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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

“New hearing for fairgrounds gun ban”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court in San Francisco set aside its ruling Wednesday – the only one of its kind in the nation – that allowed private citizens to claim a constitutional right to bear arms in challenging state and local gun laws.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has this post about today’s order granting rehearing en banc of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

My earlier coverage of the original three-judge Ninth Circuit panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senators poised to name Martin to federal appeals court”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “Senators grilled President Barack Obama’s nominee for the federal appeals court in Atlanta over her controversial ruling in a recent child sex case, commended her for her overall record and appear poised to approve her nomination to the full Senate.” Earlier this month, the newspaper published an article by Bill Rankin headlined “Appeals nominee set sentence rules aside; Ruling in Internet child-sex case outrages House Republicans.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “11th Circuit Nominee Questioned on Sentencing.”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“High Court Ruling Hits Plaintiffs’ Attorneys; Term’s ‘Sleeper Case’ Requires Plaintiffs to List Specific, Detailed Allegations to Reach Discovery”: Yesterday in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley had an article that begins, “Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, plaintiffs’ attorneys now have to think twice before filing civil lawsuits in federal court.”

Update: Coincidentally, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a per curiam opinion remanding the Iqbal v. Ashcroft case back to the trial court to allow Iqbal to seek leave to amend his complaint.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Big Names Weigh In on Attorney-Client Privilege Issue; Elena Kagan, ABA on opposing sides of case that could change the way many appellate courts deal with issue”: law.com has a report that begins, “The Obama administration and a group of law professors and former federal judges are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Georgia company’s plea for a change in the way many appellate courts deal with questions of attorney-client privilege.”

Posted at 10:17 AM by Howard Bashman