“Court Upholds Discipline of Student Over Internet Bullying”: At the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court backs WV school in online bullying case.”
“Halliburton won’t take no for an answer–even from Supreme Court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case,” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight, has details here.
“TMLC’s Obamacare Challenge First to Reach U.S. Supreme Court”: You can access the news release that the Thomas More Law Center issued today at this link and the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
Update: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Health Care Battle Reaches Supreme Court.”
“George Lucas defeated over Star Wars stormtrooper replicas; UK supreme court rules British prop designer, Andrew Ainsworth, may sell replicas of stormtrooper outfits he made for original Star Wars film”: The Guardian (UK) has this news update.
The Telegraph (UK) has a news update headlined “Judge rules on Star Wars Stormtrooper copyright battle; Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker announces a ruling in a multimillion-pound copyright battle over Star Wars Stormtrooper costumes.”
BBC News reports that “Lucas loses Star Wars copyright case at Supreme Court.”
Reuters reports that “UK man wins fight to make ‘Stormtrooper’ helmets.”
The Associated Press reports that “Lucas loses UK battle over stormtrooper helmets.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Lucasfilm Loses Stormtrooper Helmet Case.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link. The court also issued this press summary of the ruling.
“Federal enforcement of marriage act is changing”: Bob Egelko had this article in Monday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.
“American Atheists oppose U.S. Supreme Court review of Utah highway crosses case”: This article appears today in The Deseret News.
And today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contains an article headlined “Attorney: Supreme Court shouldn’t waste time on roadside crosses case.”
“Judge dismisses suit on federal stem cell research”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued today.
My earlier coverage of the D.C. Circuit‘s most recent ruling in the case can be accessed here and here.
“Appeals court set to hear tobacco law challenge”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over a law giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco advertising and marketing.”
According to the
Oral Argument Calendar posted at the web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the three-judge panel assigned to hear and decide the appeal consists of Circuit Judges Eric L. Clay and Jane Branstetter Stranch and U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett of the Southern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.