“U.S. appeals court says sex offenders have right to libraries”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a policy barring registered sex offenders from public libraries in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was unconstitutional, a decision that could have reverberations across the nation.”

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

“Court favors families in Bulger case”: The Boston Globe has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court today upheld million-dollar judgments in favor of families of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s alleged murder victims, finding that the government was liable for the deaths because of the FBI’s corrupt relationship with the gangster.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit today issued two related rulings in the matter, and you can access the rulings here and here.

“Nourse asks Obama to withdraw her nomination to federal appeals court”: Bruce Vielmetti has this post at the “Proof & Hearsay” blog of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Roe v. Wade Still Under Siege, 39 Years Later”: Laura Bassett and Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post have this report.

“Chevron Loses Another Bid to Block $18 Billion Ecuador Award”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Reuters reports that “Chevron appeals $18 billion ruling in Ecuador lawsuit.”

And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight reports that “Chevron’s options to evade $18 billion judgment narrowing.”

“Multistate personhood push kindles abortion debate”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Justices’ Texas Redistricting Ruling Likely to Help G.O.P.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court sides with Texas on redistricting plan.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court gives a win to Texas GOP on congressional lines.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Supreme Court says ‘grounds for concerns’ with Texas redistricting maps.”

The San Antonio Express-News has an update headlined “Supreme Court sends redistricting maps back to lower court.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Texas Redistricting: Supreme Court Throws Out Judge-Drawn Electoral Maps.”

Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has a blog post titled “Supreme Court Ruling Favors Texas in Redistricting.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Sends Redistricting Case Back to Texas.”

“Appeals court rejects appeal by Abramoff partner”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Photo-happy judge adds Marley, ostrich to opinions”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this very interesting report, which features interviews with Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner and some critics of his opinions containing photographs.

According to the article, “The pictorial flourishes haven’t exactly outraged the bar or prompted a soul-searching national legal debate, but they have raised a few questions. For one, what are the copyright implications of reproducing images lifted from the Internet?”

“Voting Maps for Texas Set Aside by High Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects judge-drawn Texas election maps.”

Access online today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Perry v. Perez, No. 11-713: The Court has posted the ruling at this link. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court rejects interim Texas maps.”

From today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “SuperPACs Grow 2 Years After Citizens United Case” and “Stephen Colbert Wants You To Know: That’s Definitely Not His SuperPAC.”

“Colbert Super PAC — John Paul Stevens: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens expounds on his dissenting opinion in the Citizens United case.” You can access the video of the interview from last night’s broadcast of The Colbert Report by clicking here.

“Supreme Court ruling confuses religious workers”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Court rules people can sue if privacy violated”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “Paparazzi, underhanded spouses and sneaky private investigators have much to fear from a ground-breaking decision that gives individuals a legal weapon against intrusions into their privacy. Experts say the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment that created a right to sue for ‘intrusion upon seclusion’ will send a chill through anyone who snoops, hacks or uses confidential information to create mischief.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Digital intruders have been warned.”

And The Toronto Star reports that “Ontario appeal court allows lawsuits for invasion of privacy.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal for Ontario at this link.

“Not in my state! N.J. court rules towns can reject adult entertainment, citing locations in other states.” This article appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger.

And The Asbury Park Press reports today that “Dispute over nude nightclub may go to Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“Texas water district seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of lawsuit against Oklahoma; A large Texas water district Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision upholding Oklahoma laws that restrict the exportation of stream water”: The Oklahoman contains this article today.

And today’s edition of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram contains an article headlined “Fight for Oklahoma water goes to Supreme Court.”

“Georgia Supreme Court justice calls for judicial overhaul; Judicial system needs overhaul, official says”: This article appears today in The Augusta Chronicle.

“‘Occupy Courts’ to hit Citizens United”: Politico.com has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, law professor Kent Greenfield has an op-ed entitled “How to make the ‘Citizens United’ decision worse.”