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Monday, March 10, 2014

“Sotomayor Earns Another Scolding As She Breaks From Majority In Railroad Case”: Daniel Fisher has this post today at Forbes.com.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rules against Forest Service in ‘blow to rail-trail efforts'”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Coalition Pushes Cameras in U.S. Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Deciding If Death Row Inmates Get to Know How They’ll Be Killed”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States, No. 12-1173. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Update: In news coverage, Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Court ruling in land dispute could threaten bike trails.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Court rules for landowner in trail dispute.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trail Ownership in Doubt as Supreme Court Backs Landowner.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices deliver blow to ‘rails-to-trails’ policy.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Victory — and money — for landowners.”

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted the Order List at this link. The Court granted review in one case and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t hear dispute over ‘boobies’ bracelets” and “Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme court declines to hear ‘I (heart sign) boobies’ case.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Declines District’s Appeal in ‘Boobies’ Student-Speech Case.”

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman