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Sunday, April 16, 2006

“In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent”: This article related to the BlackBerry patent case appears today in The New York Times.

Posted at 11:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Online merchants fight to get their wine flowing; California retailers cite interstate commerce in suit against TABC”: This article will appear Monday in The Dallas Morning News.

Posted at 11:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Broward court cases hidden from the public; More than 100 Broward Circuit Court cases since 2001 have been put on a docket that the public can’t see; One First Amendment lawyer calls it a ‘secret judiciary'”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald, along with an editorial entitled “Secret dockets run afoul of courts.”

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Hurry On Justice Zarella?” The Hartford Courant today contains an editorial that begins, “Nobody – least of all Gov. M. Jodi Rell – has persuasively explained why the legislature must rush to judgment on the nomination of Associate Justice Peter Zarella to be chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Marshall; High-stakes patent lawsuits surge in small East Texas town”: The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Attorney suited for success; Lawyer prepares to represent Arizona in case before U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



In today’s edition of The Detroit Free Press: The newspaper today contains an editorial entitled “Injudicious intimidation: Objections over courts cross line from healthy criticism to dangerous threat.”

A related op-ed by Senior Sixth Circuit Judge Damon J. Keith is entitled “Recent attacks on independence of judges endanger democracy.”

And a related op-ed by Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor of the Supreme Court of Michigan is entitled “Protesting perceived judicial excesses is healthy for system of government.”

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



The Associated Press is reporting: An article headlined “Justices to consider whether killer is mentally retarded” begins, “A Virginia man whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on executing the mentally retarded now must convince a state court that he has that disability and should not be put to death for killing an Air Force enlisted man for beer money.”

And from California, David Kravets has an article headlined “Chin plows path from Oregon potato farm to state Supreme Court.”

Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Crackdown Cracks: Getting tough on corporate crime is so yesterday; The pendulum is swinging back, hitting everyone from gumshoes to judges.” This article will appear in the April 24, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Memphian has day at Supreme Court; Harassment case may be precedent-setting”: The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee today contains an article that begins, “When she passes through the 16 marble columns of the U.S. Supreme Court building Monday morning, Sheila White knows she’ll be living history.”

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“High Court, Dems clash on Taft ruling”: The Cincinnati Enquirer today contains an article that begins, “Tensions among Ohio’s three branches of government rose again last week.”

Posted at 1:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court coming Monday; Public invited to watch Indiana’s top justices hear appeal at IU East”: This article appears today in The Palladium-Item.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mutiny at the Supreme Court: The Roberts Court signals the president that he is not immune from the Constitution.” Nat Hentoff has this essay online today at The Village Voice.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court could redefine legal insanity; Arizona case: The lawyer of a convicted cop killer says state law is overly restrictive toward the mentally ill.” The Associated Press provides this report.

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“States Acting to Protect Private Property; Preserving homeowner rights has become a bipartisan goal since the Supreme Court ruled that governments can take land for developers”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman