How Appealing



Tuesday, August 13, 2013

“NM ruling: Non-English speakers can be jurors.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The New Mexico Supreme Court is cautioning trial courts and lawyers in the heavily Hispanic state that citizens who don’t speak English have the right to serve on juries — a right enshrined in the state constitution even if people are non-English speakers.”

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

Posted at 10:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Florida will ask Supreme Court to limit Georgia’s water use”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

The Orlando Sentinel has a news update headlined “Another Fla.-Ga. water war looming.”

The Tampa Bay Times has a news update headlined “Governor sues Georgia over water as Rubio and Nelson blame Army for lost oyster industry.”

The Tampa Tribune reports that “Gov. Scott to sue Georgia over water consumption.”

The Times of Gainesville, Georgia has a news update headlined “Fla. governor says state will sue Georgia over water.”

AL.com reports that “Florida to file suit over Georgia’s water use in Supreme Court.”

Reuters reports that “Florida to sue Georgia over lost oyster beds in water rights battle.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Florida to Sue Georgia in U.S. Supreme Court Over Water.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Scott says state will sue Georgia over water.”

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Akin Gump Names New Co-Leader for its Supreme Court Practice”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. court demands decision on Nevada nuclear waste project”: Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram of Reuters have this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: Obama violating law on nuke site.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a news update headlined “Federal court orders NRC to restart licensing process for Yucca Mountain.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Bid Must Be Processed.”

And Politico.com reports that “Court tells NRC to revive Yucca Mountain review,”

Posted at 12:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Behind the bench: Q&A with Missouri Supreme Court Justice Mary Rhodes Russell.” The Missouri Times has posted this interview online today.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Coverage in the Digital Age”: C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of a stellar panel that was part of the program last Thursday at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference in Washington, DC.

Panelists included Adam Liptak of The New York Times, Robert Barnes of The Washington Post, Pete Williams of NBC News, and Tony Mauro of National Law Journal. At one point in the discussion, “How Appealing” is mentioned.

Posted at 8:51 AM by Howard Bashman