“Supreme Court swats down fly-in-the-water case”: The Toronto Globe and Mail on Friday will contain an article that begins, “The Supreme Court of Canada has swatted down a $341,775 damages award to a hairdresser from Windsor, Ont., who became depressed and phobic after finding a dead fly in his bottled water. In a 9-0 judgment Thursday, the court said Culligan of Canada Ltd. cannot be found liable for psychological damages suffered by Waddah (Martin) Mustapha because it could not have reasonably foreseen his extreme reaction to finding the fly.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Top court overturns dead fly-in-water damage claim.”

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

Back in March, I had this post about the oral argument of the case.

“Police cleared in arresting thong-clad protesters”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “State police acted reasonably in arresting six nearly naked demonstrators who posed as Abu-Ghraib prisoners during a 2004 campaign stop by President George W. Bush, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The three-judge panel, upholding a lower court decision, said the officers enjoy qualified immunity from the protesters’ claims of free-speech and liberty violations.”

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

“Court commutes death sentence hours before execution”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution provides this news update.

“Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case”: The New York Times provides this news update.

The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined “Court rules against removal of polygamists’ children; Texas had no right to take them from a religious group’s compound because it did not prove they were in danger, an appeals court rules.”

The Dallas Morning News provides an update headlined “Appeals court: State had no right to seize polygamist sect’s children from YFZ Ranch.”

And The Fort Worth Star-Telegram provides a news update headlined “Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists’ kids.”

“At Supreme Court, 5-to-4 Rulings Fade — but Why?” Linda Greenhouse will have this article Friday in The New York Times.

“Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists’ kids.” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “An appeals court has ruled that Texas had no right to seize hundreds of children from polygamous sect.”

Update: The Houston Chronicle provides a news update headlined “Appeals court rules state had no right to seize sect kids.”

You can access here and here today’s rulings of the Third Court of Appeals of Texas.

“Competency of Pa. collar-bomb suspect is debated”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And today’s edition of The Erie Times-News contains an article headlined “Diehl-Armstrong’s mental state: Experts disagree.”

“No bail for woman on gunpowder charges”: The San Diego Union-Tribune today contains an article that begins, “The only person arrested in the investigation of the bombing outside the downtown federal courthouse in San Diego this month was denied bail at a hearing yesterday.”

“Federal Court Reinstates Suit on Gays in Military”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

The Seattle Times reports today that “Court revives ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ suit.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that “Court to rehear ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’; Appeals judge questions policy after nurse fired.”

And law.com reports that “9th Circuit Deals Blow to Military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Court backs gay marriage ban; Gay-rights supporters argued that the initiative was too sweeping to be on the ballot”: Today in The Oregonian, Ashbel S. Green has an article that begins, “The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the ban on gay marriage that state voters approved by a wide margin in 2004.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Oregon at this link.

“Safeguarding Children: The Supreme Court upholds a carefully crafted law targeting child pornographers.” The Washington Post contains this editorial today.

“Interrogation Tactics Were Challenged at White House”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Zelma Henderson, Who Aided Desegregation, Dies at 88”: The New York Times today contains an obituary that begins, “Zelma Henderson, a Kansas beautician who was the sole surviving plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark federal desegregation case of 1954, died on Tuesday in Topeka. She was 88 and had lived in Topeka all her adult life.”

“The Blind Welcome a Ruling That May Help Them Count Their Cash”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“The California Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Opinion: The People of California Have the Power to Undo It By a Ballot Initiative Amending the State Constitution, But How Far Should That Power Extend?” Vikram David Amar has this essay online today at FindLaw.

“Lawsuit alleges backroom dealings by Pa’s former top judge”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania contains an editorial entitled “Chief justice shouldn’t suggest retaliation for suit.”

My earlier coverage appears here and here.