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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

“BP oil spill class deal faces constitutional challenge — from BP”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report that begins, “Everyone with an interest in the future of class action settlements ought to be paying close attention to arguments slated to take place at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 4.”

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Truck makers argue EPA violated its own regs in granting rival’s certificates”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

Posted at 3:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Accessing oral arguments in federal appellate cases”: Derek Muller has this post today at his blog, “Excess of Democracy.”

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Rules Probable-Cause Warrant Required for GPS Trackers”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, Kim Zetter has a post that begins, “An appellate court has finally supplied an answer to an open question left dangling by the Supreme Court in 2012: Do law enforcement agencies need a probable-cause warrant to affix a GPS tracker to a target’s vehicle?”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Victorian supreme court to submit to blogging to keep public informed; Rather than just accept the dwindling presence of court reporters, chief justice wants to bring court into digital age”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hobby Lobby asks Supreme Court to hear contraceptives case; Oklahoma City-based retailer files brief agreeing with the federal government that the high court should take up the case”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“At Last, the Supreme Court Turns to Mental Disability and the Death Penalty; A new case will give the justices a chance to address a compromise that simply doesn’t work”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to hear Hard 50 appeal; Tuesday docket includes man convicted in 2009 murder of Johnson County woman”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Kansas Supreme Court justices on Tuesday will hear the first appeal of a Hard 50 prison sentence since lawmakers changed the way the sentence is imposed during a September special session.”

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“In New Haven, Justice Sotomayor shares the story of her life”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.

More information about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s visit yesterday to Southern Connecticut State University can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: How strong is the same-sex marriage tide running?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman