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Thursday, June 12, 2014

“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.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Clever piece of code exposes hidden changes to Supreme Court opinions”: Jeff John Roberts has this post today at Gigaom.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



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.”

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.”

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 8:17 AM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, June 11, 2014

“‘Where Do You Think That Rage Came From?’ To get parole, people sentenced to life as juveniles must reckon with their pasts.” Beth Schwartzapfel has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 5:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Embattled Nominee Michael Boggs Held Up As Other Judicial Candidates Moving Forward”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report today.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court: Warrantless cell tracking unconstitutional.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

The decision was written by visiting Senior D.C. Circuit Judge David B. Sentelle, on behalf of a unanimous three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel.

Update: In other coverage, David Kravets of Ars Technica has an article headlined “Get a warrant for cell phone location tracking, US appeals court says; Decision makes the surveillance issue ripe for Supreme Court intervention.”

Reuters reports that “Appeals court limits police use of cell phone location data.”

At Gigaom, Jeff John Roberts has a post titled “In major privacy ruling, court says police need warrant to track phone users’ location.”

And at the “Just Security” blog, Jennifer Granick has a post titled “Eleventh Circuit Says No to Warrantless Cell Tracking, Calls Other Metadata Programs Into Question.”

Posted at 5:32 PM by Howard Bashman



Sixth Circuit rejects argument that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that Catholic Church-related non-profits “self certify” their religious objections to the provision of contraceptive services imposes a “substantial burden” under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: You can access today’s unanimous ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Mich. Catholic Conf. v. Burwell at this link.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“B.C. lawyers vote overwhelmingly against Trinity Western’s law school amid claims of gay discrimination”: The Vancouver Sun has an article that begins, “Provincial lawyers soundly rebuked the governors of the Law Society of B.C. Tuesday and overwhelmingly voted to rescind approval of a law school for Trinity Western University because of its controversial Community Covenant.”

Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Forensic Science Isn’t Science: Why juries hear — and trust — so much biased, unreliable, inaccurate evidence.” Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 7:45 AM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, June 10, 2014

“State Supreme Court to hear Yelp case on consumer reviews”: The Washington Times has an article that begins, “The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the popular website Yelp, which was ordered earlier this year to turn over the names of seven reviewers who anonymously criticized a prominent local carpet-cleaning business.”

Posted at 11:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Citing Supreme Court win, Obama admin urges dismissal of Camp Lejeune cases”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Electronics Plant in Poisoned Water Case”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“District judge fines man $50 for wearing low pants in court; He’s ‘old enough to understand,’ District Judge Wayne Maura says”: This front page article appears today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 9:02 AM by Howard Bashman



Monday, June 9, 2014