“Top Texas Advocate Dies in Plane Crash”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

The Northwest Florida Daily News has an update headlined “Crashed plane flew from New Orleans.”

The Southeast Texas Record reports that “Appellate lawyer Coleman killed in plane crash.”

The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has a news update headlined “BP oil spill incident commander dies in small plane crash.”

The Associated Press reports that “Gulf oil spill recovery exec dead in plane crash.”

And Reuters reports that “BP Gulf cleanup official killed in plane crash; Three people killed, no survivors; Plane was trying to land in heavy fog in Florida.”

Majority on partially divided three-judge First Circuit panel rejects claim that U.S. citizen-residents of Puerto Rico have a right to vote for a Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from Puerto Rico: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit — in which each of the three judges on the panel has written separately — at this link.

Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella‘s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part passionately argues that international law affords U.S. citizen-residents of Puerto Rico the voting rights sought in the lawsuit.

“NV court upholds award against Wyeth”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a $58 million judgment awarded to three women who claimed their breast cancer was caused by hormone replacement drugs made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nevada at this link.

Update: In local coverage, Thursday’s edition of The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that “Court OKs $58 million judgment; Breast cancer victims sued Wyeth Pharmaceutical Inc.”

And Thursday’s edition of The Las Vegas Sun reported that “Nevada Supreme Court backs hormone drug verdict.”

Former Texas Solicitor General Gregory S. Coleman has died: The Destin (Fla.) Log provides this coverage.

And the Okaloosa County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office has issued a news release headlined “Plane Crashes in Okaloosa County; Three Victims Identified.”

At his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Truly Tragic News: Greg Coleman Has Died in a Plane Crash.”

Update: The Associated Press reports that “Former Texas official dies in Fla. plane crash.”

At the “Austin Legal” blog of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has a post titled “Austin lawyer Coleman dies in plane crash.” Lindell’s earlier profile of Coleman from July 2009 was headlined “Star lawyer makes Supreme Court splash.”

Mary Alice Robbins of Texas Lawyer reports that “Plane Crash Claims Life of Former Texas Solicitor General Greg Coleman.”

And the publication Texas Super Lawyers 2010 contains an article headlined “The Minimalist: No one knows how to get to the essence of an appeal like Greg Coleman” in which Justice Clarence Thomas is quoted on the subject of his former law clerk.

“‘Don’t ask’: White House appeals return of nurse.” Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “The Obama administration opened another legal front Tuesday in defense of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ appealing a federal judge’s decision to reinstate a decorated Air Force nurse who was discharged after being outed as a lesbian.”

At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “Lesbian major rejoins Air Force, as Obama administration appeals.”

And The Associated Press reports that “DOJ appeals lesbian’s reinstatement to Air Force.”