“Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court’s oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill.”
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Justice John Paul Stevens to retire from court in June.”
Charlie Savage of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Justice Stevens to Retire After 34 Years.”
Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Justice Stevens to retire.”
James Oliphant of The Chicago Tribune has a news update headlined “Justice Stevens retiring; President Barack Obama will have his second chance to appoint a justice.”
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “With Stevens’ departure, a judicial era passes.”
James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Justice Stevens to resign, Obama to reshape court.”
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “John Paul Stevens Will Retire From U.S. Supreme Court.”
You can access the retirement letter that Justice John Paul Stevens sent to President Obama at this link.
At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has posts that reprint the official announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court and a statement from Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
Three-judge Sixth Circuit panel affirms the dismissal, for lack of standing, of a consitutional challenge brought against the anti-animal-fighting provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.
“North Dakota decisions end Fighting Sioux nickname”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A state Supreme Court ruling and a Board of Higher Education decision have retired for good the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname after a four-year legal battle.”
And today’s edition of The Forum of Fargo, North Dakota contains an article headlined “So long, Sioux; After years of heated debate, UND will replace its nickname and logo.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of North Dakota at this link.
“Boalt Professor Liu Faces Republican Criticism; Republican Senators Accuse Liu of Withholding Critical Material From Senate Judiciary Committee”: This article appears today in The Daily Californian.
And at ABCNews.com, Ariane de Vogue has an article headlined “Obama Court Nominee Causing a Firestorm on Capitol Hill; Republican Senators Accuse Goodwin Liu of Deliberately Withholding Writings.”
“Grand jury may target Pa. Supreme Court justice”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains this article today.
Today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward has an article headlined “Judge seals docket on Orie; Court records ordered off limits one day after charged.”
The Beaver County Times reports that “Beaver County man named in Orie indictment.”
And The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Activist and state House candidate Stilp files complaint with judicial board against Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin.”
“Indeglia endorsed for high court post”: This article appears today in The Providence (R.I.) Journal.
“Who Will Be Obama’s Next Supreme Court Nominee?” The Nation has posted online this slideshow.
“High-Court Hamlet: Justice Stevens’s public pondering.” Dahlia Lithwick will have this essay in the April 19, 2010 issue of Newsweek.
“Across the Border, Over the Line”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.
“Federal appeals court upholds Judge Michael T. Joyce’s conviction, sentence; Federal court rejects former judge’s appeal”: Yesterday’s edition of The Erie Times-News contained an article that begins, “The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction and sentence of former state Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, of Erie.”
You can access Tuesday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
“Comcast ruling raises questions on FCC regulation”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
“Lawyer Ads May Get Protection at Calif. High Court”: Mike McKee of The Recorder has this report.
“School principals appeal ruling in lengthy Plano free speech case”: Today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News contains an article that begins, “The court case over candy canes continued Wednesday as the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals listened to arguments on the liability of two Plano principals named in the lawsuit. Three judges heard appeals in a packed courtroom at Southern Methodist University, where the court is based this week. The candy cane case arose in 2003, when administrators at Plano’s Thomas Elementary School stopped an 8-year-old boy from distributing candy cane pens with religious messages on them.”
“Battle brews over Obama nominee for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; Senate Democrats reject a Republican bid to postpone a hearing on Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
The Washington Post reports today that “Appeals court nominee Liu causes battle in Senate.”
Josh Richman of The Oakland Tribune reports that “GOP steps up attacks on UC-Berkeley’s Goodwin Liu.”
And The Yale Daily News reports that “Liu LAW ’98 faces scrutiny.”
“Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.
And The Harvard Crimson reports today that “Kagan’s Nomination for Supreme Court Seat Is Likely Prospect.”
“Roberts: Inability to compromise stops consensus.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the lack of consensus in many of the Supreme Court’s decisions reflects its fundamental inability to strike compromises on laws, as Congress can when writing them.”
And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jess Bravin has a post titled “Chief Justice Roberts on Obama, Justice Stevens, Law Reviews, More.”
“Obama has plans for Asian-American judge: So does GOP.” Rob Hotakainen of McClatchy Newspapers has an article that begins, “Goodwin Liu couldn’t speak English until kindergarten, but he went on to become his high school’s co-valedictorian, then a Rhodes Scholar and a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Now he’s under attack on Capitol Hill, where Republicans are opposing his nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.”
“Appeals court: Will Co. must pay $8 million to Riley Fox parents.” The Chicago Tribune has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court has agreed with a jury’s 2007 finding that Will County police framed Kevin Fox for the 2004 rape and murder of his 3-year-old daughter Riley — but reduced the damages awarded Fox and his wife from $12.2 million to $8 million.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“Senate Democrats defend 9th Circuit Court nominee Liu against GOP criticism”: The Washington Post has this news update.
