“Liberals and libertarians join forces to defend gay marriage rights”: Adam Serwer of msnbc has this report.
Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
“Liberals and libertarians join forces to defend gay marriage rights”: Adam Serwer of msnbc has this report. Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Google friends swamp 9th Circuit in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today. Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard BashmanAccess online the contents of the April 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal: At this link. In this month’s issue, law professor Jeremy Waldron has an essay titled “Five to Four: Why Do Bare Majorities Rule on Courts?” And the issue also contains a feature titled “Federalism as the New Nationalism: A dialogue among a new school of federalism scholars.” Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Man who disrupted Supreme Court gets time served”: The Associated Press has this report. Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Man in videotaped protest inside Supreme Court pleads guilty.” And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Protester Sentenced to Time Served.” Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Battle over Argentina’s debts heads to Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Whether a defendant may remove a case a second time based on diversity jurisdiction more than one year after the commencement of the case?” Some readers may recall that on January 24, 2014 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an order granting my clients’ petition for permission to appeal presenting that issue. Today, on behalf of my clients, the plaintiffs in the case, I filed the opening Brief for Appellants. And for any readers who simply can’t get enough when it comes to appeals involving the law school subjects of federal courts and civil procedure, today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision resolving “whether the federal court in Guam has jurisdiction in disputes exclusively between aliens.” Posted at 6:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Convicted Murderer Still Has Miranda Rights Case”: Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “A man convicted twice for the same murder can sue the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department for failing to read him his rights, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday.” And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Convicted Killer’s Civil Rights Suit Reinstated.” Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Posted at 6:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Argument preview: Justices to consider ‘truth-in-labeling’ fruit juices.” Ronald Mann has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Prenda On Appeal: Copyright Troll Tactics Challenged in DC Circuit.” Corynne McSherry of Electronic Frontier Foundation has this blog post about a case that she and two other attorneys argued yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument via this link (23.1 MB mp3 audio file). Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Aereo to Face Uphill Battle in Supreme Court, Experts Say; With broadcasters on one side and the cloud computing business on the other, the stakes are high — and the case could go either way”: Jonathan Handel has this post today at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter. Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. appeals court upholds hazardous air pollution rule”: Lawrence Hurley has this report on the per curiam ruling that the majority on a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today. Update: In other coverage, Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire reports that “Federal judges uphold landmark EPA mercury and toxics standards.” Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman“According to the plaintiffs, the Senate rule governing filibusters is unconstitutional.” But according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a ruling issued today, the plaintiffs failed to sue the proper defendant and therefore could not obtain any relief on their claim. Update: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Todd Ruger has a post titled “Suit Challenging Senate Filibuster Rule Fails in D.C. Circuit.” Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman“Appellate court strikes down $1 million award in porn case”: Today’s edition of The Knoxville News Sentinel contains an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A federal appeals court Monday struck down a $1 million award of damages to a Greene County teenager against a man who hired prostitutes to have sex with the boy so he could film the encounters.” Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton wrote yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel. Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman |
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