“Google Wins Halt to Street View Wiretapping Case for Appeal”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Judge Grants Google ‘Street View’ Wiretap Appeal.”

“In a ‘quiet moment,’ gay judge makes history”: Columnist Dana Milbank will have this op-ed Tuesday in The Washington Post.

“Justice Department lawyers contradict FBI findings in anthrax case”: McClatchy Newspapers, ProPublica, and Frontline have this report.

“Ron Johnson’s ‘filibuster’ of Nourse nomination to federal bench draws fire from law professors”: Craig Gilbert of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this blog post.

“Colorado inmate sues prison for saving his life”: This article appears today in The Denver Post.

“A vote for upholding health reform”: In yesterday’s edition of The St. Petersburg Times, columnist Robyn E. Blumner had an op-ed that begins, “If health care reform survives its court challenges, one man will have been instrumental: Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Ohio.”

“Nude clubs might be closed in Jacksonville; Court refuses lawyers’ request for rehearing on zoning; last recourse is U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Florida Times-Union.

And The Chicago Sun-Times reports today that “City Hall fighting for 18 years to close Chicago’s only topless bar.”

“Ohio voters to decide issue of judges’ age; Retirement at 75, not 70, on Nov. 8 ballot”: Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade has this report.

And today in The Columbus Dispatch, Joe Hallett has an article headlined “Justice McGee Brown has made plenty of friends on court.”

“U.S. Supreme Court again rejects most decisions by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; Judges in the circuit’s nine Western states are more liberal than the high court justices, who reversed or vacated 19 of the 26 decisions they examined for the last term”: Carol J. Williams will have this article Monday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court follows law, not ideology”: Leon F. DeJulius Jr. has this op-ed today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Healthy dissent reviving on state Supreme Court”: Columnist Robert Robb has this op-ed today in The Arizona Republic.

“U.S. Supreme Court order jeopardizes inmate fire crews”: This article appears today in The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California.

“State refuses to pay citrus canker awards; Law invoked to avoid millions awarded by juries”: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel contains this article today.

“Kansas groups push stricter abortion limits”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Pulling the rug out from underneath gay adoption.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

Switch-hitter, meet switch-pitcher: Saturday evening, my family and I traveled to Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey to watch the Reading Phillies (the AA Eastern League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) visit the Trenton Thunder (the AA Eastern League affiliate of the New York Yankees).

As luck would have it — since we purchased our tickets weeks ago — both Shane Victorino and Brad Lidge of the Philadelphia Phillies were on rehab assignments with Reading and appeared in the game. Victorino was 3 for 5 at the plate and Lidge pitched a scorless inning, recording a strikeout. Reading defeated Trenton by a score of 13-2. You can access the box score at this link, while a recap of the game can be accessed here.

The highlight of the game for me, however, was the appearance of Thunder relief pitcher Pat Venditte, who is described as “the only ambidextrous pitcher in professional baseball.” He throws right-handed, except when he decides to throw left-handed. And, to accommodate the feat, he uses “a six-finger glove with two thumb holes.” Pitching right-handed, his fastball can reach 94 miles per hour. His delivery as a left-hander is sidearm. He may prefer to throw right-handed, as that’s what he elected to do when facing switch-hitting batters. Wikipedia provides more details on Venditte in an entry you can access here.

Additional press coverage of Venditte can be accessed here, here, here, here, and here.

“Ban on enforcement of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy is suspended; The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses its course for the second time this month on how and when the Pentagon must stop discharging gay soldiers and sailors”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ will stay in place.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Military gay ban back in effect — partly.”

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

“Thomas is latest justice set for immortality with bobblehead doll”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

“Senior 5th Circuit U.S. judge of Austin remembered for brilliant legal mind”: The Austin American-Statesman has a news update that begins, “William L. Garwood, an Austin-based senior judge for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Thursday. He was 79.”

“First among equals – Sandra Day O’Connor”: This article is available online from the web site of the International Bar Association.

“Judge William J. Nealon hits another milestone”: The Scranton Times Tribune contains this article today, reporting that Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Nealon is on the verge of becoming “the longest-serving judge in the history of the 3rd U.S. Judicial Circuit.”

It is interesting to note that Judge Nealon joined the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania as a recess appointee in 1962.

“Clemens Likely to Face New Jury: Lawyers.” Bloomberg News has this report.

“Body Scanners Improperly Added by TSA: Court.” Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Airport body scanners using advanced imaging technology were improperly adopted by the U.S. as a primary passenger-screening tool, a federal appeals court ruled, while allowing their use to continue.”

Dow Jones Newswires report that “US Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge To Airport Body Scans.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Court Tells TSA To Allow Public Comment On Body Scan Screening.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Court OKs Airport Body Scanners, Rejects Constitutional Challenge.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Senior Fifth Circuit Judge Will Garwood has died: A reliable source emails:

I regret to report that Judge Will Garwood died yesterday following
heart surgery.

Judge Garwood was President Reagan’s first appointment to the Fifth Circuit and assumed the bench in November 1981. He had been a justice on the Texas Supreme Court and had returned to private practice before his federal appointment. He took senior status in 1997. He was 79.

You can access Judge Garwood’s official Federal Judicial Center biography by clicking here.

Former Iranian hostages lose latest effort to avoid Algiers Accords and obtain damages from the Iranian government: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this ruling today.

“The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” previously covered the appellate oral argument in a post titled “Lawyer for Former Iran Hostages Wants Suit Reinstated.”

“Iowa Court of Appeals notes ‘the remarkable versatility of the word sh*t'”: The “Legal Skills Prof Blog” has this post discussing a ruling that the Iowa Court of Appeals issued on Wednesday.

“Fascinating (and Posnerian classic) opinion on diminished capacity, child porn, and sentencing theory”: Doug Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” discussing a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“State Supreme Court upholds courtroom secrecy in Hecht trial”: The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington contains this article today.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t release deposition in judge’s trial.”

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

“A Naked Gamble That the Pole Tax Gets Stripped”: The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Plastic bag bans upheld by California Supreme Court; The justices unanimously rule that local governments may impose such prohibitions without always needing an environmental impact report”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee, Denny Walsh has an article headlined “California high court upholds city’s plastic-bag ban; leaves door open to lawsuits.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Plastic bag ban in Manhattan Beach upheld by court.”

And The Recorder reports that “State Supreme Court Upholds Plastic Bag Ban.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling appears at this link.

Fear the beard? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued this ruling today.

“Obama Lawyers Say ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Ban Shouldn’t Be Enforced Yet”: Bloomberg News has this report.

At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “Obama administration asks court to lift ban on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ again.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “U.S.: Restore military gay ban now.”

You can access the federal government’s “emergency motion for reconsideration” at this link.

En banc Fourth Circuit issues ruling on qualified immunity and tasers: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

The original ruling of a three-judge Fourth Circuit panel on the appeal can be accessed here, while the district court’s summary judgment opinion appears at this link.

“Nixon will let abortion restrictions become law”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Mo. gov. to let late-term abortion bill become law.”

“Dream Team Assembled at UCI Law School Squeezes Boring Right Out of 2010-11 U.S. Supreme Court Term”: Matt Coker has this blog post at the OC Weekly’s web site.