“Private property can’t become public beach, court rules; Woman had been ordered to move or raze homes after Hurricane Rita reshaped shoreline”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

Today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Beach homeowners win ruling; Court says state can’t take land; critic fears public access jeopardized.”

And The Galveston County Daily News contains an article headlined “Are Texas’ beaches still open to the public?”

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

“Remaining four justices could face ouster efforts”: Grant Schulte has this article today in The Des Moines Register.

And today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled “Iowa’s Total Recall: Voters give activist judges the boot; Lawyers are shocked.” You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google News.

“The Other Oil Cleanup: Trial lawyers like Tony Buzbee got rich putting the screws to corporate America; But in the wave of gulf-spill litigation, they’re struggling to not get cut out of the action.” This lengthy cover story will appear in Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Change of venue denied for Mitchell; Appeals court sees no reason suspect can’t get fair trial here”: This article appears today in The Deseret News.

Today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contains articles headlined “Appeals court orders Mitchell trial to resume Monday” and “Analysis: Many kidnap jurors met standards.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“Federal court denies Troy Davis appeal; Judge Moore’s reasoning in case upheld”: Today’s edition of The Savannah Morning News contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court Friday rejected Troy Anthony Davis’ attempt to appeal a ruling denying him a challenge in the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr.’s reasoning that any appeal of his order must go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, rather than the circuit court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.