“SJC denies ex-priest Paul Shanley’s bid for new trial”: The Boston Herald has a news update that begins, “The state’s highest court today affirmed the 2005 conviction of pedophile priest Paul Shanley and along with it the introduction of so-called ‘repressed memory’ of victims in prosecuting cases of sexual abuse.”
The Boston Globe has a news update headlined “SJC upholds Shanley child abuse convictions.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Mass. court denies ex-priest’s bid for new trial.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.
“Court to decide if petition signers’ names public”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.
The AP is also reporting that “Court to rule on Monsanto alfalfa challenge.”
The Ninth Circuit takes away another case from the docket of U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real: See the final paragraph of the majority opinion in this ruling issued today. The dissenting judge, however, notes in the final paragraph of the final footnote of her dissent that she would not reassign the case to another district judge.
“Seeking Updates on United States v. Payton“: That’s the title of a post that Orin Kerr published at “The Volokh Conspiracy” on the evening of January 3, 2010. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this order providing a definitive response to Orin’s inquiry.
“Federal court in Phila. weighs ‘teen sexting’ case”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
And The Associated Press has an updated report headlined “US court on ‘sexting’: Child porn or child’s play?”
“The appellants, all of whom are federal judges who had entered into service before 1989, state that Congress’ repeated denials of the cost of living adjustments that had been legislated in 1989 are in violation of the Compensation Clause of Article III.” But today, the majority of active judges serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit joined in an order denying an initial en banc hearing in the case. Two dissenting opinions accompany that order.
Also today, by means of a separate order, a three-judge Federal Circuit panel has issued a decision summarily affirming the ruling of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against these judges-appellants.
This case has certainly had its ups and downs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today issued its ruling in the case captioned Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co.
“Kansas judge in abortion case comes under scrutiny”: The Associated Press has this report.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today has granted review in five new cases, according to this post at “SCOTUSblog.” And Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on petition-signers rights; Plea for confidentiality.”
“US court mulls ‘sexting’: Child porn or speech?” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court must decide whether ‘sexting’ by three Pennsylvania teens amounts to child pornography or is a free-speech right.”
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “‘Sexting’ Case to Take Center Stage at 3rd Circuit.”
And Wednesday’s issue of The Times Leader of Wikles-Barre, Pennsylvania contained an article headlined “‘Sexting’ case to get day in court; Tunkhannock Area teens’ cell-phone image swapping is the focus of federal appeals court hearing on Friday.”
“Federal court revives Crowe civil suit; Families allowed to sue city, police, others over events following 1998 slaying of Stephanie Crowe”: This article appears today in The North County Times.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that “Crowe family’s lawsuit revived.”
The Associated Press reports that “Lawsuit revived for wrongly accused SoCal teens.”
And law.com has a report headlined “9th Circuit: Police Can Be Sued for Coercive Interrogation of Teenage Murder Suspect.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Same-sex marriage pays off, S.F. economist says”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
Today in The Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan reports that “Bias raises gays’ risk of mental disorders, witness at Prop. 8 trial says; Professor says the same-sex marriage ban sent ‘the message that gay relationships are not respected, that they are of secondary value if they are of any value at all.’” In addition, law professor Barry Friedman has an op-ed entitled “Prop. 8, the trial that should be seen; It’s more than a legal case; it’s a morality play aimed at all of us, and we should get to hear it.”
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Experts again headline Proposition 8 trial.”
The Associated Press reports that “Gay marriage judge abandons Web broadcast attempt.”
And at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has a post titled “Into the Closet.”
“9th Circuit Sympathetic to Privacy Act Suit Over Release of Pilot’s HIV Status”: law.com has this report.
“Justice Scalia’s Musical Interlude”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Critics say plan to reform courts not enough”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail contains this article today.
“In nation of exhibitionists, there’s still a demand for privacy”: Today in The Washington Post, columnist Michael Gerson has an op-ed that begins, “Just weeks after the Supreme Court took a landmark case featuring a demand for greater communication privacy, many took to Facebook to reveal the color of the bra they were wearing.”
“Appeals court reverses Grayson Ten Commandments decision”: The Lexington Herald-Leader contains this article today.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Delaware to appeal sports betting limits; Washington firm to petition high court”: This article appears today in The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.
And The Associated Press reports that “Delaware to appeal sports betting limits.”
