“Judge rebuked but avoids ouster; Keller denies wrongdoing in execution appeal refusal and vows to appeal decision of ethics panel”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

Dave Montgomery of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today that “Justice who denied late-hour appeal from Death Row inmate gets ‘public warning.’”

The Dallas Morning News reports that “Judge Sharon Keller reprimanded for conduct related to 2007 stay of execution filing.”

The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Top criminal judge warned but keeps job.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Top Texas criminal judge warned but keeps job.”

You can access yesterday’s decision of the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct at this link.

“NCAA Must Face Ticket Lottery Suit, U.S. Appeals Court in Chicago Rules”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And Reuters reports that “NCAA Final Four ‘lottery’ lawsuit wins new life.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“U.S. District judge drops porn charges against video producer John A. Stagliano”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Federal Judge Throws Out D.C. Obscenity Case.”

At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “DOJ stumbles prompt porn purveyor’s acquittal.”

And from AVN News, Mark Kernes had a very interesting pre-dismissal report headlined “After Wrangling With Judge, Stagliano Case Prosecutors Rest.” AVN News also has a post-dismissal report headlined “Industry Reaction to the Stagliano Ruling Dismissing All Charges; Clyde DeWitt: A handful of jurors said they would not have convicted anyway.”