“Calls continue to mount for Orie sister to leave bench after testimony”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“Shell Nigeria Case Puts Court in Foreign Territory”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Federal sentences still vary widely”: The Associated Press has this report.

“How is the Roberts Court unusual? A law professor counts the ways.” Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post. A related graphic can be accessed here.

“Unleashed Spending Floods Americans in Negativity”: Online at Bloomberg News, Albert Hunt has an essay that begins, “This may come to be known as the Samuel Alito election.”

“Orie sisters ordered cover-up, former aide testifies”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains this article today.

And The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that “Sen. Orie says politics was kept out of legislative office; Trial resumes Monday; charged with using staff for campaigning.”

“Candidate says Alabama Supreme Court rulings favor corporate interests”: This article appears today in The Mobile Press-Register.

“Corporate Abuse Abroad, a Path to Justice Here”: Lincoln Caplan has this Sunday Observer essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“More than 100 former state attorneys general back former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman’s high court appeal”: Mary Orndorff had this article yesterday in The Birmingham News.

“The Washington duo behind a Texas affirmative action case”: The Washington Post has this report.

“Inmate challenges pedophilia test as junk science”: Chuck Lindell had this article Friday in The Austin American-Statesman.

“Same-sex custody battle could change Florida law”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Before state’s high court: role of race in identifying a face; In a case out of Seattle’s University District, the Washington State Supreme Court is being asked to determine whether jurors should be told that eyewitnesses who identify strangers across racial lines — for example, a white man identifying a black man — are more likely to be mistaken.” This article appears today in The Seattle Times.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: States, courts and the illegal alien disaster.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Hurricane Katrina flood ruling upheld by federal appeals court”: This article appears today in The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Justice Scalia tells Catholics to brave the scorn of worldly people”: The Denver Post has this news update.

“Tort Reform Pits Brother Against Brother; Tea Party affiliated legislator Mike Lee is a strident critic of medical malpractice lawsuits — and Judge Thomas Lee isn’t helping his cause, even if he is family”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Lawyers mull possible outcomes in greenhouse gas cases”: Lawrence Hurley and Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire have this report.

“Appeals court upholds Katrina flood ruling”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Impact of state anti-abortion laws hard to gauge”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Challenge to Obama recess appointments denied”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued today.

Bloomberg News reports that “Obama NLRB Recess-Appointment Challenge Rejected by Judge.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Recess appointment test fails.”

“Analysis: Rights groups try to avoid US high court setback.” Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.

“The Nation’s Top Supreme Court Litigators Debate the Constitutionality of the Health Care Reform Law During National Constitution Center Moot Court Case”: The National Constitution Center issued this news release today.

“Pfizer Argues Against Punitive Damages in HRT Case”: Amaris Elliott-Engel has this front page article, in which I am quoted, in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

My earlier coverage of the case appears at this link.

“Judicial gridlock may be Round 2 in culture war”: Politico.com has this report.

And The Arizona Republic reports today that “Senate panel OKs Arizona justice for post on U.S. Court of Appeals.”

“Will Pa. judges merit selection in future?” The Philadelphia Daily News contains this article today.

“Groups call for Cebull’s resignation”: This article appears today in The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Misconduct review will target judge’s anti-Obama email; A federal judicial council opens a misconduct review of Montana District Judge Richard F. Cebull, who sent a racially charged email about President Obama from his courthouse computer.”

The Billings Gazette reports that “Cebull asks for review of conduct on bench.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Judge asks for probe after sending racist Obama e-mail.”

Politico.com reports that “Judge Richard Cebull apologizes to Obama.”

And Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal reports that “Federal judge files complaint over his own e-mail message.”

“Court sets schedule for Texas elections”: The San Antonio Express-News has this update.

Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Primary Election Scheduled for May 29, Court Rules After Map Dispute.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal court orders May 29 primary date for Texas.”

“Court Upholds $27 Mil. Verdict in Lackawanna Birth Defect Case”: Back in October 2010, The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — had this article reporting on the ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in a case on which I worked as appellate counsel for plaintiffs.

Today. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued this order denying the defendants’ petition for allowance of appeal. You can access plaintiffs’ answer in opposition to the petition for allowance of appeal at this link. My earlier coverage of this case appears here, here, and here.

“Montana Judge Apologizes in eMail Controversy”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted copies of the apology letters at this link.

In other news, apparently the Ninth Circuit’s Public Information Office believes that “eMail” is the way that one capitalizes the first letter of the word email.

“Court to rule later on Georgia, Alabama’s anti-illegal immigration laws”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court in Atlanta announced Thursday that it would wait until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law before it acts on similar statutes in Georgia and Alabama, keeping parts of those measures on hold for months to come.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. asks court to overturn Alabama immigration law.”

“Human rights groups, citizens call on Cebull to step down”: The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge who sent Obama email asks for review.”

Update: The Ninth Circuit’s Circuit Executive issued this statement today.

“Mattel appeals $310M award in Bratz copyright case”: The AP has this report.

“Justices in closed-door meeting on speech freedom”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Dane County DA slams Gableman ‘fee arrangement’ with prominent law firm”: The Wisconsin State Journal contains this article today.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Top Court Asked to Remove Justice Gableman From Labor Law Case.”