“Justices have been siding with workers, underdogs; Although the Supreme Court is often viewed as pro-business and conservative, it has taken the other side in several recent cases; Observers call it a useful reminder that the court isn’t predictable”: David G. Savage will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Boies, Clement join NFL legal team”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The NFL is making two additions to its legal team – David Boies, who represented Al Gore during the recount fight in the disputed 2000 presidential election, and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement.”

And Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain articles headlined “The Shutdown Pushes the Fight for Field Position Into the Courtroom” and “Court in Minnesota Has Been a Home Field for a League’s Labor Disputes.”

“All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate: How much more of itself can the media consume?” Bill Keller will have this essay in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Commonwealth Court denies Forum theater’s expansion plans”: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, “The Forum, one of Philadelphia’s last pornographic movie theaters, was denied permission Friday to turn its building into a full-service emporium with nude dancers and rooms for private encounters, after Commonwealth Court struck down a zoning variance that had outraged surrounding Center City neighborhoods.”

You can access yesterday’s unpublished ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Court Papers: Komisarjevsky Told Police That Hayes Set Deadly Fire; Part Of Cheshire Defendant’s Statement To Police Released For 1st Time.” This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

Today’s edition of The New Haven Register contains an article headlined “‘There was no reason for them to die’; Komisarjevsky, in offer to plead guilty, says Hayes lit fire in Petit home.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Home invasion defendant offers to plead guilty.”

“Man not told he’d be deported can withdraw plea”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

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

“Texas Supreme Court to rehear Open Beaches case”: This article appears today in The Galveston County Daily News.

And The Houston Chronicle reports today that “High court will revisit its ruling on beach access; Harris County among entities pushing the move.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s development appears at this link.

“Dismissed lawsuit blamed on ‘dumb jurors'”: Yesterday’s edition of The Toronto Star contained an interesting article that begins, “The technical term for the problem plaguing Bonita and Michael Maher’s slip-and-fall lawsuit for the past three years might just be ‘dumb jurors.’ But thanks to a three-word Supreme Court of Canada pronouncement dismissing their case on Thursday, we may never know.”

“Consensus reigns in high court’s early decisions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Supreme Court and the health-care mandate muddle”: Columnist George F. Will will have this op-ed Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Computer mess jeopardizes court’s political clout”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Critics of a costly new computer system planned for the California courts are calling for a halt to the project.”