The Associated Press reports that “Leahy won’t delay hearing for appeals court pick.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Leahy Insists on Hearing for Obama Judicial Choice.”
At WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin has a post titled “Senate Democrats Rally Behind Appeals Court Nominee.”
The Hill reports that “Leahy to forge ahead with Liu hearing despite GOP objections.”
And Politico.com reports that “Democrats push Goodwin Liu nomination.”
“DA charges Sen. Orie, aide to Justice Melvin; Accused of using state resources for campaigning”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update that begins, “The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office today filed criminal charges against state Sen. Republican Whip Jane Orie, R-McCandless, and her sister, Janine Orie, an aide to state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, in a grand jury investigation that reached into one of Western Pennsylvania’s most powerful political families.” The newspaper has also posted online the grand jury presentment (36.94MB PDF document) and this letter from State Senator Orie stepping aside as Majority Whip.
And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “State Sen. Orie charged with 10 criminal counts.”
“If I Were Obama, My Supreme Court Pick Would Be…” Law360 asked various appellate lawyers to complete that sentence. You can access their answers at this link.
“Obama continues to lag when it comes to judges”: The Washington Post today contains this installment of Al Kamen’s “In the Loop” column. This graphic accompanies the column.
Divided Federal Circuit panel upholds federal district court’s ruling that Vanderbilt University scientists are not joint inventors of the compounds and methods for treating erectile dysfunction that resulted in the medication Cialis: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.
“Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“U.S. Court Curbs F.C.C. Authority on Web Traffic”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
The Washington Post reports today that “Court rules for Comcast over FCC in ‘net neutrality’ case.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “Appeals court overturns FCC rule on net neutrality; The FCC’s policy on broadband access had required Comcast to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic it carried; Now providers may be able to charge more for fast content delivery.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that “Court Backs Comcast Over FCC on ‘Net Neutrality.’”
USA Today has a front page article headlined “Cable wins ruling on high-speed Internet; Court: FCC can’t tell Comcast what to do.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Court throws out order that restricted Comcast.”
Jenna Greene of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “Uncertainty for FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ in Wake of Comcast Ruling.”
And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment titled “FCC Loses Key Ruling On ‘Net Neutrality.’”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears here and here.
“GOP Senators Step Up Attacks on Appellate Court Nominee”: Jess Bravin has this article today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
“Pissarro masterpiece travels a twisted history; The court challenges to recover a painting taken by the Nazis in 1939 have been as tortuous as its provenance”: Carol J. Williams has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Lenders seek delay in newspapers’ auction”: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, “In a surprising turnabout, senior lenders to Philadelphia Newspapers L.L.C., the parent company of The Inquirer, want the media firm’s scheduled April 27 auction delayed while they appeal a critical ruling in the case.”
“Calif. High Court Contingency Spat Brings Amici Flood”: Mike McKee of The Recorder has this report.
“Rapist, now quadriplegic, a threat, court rules”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A rapist who was paralyzed from the neck down in a prison stabbing may still be dangerous and can be kept behind bars under a state law that allows the release of some permanently disabled inmates, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District at this link.
“War court hearings resume amid uncertainty”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
“O’Connor: More justices may skip State of Union.” The Associated Press has this report.
“Republicans step up opposition to liberal nominee”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Republicans intensified opposition Tuesday to the nominee for a San Francisco-based appeals court, setting up a test of whether President Barack Obama can win confirmation for an unabashed liberal.”
“The primary question in this appeal is whether Palm Beach County and one of its Fire Department officers violated a firefighter’s First Amendment right to intimate association when they demoted him for an extramarital affair with one of his subordinates.” So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“FCC loses Comcast’s court challenge, a major setback for agency on Internet policies”: The Washington Post has this news update.
Jim Puzzanghera of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “FCC decision on network neutrality overturned by U.S. appeals court; The FCC had forced Comcast to offer equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network; The court ruling strikes at the FCC’s ability to impose network neutrality on service providers.”
The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Court Strikes at ‘Net Neutrality.’”
Bloomberg News reports that “Comcast Wins Ruling Over FCC Internet Traffic Censure.”
Reuters reports that “Comcast wins Web traffic court fight against FCC.”
MarketWatch reports that “Court rejects restrictions on Internet; Decision may reignite ‘Net Neutrality’ debate.”
At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Jenna Greene has a post titled “Court Finds FCC Lacks Authority to Regulate Internet.”
And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Appeals Court Throttles FCC’s Net Neutrality Authority.”
My earlier coverage of today’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link.
