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Monday, December 15, 2014

“L.A. Porn Film Condom Mandate Survives Industry Challenge”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Reuters reports that “Los Angeles porn actors must wear condoms, appeals court rules.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds condom use in LA porn films.”

At the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Adult Film Industry Loses Appeal Over Los Angeles’ Condom Law; The 9th Circuit decides that making porn actors wear condoms doesn’t run afoul of the First Amendment.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Upholds Condom Law For L.A.’s Porn Film Industry.”

LA Weekly has a blog post titled “Condoms Do Not Muzzle Free Speech, U.S. Court Rules.”

Mark Kernes reports that “Ninth Circuit Panel Upholds Measure B — At Least Until Trial; Three-judge panel claims it has jurisdiction to review the case despite AHF’s lack of standing.”

And Rhett Pardon of XBIZ Newswire has reports headlined “Vivid Loses Appeal Over Measure B” and “FSC: Measure B Plaintiffs Looking at Legal Options.”

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

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



View online the video of today’s en banc Ninth Circuit oral argument in Garcia v. Google, Inc. On YouTube (a co-defendant in the case) via this link. The video starts early enough that you can see Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith saying his characteristic hellos in the courtroom in advance of the oral argument.* And you can access the documents filed in the case via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Lawyer: Free speech at stake in anti-Muslim film.”



*Update: After this post originally appeared, the video was edited to remove the footage that appeared before the oral argument began.

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“High court’s ideological opposites show mutual affection”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has a report from Oxford, Mississippi that begins, “The Supreme Court’s most senior and junior justices are ideological opposites, but they agreed on nearly everything here Monday — including the benefits of having an elite cadre of lawyers who dominate the court’s docket.”

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. Supreme Court affirms $151M wages ruling against Wal-Mart”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “Walmart and Sam’s Club workers in Pennsylvania who worked off-the-clock and worked when they were supposed to be on break, or were forced to skip their breaks will receive $151 million in unpaid wages and damages, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding lower- and appellate-court decisions.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a per curiam majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens, No. 13-719. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Elena Kagan joined in full and Justice Clarence Thomas joined in large part. And Justice Thomas also issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604. Justice Kagan issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Ginsburg joined. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“Are Supreme Court Justices Too Privileged to Understand Average Americans?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Praxis” blog of big think.

Posted at 9:16 AM by Howard Bashman