“Supreme Court Orders New Look at Death Row Case”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

Tuesday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain an article headlined “Supreme Court orders new hearing for Georgia death row inmate; The surprising move may indicate that the federal justice system is moving away from its conservative position on death penalty appeals.”

And law.com reports that “Split Supreme Court Orders Review of Death Row Inmate’s Claims That Witnesses Recanted Testimony.”

“Texas Judge Goes to Trial Over Execution”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

“Judge’s hearing begins amid protests”: The San Antonio Express-News has an update that begins, “As attorneys for both sides delivered lengthy opening statements Monday morning in the public inquiry of embattled Texas Court of Appeals Judge Sharon Keller, they agreed on at least one thing.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge on trial says another aware of late appeal.”

“Court orders new look at Taster’s Choice lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The California Supreme Court wants a trial court to come back to a long-running dispute over the use of a former model’s image on Taster’s Choice coffee labels.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Supreme Court of California ruling appears at this link.

“Anti-Empathy, Anti-Judge Goes on Trial”: CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this installment of his “CourtWatch” column today.

“Gay marriage supporters tangle over legal strategy”: In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article that begins, “As a federal judge this week tries to herd the legal challenge over Proposition 8 toward a trial, one of his tasks will be to sort through the simmering tensions over legal strategy within the pro-gay marriage movement.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Obama disses marriage law as Justice defends it.”

“Prosecutors file arguments for Bonds evidence”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Federal prosecutors in the perjury case against former Giants star Barry Bonds have made their final written plea to a federal appeals court to allow potentially crucial evidence tying Bonds to drug tests that allegedly showed he used steroids.”

“Sixteen years later, Christoff saw his face on a jar of Taster’s Choice instant coffee in the United States and discovered that his image had been used without his consent on millions of labels sold internationally for the preceding five years.” The Supreme Court of California today issued its ruling in the case captioned Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc.

According to today’s ruling, “The trial court applied a two-year statute of limitations and instructed the jury to determine under the discovery rule whether Christoff knew or should have known earlier that Nestle had used his image. The jury found that Christoff did not know, and should not reasonably have suspected prior to seeing the jar, that his image was being used without his consent and awarded him more than $15 million in damages.”

“Court says Troy Davis can present evidence; Condemned killer on death row for murder of off-duty police officer”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

“Supreme Court to Hear Case on Executive Pay”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Hearing on innocence claim ordered”: This morning at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The Supreme Court, splitting 6-2, on Monday ordered a federal judge in Georgia to consider and rule on the claim of innocence in the murder case against Troy Anthony Davis.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court says Georgia man should get hearing.”

You can access the U.S. Supreme Court‘s order, and a concurring opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer joined, by clicking here. You can access the dissenting opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, by clicking here.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor assigned to be the Circuit Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: The U.S. Supreme Court‘s allotment order appears at page four of today’s Order List.

“Death penalty debate peripheral to Keller trial; Proceedings begin Monday in San Antonio courtroom on complaint criminal appeals judge blocked stay of execution request”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Keller drags Texas through the mud.”