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Friday, February 26, 2010

“Chief justice to speak at UA; Law school students will be able to question”: The Tuscaloosa News today contains an article that begins, “United States Supreme Court Justice John Roberts plans to speak at the University of Alabama on March 9, the seventh of nine sitting justices to speak at UA. Since 1996, Roberts is the ninth justice to speak in the Albritton Lecture Series at the UA School of Law.”

And the University of Alabama School of Law has issued a news release headlined “Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. to Visit Alabama Law on Tuesday, March 9.”

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rapid City attorney: Supreme Court appearance beyond compare.” Today’s edition of The Rapid City Journal contains an article that begins, “Arguing a case before the nation’s highest court was the ‘Super Bowl, World Series and Olympics all put together’ for attorney James Leach of Rapid City.”

You can access at this link the transcript of Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Astrue v. Ratliff, No. 08-1322.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court reinstates lawsuit over hot sandwich”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “It’s been nearly five years since carnival operator Frank Sutton bit into a chicken sandwich at a McDonald’s at a truck stop in the far corner of southwest Virginia. The legal world is still dealing with the ramifications.”

My earlier coverage of the Fourth Circuit’s non-precedential ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman