-judge panel in Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego. Attorney Paul D. Clement argued the appeal on behalf of Peruta.

In earlier coverage, Southern California Public Radio 89.3 KPCC previewed the oral argument in a report titled “CA Court of Appeals hears concealed-carry case, gun rights and restrictions at stake.”

The Rocky Hill Patch has an article headlined “Rocky Hill Man at Center of High-Profile Case; Edward Peruta is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn California’s system of issuing concealed-weapon permits.”

And Dave Gilson of Mother Jones recently had an article headlined “Meet the F-Bomb-Spewing Ex-Cop Behind the NRA’s Move to Topple California’s Gun Laws; ‘You don’t like it? Change the fuckin’ Constitution!’ says Edward Peruta.”

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“American Express loses emergency bid to block U.S. card injunction”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected American Express Co’s emergency request to halt an injunction that requires the company to let merchants steer customers toward lower-cost cards offered by competitors.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Activists fighting to free Lolita tell court that feds ‘rubber stamp’ Seaquarium license”: In March 2015, David Ovalle of The Miami Herald had an article that begins, “The government ‘rubber stamps’ the license for the Miami Seaquarium despite the park keeping Lolita the killer whale in inhumane conditions, an animal rights group told a federal appeals court Tuesday.”

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this ruling affirming the entry of summary judgment dismissing the activists’ suit.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Takes a Pass on Reach of U.S. Antitrust Law”: Brent Kendall had this post yesterday at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Radcliffe Day 2015: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today.” Harvard University has posted this video online today at YouTube.

Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Judge’s Judge”: Today at “Dorf on Law,” law professor Eric Segall has a post that begins, “The 27th floor view of the sun glistening off Lake Michigan is simply stunning. In front of shelves lined with over forty of his own books, Judge Richard Posner shakes my hand warmly.” The post describes the week that Segall spent shadowing Judge Posner.

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case on Pre-Abortion Ultrasounds”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court lets stand ruling that struck down N.C. abortion law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of North Carolina abortion law.”

The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “US Supreme Court declines to take up the NC ultrasound law.”

And The Charlotte Observer reports that “US Supreme Court refuses to review NC abortion ruling.”

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman