“Union can videotape picket line, Supreme Court rules in privacy case”: The Toronto Globe and Mail has this news update.
The Edmonton Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court quashes appeal by privacy commissioner on striking Edmonton workers; Alberta given one year to change legislation to protect freedom of expression.”
The Calgary Sun has a news update headlined “Alberta’s privacy laws unconstitutional: Supreme Court.”
Financial Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court of Canada invalidates Alberta’s privacy legislation.”
And The Canadian Press reports that “Supreme Court sides with Alberta union in picket-line privacy case.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.
“Justices to Revisit Securities Fraud Suits”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.
And in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall will have an article headlined “Supreme Court to Review Key Securities-Fraud Case.”
“Supreme Court to review police chase into Memphis”: The Memphis Commercial Appeal has this news update.
“Justices to hear case on shareholder lawsuits; Energy giant Halliburton, with two lower court strikes against it, seeks a reversal from the high court’s conservative justices”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Convicted killer, Andrew Sasser, wins hearing on appeal for Arkansas murder 20 years ago”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.
“Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas opens up during conservative gala”: Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court’s most happy fella.”
“Court grants two cases”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
Update: In other news coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Investor Suits Challenged as Court Takes Halliburton Case.”
The Associated Press reports that “Court to decide if company can try to block suit” and “High court to hear case of police sued over chase.”
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices agree to hear Halliburton securities class action.”
You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Newspapers lose challenge to direct mail deal”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.
“Judge suspends entire sentence for convicted former state Supreme Court justice Orie Melvin”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.
And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Judge suspends Melvin’s sentence until higher court rules on her appeal.”
“Federal lawsuit against Pa. gay marriage ban survives first legal challenge”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this update.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Judge clears way for trial on Pa. gay marriage ban.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania gay marriage suit takes big step toward trial.”
I have posted online at this link today’s memorandum and order of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Second Circuit affirms rejection of Fourth Amendment challenge to the New York City Police Department’s policy of administering a breathalyzer test to any officer who discharges a firearm resulting in death or personal injury: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
Second Circuit certifies to New York State’s highest court the question whether, “for purposes of administering a law firm’s bankruptcy, New York law treats a dissolved law firm’s pending hourly fee matters as its property”: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in the Thelen LLP Chapter 7 case, at this link.
“Federal appeals court upholds Rita Crundwell’s nearly 20-year sentence for Dixon theft case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court is upholding a nearly 20-year prison sentence for a thieving former bookkeeper who stole almost $54 million from the northern Illinois community of Dixon.”
Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote today’s ruling (featuring a classic second sentence) on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Third time’s not the charm for Starbucks in its trademark dilution litigation against Mister Charbucks: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
Update: In news coverage, Reuters reports that “Starbucks loses ‘Charbucks’ appeal.”
“In Texas courtroom, a battle resumes over race”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.
Access online the audio of Justice Clarence Thomas’s remarks last night at the 2013 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, DC: Last night, C-SPAN Radio covered the remarks live. As luck would have it, at least for the time being you can hear the audio of the portion of last night’s event involving Justice Thomas via this link from C-SPAN beginning at the 4 minute and 11 second mark. (This audio segment consists of only approximately the first 40 minutes of Justice Thomas’s interview.)
Update: This morning at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Joyous Justice Thomas Speaks to Federalist Society.”
“The Stop-and-Frisk Case Takes Another Turn”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
And Reuters reports that “Half of New York’s stop-and-frisk arrests yield convictions, report says.”
“Many Want To Hang ‘No Atheists Allowed’ On Supreme Court”: Emily Swanson of The Huffington Post has this report.
“‘Grateful’ Justice Thomas reflects on his personal, professional journey”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.
And at MSNBC, Ned Resnikoff has a report headlined “Did Clarence Thomas flout ethics rules?”
“Kopf’s top ten lessons a young federal trial judge should take away from the Scheindlin/Second Circuit debacle”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his blog, “Hercules and the Umpire.”
“Judge agrees to delay modifying Orie Melvin’s sentence — for now”: Jason Cato of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this news update.
And The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Judge threatens to postpone entire sentence for former Pa. justice Orie Melvin.”
Access online the audio of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit oral argument in Abigail Fisher v. State of Texas: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has posted the audio of yesterday’s oral argument at this link (54.3 MB Windows Media Audio file).
U.S. Supreme Court grants writ of beardeas corpus: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices say inmate can keep beard while contesting policy.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Justices: Ark. inmate can grow beard, for now.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“U.S. argues for broad limit on teens’ gun rights”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Mining company requests Supreme Court review of EPA veto case”: Jeremy P. Jacobs and Manuel Quinone of Greenwire have this report.
“Sandusky Supreme Court appeal would have no merit, attorney general’s prosecutor argues”: The Centre Daily Times of State College, Pennsylvania has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Prosecutors argue against Jerry Sandusky appeal.”
“Cruz Attacks DOJ Advocacy at Federalist Society Meeting”: Jenna Greene has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“A Few Thoughts on the DOJ Brief in the Lavabit Case”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
Seventh Circuit affirms preliminary injunction prohibiting Cracker Barrel Old Country Store from selling food products to grocery stores under the name “Cracker Barrel,” which is a registered trademark of Kraft: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, written by Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, at this link.
“Google prevails over authors in book-scanning U.S. lawsuit”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “Google Inc on Thursday won dismissal of a lawsuit by authors who accused the Web search and media group of digitally copying millions of books for an online library without permission.”
I have posted online at this link today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Update: In other coverage, The New York Times reports that “Judge Sides With Google on Book Scanning Suit.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Google Wins Dismissal of Suit Over Digital Books Project.”
“Settlement ends long legal fight on Mount Holly housing; Mount Holly Gardens residents charged bias”: This article appears today in The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that “Mount Holly Gardens discrimination dispute settled.”
In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Robbie Whelan and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “New Jersey Fair-Housing Suit Skirts the Supreme Court.”
At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a post titled “Major Supreme Court Civil Rights Challenge Settles.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “New fair housing case settled.”
“Federal Panel Softens Tone on Judge It Removed From Stop-and-Frisk Case”: Benjamin Weiser and Joseph Goldstein have this article today in The New York Times.
The New York Daily News reports today that “‘Frisk’ judge Shira Scheindlin gets hushed by federal appeals panel; ‘No precedent suggesting that a district judge has standing before an appellate court to protest reassignment of a case,’ jurists say of bid to defend her handling of suit vs. the NYPD.”
Newsday reports today that “Judge Shira Scheindlin, in stop-and-frisk case, can’t challenge appeals panel ruling.”
The New York Post has an article headlined “Court rejects booted ‘stop-frisk’ judge’s request to tell her side,” an editorial titled “Scheindlin’s appeal gets shot down,” and an op-ed by Seth Lipsky titled “Shira slapped again.”
And at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has a post titled “Not with a bang but a whimper.”
“Bring Me a Case”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Texas University’s Race Admissions Policy Is Debated Before a Federal Court”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
And The Horn reports that “UT affirmative action case continues in lower court.”
When the audio of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit oral argument becomes available online, I will link to it.
“Religious freedom and federal building security”: The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal has this blog post discussing a kirpan-related ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.
