“Justice a unique voice on high court”: In today’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bill Rankin has this article about Presiding Justice George H. Carley of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

“Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Case”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued last week.

“Feds seek rehearing of baseball drug list ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

Update: At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” law professor Orin Kerr has this post linking to an online copy of the rehearing petition.

“The issue before us is whether a School District, in order to maintain a policy of complete religious neutrality, may prohibit celebratory religious music at school-sponsored events.” So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn Clears Legal Hurdle”: The New York Times has a news update that begins, “The last major obstacle to a groundbreaking for the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn fell Tuesday when New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, dismissed a challenge to the state’s use of eminent domain on behalf of the developer, Bruce C. Ratner.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: NY can seize property for new NJ Nets arena.”

You can access today’s ruling of the New York State Court of Appeals at this link.

“Landowners on Florida beaches fighting to be sand owners, too; Supreme Court to examine ‘taking’ of private property”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.

“Line Drawn in One Case Dissolves in Another”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column.

“Right and Left Join to Oppose Government in Criminal Cases”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

“A costly recount”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “At the risk of being nicknamed the million-dollar man, Pittsburgh lawyer Templeton Smith Jr. insisted on a costly – and likely fruitless – recount in the close race for a fourth seat on the Pennsylvania Superior Court.”

“Trial Over Death Threats Against Federal Judges Could Test Free Speech Rules Online; Media lawyers say case may carve out new precedent to cover the Internet free-for-all of invective”: Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal has this report. This version of the article should be freely accessible without registration, unlike the version of the article that I linked to yesterday.

“Pfizer faces $103 million in Prempro damages”: This front page article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Another Loss for Pfizer in Drug Suits.”

In The Legal Intelligencer, Amaris Elliott-Engel reports that “Drugmakers Get Double Dose of Bad News Over Hormone-Replacement Therapy Products; Jury sets $34 million in punitive and compensatory damages Monday; an earlier verdict, unsealed the same day, is for $78 million.”

And Dow Jones Newswires report that “Pa. Jury Orders Pfizer To Pay $28 Million In Punitive Damages.”