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Monday, October 1, 2012

“Justices Begin Term by Hearing Case Again”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court weighs whether foreign victims can sue in U.S.

In Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Justices Probe ‘Alien Tort’ Law; Some Question Whether Statute Should Apply to Wrongs Committed Overseas.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “At Supreme Court: Can US courts be venue for human rights cases from abroad? On Day 1 of its term, the US Supreme Court heard a case involving allegations by 12 Nigerians that a foreign oil firm abetted human rights abuses in Nigeria 20 years ago; Alien Tort Statute, originally aimed at allowing legal action against pirates, lies at heart of the case.”

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“Supreme Court to decide if town’s destruction of floating home was all wet”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

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“Stop Pagination Now: Why websites should not make you click and click and click for the full story.” Farhad Manjoo has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court: Child porn victims can get restitution.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Child pornography victims can recover money from people convicted of viewing their abuse without having to show a link between the crime and their injuries, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The decision conflicts with rulings by several other federal circuits, possibly setting the stage for a Supreme Court challenge.”

You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in In re: Amy Unknown at this link.

Posted at 4:53 PM by Howard Bashman



Eighth Circuit opinion issued today contains helpful chart listing details of “Eighth Circuit cases on the constitutionality of punitive damages after BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore“: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link. In the decision, the Eighth Circuit also holds that a religious organization’s acts of beating and threatening of people are not protected by the First Amendment.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s 88-page Order List at this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did request the views of the Solicitor General in three cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court rejects Wash. top-2 primary appeal“; “Court won’t get involved in Minn. elections fight“; “Court won’t hear anti-gay marriage group appeal“; “Court won’t hear challenge in Neb. abortion case“; “High court rejects challenge to roadless rule“; and “High court won’t hear wife’s appeal in murder case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “New look at health care?

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“How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system: Federal Circuit Appeals Court marks 30 years of spreading the ‘patent gospel.'” Timothy B. Lee has this blog post at “Ars Technica.”

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“Floating home or vessel? South Florida man’s case going before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Supreme Court will hear a S. Fla. case whose outcome will have wide implications for those who live and work on the water.” The Miami Herald has this report.

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“Will court open with bad blood? Last term ended with contentious health care ruling; But justices won’t let animosity, as with Congress, infect them,” Tony Mauro has this op-ed today in USA Today.

Posted at 7:30 AM by Howard Bashman