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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Seventh Circuit Judge Hamilton is female? So suggests Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor (definitely not female) via his use of pronouns in an opinion concurring in the judgment issued today.

Although I have never met Seventh Circuit Judge Hamilton, given that his full name is David F. Hamilton, I had always assumed he was male.

On the other hand, Judge Hamilton’s middle initial stands for “Frank,” and Eleventh Circuit Judge Frank M. Hull is female.

Update: As invariably happens once an error is observed here at “How Appealing,” the official version of the concurring opinion has been corrected. The original version of the concurring opinion can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court ruling is win for Arneson, loss for Wolf”: Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this news update.

Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Supreme Court: Wolf wrong to oust Open Records chief.”

Karen Langley of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “State’s high court rules governor overstepped authority in open records firing.”

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Pa. Supreme Court says firing of open records director unlawful.”

Today’s 3-to-1 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 6:13 PM by Howard Bashman



Programming note: Today, I will be arguing two unrelated appeals before the same three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As a result, additional posts will appear here this evening.

Posted at 6:44 AM by Howard Bashman