“Divorcee’s Appeal Tossed Due to ‘Excessive’ Issues”: The Legal Intelligencer today contains an article (subscription required) that begins, “The Superior Court tossed out a woman’s appeal of her divorce case last week after finding she had violated civil procedural rules by flooding the court with an ‘excessive’ number of appellate issues in statements that were ‘lengthy and unmanageable.'” You can access last Wednesday’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.
One of the cases that the Superior Court cites in support of its ruling was the subject of my January 2005 monthly appellate column titled “Attempting To Preserve 104 Issues For Appeal Results
In The Preservation Of None.”
“Good news: Both sides sore.” Columnist John Brummett of the Arkansas News Bureau today has an essay that begins, “Disencumbered of filibuster, the U.S. Senate confirmed last week the Bush administration’s nominee to the nation’s most important federal appellate court.”
“confirmthis.com: Girding for a possible Supreme Court battle in the age of the Internet.” This article appears today in Legal Times.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “FAMU ouster bares conflicts; Leaders point fingers over an audit that put a dean on leave.”
Last Thursday, the newspaper reported that “Jury clears Learjet in ’99 Stewart crash; The families of the pro golfer and his agent lose their bid for a $200 million judgment.”
And yesterday, the newspaper contained an article headlined “Tracey Stewart still protects family privacy; The widow of the Orlando golfer chooses to remain out of the public eye.”
“Liberal Drug Warriors! Conservative Pot-Coddlers!” Stuart Taylor Jr. has this essay today in National Journal.
On today’s episode of The Jerry Springer Show: On Friday, Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued a dissenting opinion that begins, “When a man marries two different women twice and is murdered by the brother of his second wife, it is perhaps unsurprising when a dispute arises about the proper beneficiary of his pension assets and it is perhaps unsurprising when the parties fail to resolve that dispute quickly.”
“6th Circuit judges tilt court to the conservative; Reshaped judiciary may signal a shift in rulings”: This article appears today in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
“Commandment suit a win either way for plaintiff”: The Dallas Morning News today contains an article that begins, “Thomas Van Orden suspects the decision on his case will be handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today and that he will lose. But for a man who wrote his legal notes on the back of paper recovered from wastebaskets, he considers his litigation to remove the Capitol grounds’ Ten Commandments a success.”
“The Left’s Supreme Effort: A coalition of liberal groups is gearing up for the mother of all high court battles.” The June 20, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek contains this article and a related graphic.
“New trial for Wittig this week; The prosecution doesn’t seem to be making any changes in the retrial of the former Westar chief”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle.
And The Topeka Capital-Journal reports today that “Retrial draws national notice; Former Westar execs may be seen as standard for comparison.”
“Still stuck in the middle”: Today in The Detroit Free Press, columnist Brian Dickerson has an op-ed that begins, “The state Supreme Court is Michigan’s court of last resort — the ultimate arbiter, for practical purposes, of everything from gay marriage to whether Michiganders can walk the shores of the Great Lakes without violating someone’s property rights.” See also this earlier post of mine on a related topic.
“Griswold case set stage for abortion ruling”: The New Haven Register contains this article today.
“Courting the clerks: A few firms corner market on hiring high court clerks.” This article appears today in The National Law Journal.
“Judge tosses complaint against FREE board member”: Last Wednesday’s edition of The Bozeman Daily Chronicle contained an article that begins:
A federal judge has thrown out an ethics complaint alleging another judge’s participation with a Bozeman libertarian think tank could sway his rulings on environmental cases.
James Loken, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, ruled that the complaint filed by the Washington, D.C.-based Community Rights Council against Judge Danny Boggs lacked merit.
You can access the ethics complaint at this link. A copy of the ruling does not yet appear to be available online.
“Church-State Separation Fight Engulfs Upkeep of Missions”: Josh Gerstein has this article today in The New York Sun.
“Senate Democrats develop new filibuster strategy”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.
“Confirmation expected for BYU lawyer”: The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah today contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm on Monday the controversial appointment of Thomas B. Griffith to the most influential federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.”
