“Court bars practice of migrants pleading guilty in large groups”: Today in The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has blocked federal magistrates in Tucson from taking guilty pleas from illegal immigrants in large groups.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Mass criminal immigration hearings unlawful.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Questions about late death penalty appeal; Lawyer tied to Keller incident could face sanctions in latest missed deadline”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

“Plaintiff asked the court to issue a declaratory judgment stating that the Senate must act on [judicial] nominations within four months and that any nominee not put to a vote in that time would be deemed confirmed by the Senate ‘as a matter of law.'” As a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday indicates, someone other than Law Professor Carl Tobias also cares a great deal about getting judges confirmed.

Perhaps finding the op-ed market on that subject all but cornered by Professor Tobias, attorney John Marshall Cogswell did what comes naturally to so many attorneys — he sued in court. Unfortunately for Cogswell, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed his suit for lack of standing and for raising a non-justiciable political question, among other reasons. And yesterday, the Tenth Circuit affirmed that dismissal.

Second Circuit decides Lanham Act dispute of “Starbucks” versus “Charbucks”: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Fla. property case no day at the beach for Supreme Court; Homeowners: Coastal restoration is government ‘taking’ of land.” Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that “Beach Erosion Weighed in Property-Rights Case.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices debate rights of beachfront land owners.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Beachfront Property Rights May Be Backed by U.S. Supreme Court.”

And yesterday evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” contained a segment entitled “High Court Hears Beachfront Property Case” featuring Marcia Coyle.

“Killing Slaughterhouse: Understanding the controversial 1873 decision at the center of the Supreme Court’s upcoming gun rights fight.” Brian Doherty has this essay online at Reason.

“Reformers win a fight to clean up court races”: The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has posted this editorial online today.

“A question of e-mail confidentiality”: Today in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Mary Fuchs has an article that begins, “The use of personal e-mail accounts at work may be acceptable to many companies, but that doesn’t mean the bosses aren’t looking — even when the conversations are between an employee and her lawyer. The state Supreme Court yesterday considered whether an employee who corresponded with her lawyer through her personal e-mail account on a company-owned laptop was protected by the attorney-client privilege.”

“Parnell picks Stowers for Supreme Court; Conservative jurist is not expected to ‘legislate from the bench'”: This article appears today in The Anchorage Daily News.

“Harman Mining owner asks Supreme Court to reconsider”: Today in The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette, Paul J. Nyden has an article that begins, “Hugh M. Caperton, owner of Harman Mining Co. and Sovereign Coal Sales, wants the state Supreme Court to reconsider its Nov. 12 decision that dismissed the August 2002 Boone County jury verdict he won against Massey Energy.”

And West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports that “Caperton petitions court to rehear case.” You can access the rehearing petition at this link.