“Merck, Pfizer, HSBC could be big winners from shareholder case”: Andrew Longstreth of Reuters has a report that begins, “Within the next two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in a major case that could make it much harder for shareholders to band together against public companies in securities fraud class actions.”
“Appeals Court Rules Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer Will Stay at St. Louis Art Museum Because Government Missed Deadlines”: The “Art Law Report” blog has this post on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.
Earlier coverage of the dispute can be accessed from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (here and here), The Atlantic, and The New York Times.
“Bobby Jindal signs anti-abortion bill Thursday likely to close clinics in Baton Rouge, New Orleans”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.
And Reuters reports that “Louisiana governor to sign into law new restrictions on abortions.”
“Inherited IRAs in play for bankruptcy creditors — US high court”: Reuters has this report.
“Supreme Court Says Coca-Cola Can Be Sued Over Juice Drink”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court says Coca-Cola can be sued over juice drink label.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court: Juice makers can be sued for ‘tricking’ consumers.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today has a report headlined “Justices: Coke’s pomegranate juice not the real thing.”
At his “Suits & Sentences” blog, Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has a post titled “POM Wonderful wins at Supreme Court.”
And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman and Marcia Coyle have a post titled “Supreme Court Says POM Can Sue Coke for False Advertising.”
“The life and legacy of Antonin Scalia: Few Supreme Court justices have garnered as much controversy as Antonin Scalia, and author Bruce Allen Murphy explores Scalia’s complexities in his new biography, ‘Scalia: A Court of One.'” msnbc has posted online this video segment.
“Thrown Out of Court: How corporations became people you can’t sue.” Lina Khan has this article in the June/July/August 2014 issue of Washington Monthly magazine.
“High court: Property owners not liable in fatal car vs. horse crash.” The Petoskey (Mich.) News-Review has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Michigan Supreme Court says owners of Emmet County farm not liable in fatal horse-car crash.”
You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Michigan at this link.
“Clever piece of code exposes hidden changes to Supreme Court opinions”: Jeff John Roberts has this post today at Gigaom.
Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.
1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Clark v. Rameker, No. 13-299. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. And Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court (with Justice Stephen G. Breyer not participating) in POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co., No. 12-761. You can access the oral argument via this link.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: Inherited IRAs not protected in bankruptcy” and “Court rules for Pom Wonderful in dispute with Coke.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Coca-Cola Must Face Pomegranate Drink Suit, Court Says.”
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. rules for POM against Coke in labeling dispute.”
“Confirmation hearings for NJ Supreme Court nominees Rabner, Solomon set for next week”: Salvador Rizzo of The Newark Star-Ledger has this report.
And The Record of Hacensack, New Jersey reports that “Confirmation hearings set for Christie’s N.J. Supreme Court nominees.”
“Oklahoma Supreme Court terminates contract for construction of super website; Oklahoma will try to complete delayed system on its own”: The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “In a move that upset legislators, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has canceled an $11 million contract with the company that was creating a super website of court information.”
“Six Supreme Court Decisions to Watch for This Month”: Newsweek has this report.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue additional rulings in argued cases today at 10 a.m. eastern time.
“Rappers v. Scotus: Who uses a bigger vocabulary, Jay Z or Scalia?” Adam Chilton, Kevin Jiang, and Eric Posner have this essay online at Slate.
“Undecided”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.