“No misdemeanor case about a soiled toilet and a seven-day jail sentence is worth 57 pages of attention from a United States Court of Appeals.” Yesterday at his blog “Hercules and the Umpire,” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had a post titled “On matters of perspective and toilets.”

My earlier coverage of last Friday’s First Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“An Afternoon With Alito”: Rich Lizardo had this post yesterday at “The Spectacle Blog” of The American Spectator.

“Some SC immigration rules still nixed”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Court refuses to revive military sex assault suit”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Swartz FOIA documents bottled up”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Justice Dept. Told Not to Delay Aaron Swartz FOIA.”

“Justice Kennedy: ‘We must know our heritage and our history.'” The Chautauquan Daily has this report.

“Gay marriage in California: State Supreme Court again rejects bid to halt nuptials.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

And Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “California Supreme Court again refuses to stop gay marriage.”

“Confirmed Supreme Court justice nominee Correale Stevens to be sworn in July 30”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this update.

“Supreme Court win boosts fight against drug settlements: FTC.” Reuters has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Todd Ruger has a post titled “FTC Vows Strong Action After Pay-for-Delay Ruling.”

“Death-Penalty Drug Import Ruled Illegal by Appeals Court”: Andrew Zajac of Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “FDA can’t allow execution drug to be imported.”

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

“EPA Ozone Pollution Standard Upheld by U.S. Appeals Court”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court partially upholds ozone pollution rule.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal court upholds Bush-era smog standard.”

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

“Appeals court again rejects Jerusalem passport lawsuit”: Josh Gerstein has this blog post at Politico.com.

And David Ingram of Reuters reports that “U.S. court invalidates passport law on status of Jerusalem.”

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

“Archived Webcast of UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review Now Available”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” You can access the video directly by clicking here.

“Supreme Court rulings on Oklahoma cases to have impact, scholars say”: This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

“A Better Secret Court”: Senior U.S. District Judge James G. Carr (N.D. Ohio) has this op-ed today in The New York Times.

“This is an appeal from a criminal misdemeanor conviction of a defendant convicted of badly soiling a courthouse bathroom.” So began the majority opinion that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued last Friday.

As the first paragraph of Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella‘s dissenting opinion explains:

The momentous importance of this case surely forecasts its deserved place in the annals of federal prosecutorial history. Before us is an appeal from a conviction of a citizen who was prosecuted for soiling federal property after he had the misfortune of involuntarily losing control of his bowels while on the premises of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. This incident was followed by the filing of multiple criminal charges.

The opinions in the case span 53 pages, excluding the four color photographs appended to the dissent.

“The Story Of SCOTUSblog”: This audio segment (click here to launch the audio feed) appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of American University Radio’s “The Kojo Nnamdi Show.” At some point in the broadcast, Lyle Denniston gives a shout-out to “How Appealing.”

“Judges order Md. to act on gas project at heart of state-federal clash”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

“Justice Kennedy lectures to packed Hall of Philosophy”: This article appears today in The Observer of Dunkirk, New York.

“Breyer Reacts to Affirmative Action Decision: ‘Phew.'” Michelle Olsen has this post today at her “Appellate Daily” blog.

“Federal court rules Farmers Branch rental ordinance unconstitutional”: The Dallas Morning News contains this article today, reporting on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday. I have posted the ruling online at this link because it is not yet freely available from that court’s web site.

My earlier coverage of the ruling can be accessed here.

“Appeals court affirms lower court ruling in Akron firefighter promotion case”: The Akron Beacon Journal contains this article today reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Justice Ginsburg: ‘All doors are open to women.'” Tulane Law School issued this news release today.

“Supreme Court shutouts reveal reckless decisions; When the White House loses cases 9-0, the president is going too far”: Law professor Ilya Somin will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of USA Today.

“German home-schoolers to appeal to Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Attorneys for Christian parents who fled Germany in order to home school their children but have been denied U.S. asylum said they are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and were working with Congress to try to change asylum law.”

“Court stops Dallas suburb’s immigrant renters law”: The Associated Press has this report.

I have posted at this link today’s lengthy en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Cherokee Nation court grants joint custody of Baby Veronica to biological father’s wife and parents”: The Tulsa World has this news update.

And today the Cherokee Nation issued a news release titled “Cherokee Nation files petition for rehearing in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.”

“Was Justice Kagan’s Snarkiness in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk Justified?” Law professor Mike Dorf has this post today at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Talk is anything but cheap for phone calls from Pennsylvania’s prison; Inmates charged five times usual rate to make phone calls”: Andrew McGill had this article in yesterday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Federal judge delays North Dakota abortion law”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Former Wyoming Attorney General Greg Phillips born to be a judge, boss says”: This article appears today in The Casper Star-Tribune.

“A Life in the Law: An Interview With Drew Days.” Rodger D. Citron has this interview at the Touro Law Review Online Edition.

“Reporter May Be Bound for Jail Over Subpoena”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

“The ‘intensifying’ art of the dissent”: Robert Barnes has this new installment of his “The High Court” column in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Marshals Lose Track of Encrypted Radios Worth Millions; Loss of Equipment Could Endanger Judges, Witnesses”: Devlin Barrett will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.