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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

“Officials petition for re-hearing in UHP crosses case”: The Deseret News has an update that begins, “A number of state officials are asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-consider its decision on the use of crosses to commemorate fallen officers from the Utah Highway Patrol.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Utah troopers want rehearing of highway cross case.”

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gun turned up after hands went up and pants fell down; Court upholds cop’s decision to pull up a suspect’s baggy jeans”: The Minneapolis Star Tribune today contains an article that begins, “White Castle, weed and baggy pants. It has all the elements of a comedy, but throw in a concealed handgun, a suspected drug deal and a wardrobe malfunction, and it’s a Minnesota Court of Appeals case that even compelled a judge to quote an ‘American Idol’ audition.”

And today’s edition of The St. Paul Pioneer Press contains an article headlined “An illegal search? No, a ‘wardrobe assist’; Court: Cop trying to help when she found hidden gun.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Minnesota Court of Appeals at this link.

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices hear arguments on insurance in bus crash”: In today’s edition of The Toledo Blade, Jim Provance has an article that begins, “An emotional case involving a 2007 bus crash that killed seven people, including five members of Bluffton University’s baseball team, boiled down to legal definitions of two words Tuesday before the Ohio Supreme Court. The question of whether the survivors of that Georgia crash and the families of those killed may make claims under the university’s insurance policies in addition to that of the charter bus company will be determined by how the court defines the words ‘hire’ and ‘permission.'”

And in today’s edition of The Columbus Dispatch, James Nash reports that “Court weighs Bluffton crash blame.”

Via the web site of the Supreme Court of Ohio, you can access a preview of yesterday’s oral argument and the video of the oral argument itself.

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Menorah may stay, but without public money, court rules”: Today’s edition of The Poughkeepsie Journal contains an article that begins, “An 18-foot menorah that has adorned downtown Poughkeepsie for the past 20 holiday seasons may remain on city property when it goes up again this year, a state appellate court has affirmed. But the court also ruled the city may not spend public funds to help Rabbi Yacov Borenstein assemble the menorah or take it down.”

You can access the recent ruling of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, at this link.

Posted at 8:16 AM by Howard Bashman



“Comes a Horseman”: In the September 20, 2010 issue of National Review, Timothy Sandefur has a lengthy article that begins, “Franklin Roosevelt’s clash with the Supreme Court is one of history’s greatest legal dramas, but it has generated an unfair and misleading mythology.”

Posted at 8:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“Could Supreme Court put focus on NL again?” In today’s edition of The Day of New London, Connecticut, David Collins has an op-ed that begins, “Imagine if the U.S. Supreme Court were to step in some time soon to spotlight another New London injustice? This time, though, maybe the court could actually help right a wrong, rather than simply draw the nation’s attention to one, the taking by the city, in that previous case, of people’s homes by the misguided powers of eminent domain. In the newest possible case, Webster Smith, the black Coast Guard Academy cadet who was court-martialed here four years ago on bogus sexual misconduct charges, is taking his appeal to the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 8:02 AM by Howard Bashman