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Monday, September 13, 2010

“New hearing ordered in holding-cell hijab suit”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court granted a new hearing Monday to a Muslim woman who was ordered by sheriff’s deputies to remove her hijab in a courthouse holding cell. A panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 in May that Orange County deputies hadn’t violated Souhair Khatib’s rights by making her take off the religiously mandated headscarf for security reasons when she was placed in the holding cell. But the court said Monday that a majority of its 27 judges had voted to set that ruling aside and refer the case to an 11-judge panel for a rehearing in December.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. My earlier coverage of a humorous aspect of the three-judge panel’s now-vacated ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal appeals court keeps lid on seizure of baseball players’ steroids tests”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

Posted at 4:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court again says feds wrongly seized MLB drug list”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has reaffirmed its ruling that investigators illegally seized a list of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids during a 2004 drug lab raid. It’s the third time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on the issue during six years of litigation.”

You can access today’s revised ruling of an eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court ruling threatens used software sales”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.”

Reuters reports that “Autodesk wins copyright appeal; Court reverses ruling against software maker; Third parties cannot resell licensed software.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Guess What, You Don’t Own That Software You Bought.”

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

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Burp v Breathalyzer: Kentucky Supreme Court to decide issue in DUI case.” The Louisville Courier-Journal contains this article today.

Posted at 7:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Elena Kagan makes her social debut as a Supreme Court justice at the Opera Ball”: This post appears today at “The Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Petit Trial Scheduled To Begin Monday”: The Hartford Courant contains this article today.

Today’s edition of The New Haven Register contains articles headlined “Hayes case finally to begin in Petit murders” and “Start of testimony in Petit murders brings relief to some.”

The Associated Press reports that “Conn. man’s trial to open in fatal home invasion.”

And earlier this month, The New York Times reported that “Death Penalty Advocate Is a Challenge for the Defense.”

Posted at 7:26 AM by Howard Bashman