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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

“Justices who will shape Supreme Court’s future are matching pairs”: Robert Barnes will have this article Wednesday in The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Penn State Law case beats long odds to be heard by the Supreme Court”: The Pennsylvania State University today issued a news release that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case presented by the Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic.”

Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawyers in two online speech cases will seek Supreme Court review; J.S., Doninger would be the high court’s first cases addressing student expression on the internet”: The Student Press Law Center has this report.

Posted at 8:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lodi man cannot sue foreign manufacturer for product liability, U.S. Supreme Court rules”: The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has this report.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tobacco firms lose challenge to Louisiana ruling”: Bruce Alpert of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has a news update that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused a request by tobacco companies to vacate a 2009 order requiring them to finance a $278 million smoking cessation program in Louisiana.”

And Law360.com reports that “High Court Won’t Review Smokers’ $270M Judgment.”

Posted at 7:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. Senate approves nomination of Anne Patterson to state Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger.

Posted at 4:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Two probes opened into Bradley claim”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “Two agencies are investigating a claim by Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley that Justice David Prosser put her in a chokehold earlier this month — an allegation Gov. Scott Walker on Monday called extremely serious.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Unseemly, once again: A long-running soap opera continues in Madison with conflicting reports of a physical altercation between Justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley.” And columnist Eugene Kane has an op-ed entitled “Court scenario ridiculous, but it’s not a joke.”

Today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal contains an article headlined “Court watchers say high court has hit new low.” In addition, columnist Chris Rickert has an op-ed entitled “When it comes to workplace violence, justice shouldn’t trump the law.” And the newspaper has also posted online a news update headlined “Mahoney, in charge of Prosser-Bradley probe, endorsed Prosser’s challenger.”

Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Term in Review: It’s a Mixed Bag.” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Posted at 2:35 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link.

Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissent from a GVR order in Beer v. United States, No. 09-1395.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court casts doubt on Maine law“; “High court rejects Conn. Green Party appeal“; and “Court won’t revive Clemens lawsuit against trainer.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Two more cases granted; In the last batch of orders until summer, the Court grants two more cases for review in the next Term; The Court also ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider a case on federal judges’ pay scales.”

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



Fifth Circuit issues ruling in case captioned All Plaintiffs v. All Defendants: Despite the case’s name, the ruling fails to resolve all litigation pending throughout the universe.

In coverage of the ruling, Law360 has an article that begins, “The Fifth Circuit on Monday ruled that Texas is entitled to over $4 million in unclaimed money from the settlement of a long-running antitrust class action against oil-leasing companies, overturning a district court’s ruling.” Yesterday’s ruling explains that the district court, under the doctrine of cy pres, had sought to donate the unclaimed funds to the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources at the University of Texas.

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman