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Tuesday, July 4, 2006

“Massey sues court reporter in West Virginia”: According to this post from the “SW Virginia law blog,” the unavailability of a trial transcript in a case that produced a $50 million judgment has caused the losing party to sue the court reporter.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“New York’s Highest Court to Rule on Gay Marriages”: The New York Times provides a news update that begins, “In what one legal scholar called a contest between judicial hearts and minds, parsing of legal texts and private sympathies, New York’s highest court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to permit gay and lesbian marriages in the state.”

Thanks to Chris Geidner’s “Law Dork” blog for the pointer.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito offers an inspirational message in front of Independence Hall as part of the Let Freedom Ring Fourth of July celebrations in Philadelphia Tuesday, July 4, 2006”: The Associated Press provides this photograph, along with two other related images (here and here).

Posted at 8:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kentucky bans blogs in state offices; Bloggers and state employees are speaking out about what they say is a violation of free speech”: Wednesday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor will contain this article.

Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruling expands liability on HIV; Court limits privacy in some cases”: Claire Cooper, legal affairs writer for The Sacramento Bee, today has this article in that newspaper.

In The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko today has an article headlined “Liability for HIV infection: Top court rules man in lawsuit must tell sexual history to wife.”

And in The New York Times, Adam Liptak reports that “People Who Pass On AIDS Virus May be Sued.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

Posted at 8:28 AM by Howard Bashman