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Friday, September 25, 2015

Ninth Circuit affirms denial of preliminary injunction sought by International Franchise Association against enforcement of Seattle’s recently enacted minimum wage ordinance: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Paul D. Clement had argued the appeal for the appellants earlier this month.

Update: In other coverage, The Seattle Times reports that “Franchise group loses appeal over Seattle minimum-wage law.”

Posted at 2:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Is Making Its Own Execution Drugs, Oklahoma Inmate Alleges; Many death penalty states have struggled to obtain a lethal injection drug that Texas has consistently been able to procure; In a filing Thursday in Oklahoma, lawyers provided evidence that Texas sold pentobarbital to Virginia in August”: Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 12:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice Roberts’ record isn’t conservative enough for some activists”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 12:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito steers clear of controversy in UK talk”: The Lexington Herald-Leader has this report.

And The Kentucky Kernel, the student newspaper of the University of Kentucky, reports that “Supreme Court Justice visits UK, interviews himself.” The article begins, “The questions from UK law students were too polite for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, so he asked the ‘nasty’ questions himself.”

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman