“McCaffery ordered to turn in court-issued equipment”: In Wednesday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis and Jeremy Roebuck will have an article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday told Justice Seamus P. McCaffery to turn over computers and other court-issued equipment, and moved swiftly to cancel the Internet service it provides at McCaffery’s Northeast Philadelphia home.”
And in Wednesday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Brad Bumsted will have an article headlined “Justice blames feud for his ouster; chief of court admits he did seek to remove him.”
“Federal appeals court overturns conviction in D.C. child sex predator case”: The Washington Times has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.
“Foreign Chefs Get Treat in Court’s Visa Ruling; Appeals Judges Find Brazilian Steakhouse’s Cooks Have Specialized Knowledge”: Joe Palazzolo will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
And at the “Federal Eye” blog of The Washington Post, Jerry Markon and Tim Carman have an entry titled “Fogo de Chao wins meaty case in visa fight with Homeland Security.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“Appeals Court Rejects Police Handcuffing of Elementary Student”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.
“Puerto Rico Federal Judge: Only Supreme Court Can Allow Same-Sex Marriage.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.
“Washington Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Backpage Case”: Boise State Public Radio has this report.
KIRO-TV reports that “Backpage.com lawsuit could have major effect on sex trafficking.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Backpage.com ask high court to throw out lawsuit.”
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets ready for her close-up”: Politico.com has this report.
“Corbett in Phila. signs ‘Mumia bill'”: Joe Dolinsky of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “Just a few feet from the site where Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was gunned down by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, Gov. Corbett on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would censor former offenders from causing victims mental anguish.”
“Pa. Justice McCaffery agrees to drop suit against Inquirer”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery agreed Tuesday to withdraw his defamation suit against The Inquirer for articles detailing how his wife collected lucrative referral fees from personal-injury law firms while serving as his judicial aide.”
“McCaffery, Rapaport Drop Defamation Suit”: Gina Passarella of The Legal Intelligencer has this news update. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Seamus McCaffery adviser: No official misconduct charge expected.”
“Law signed to curb Abu-Jamal’s ‘obscene celebrity'”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Ignoring the chants of protesters on the block where a police officer was killed and the cause celebre of Mumia Abu-Jamal was born, Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law Tuesday a measure he said would curb the ‘obscene celebrity’ cultivated by convicts at the expense of victims.”
“Porn and consequences: McCaffery is suspended from Pa. high court.” Chris Brennan has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News.
“States, enviros slam ozone limits in contentious court hearing”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.
“A closer look at Bashman’s winning brief”: Matthew Stiegler has this very kind post today at his “CA3blog.”
“State’s highest court reinstates slander suit against Syracuse University, Boeheim”: The Syracuse Post-Standard has this news update.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Ex-ball boys can sue Boeheim for slander.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York at this link.
“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits San Jose State”: Howard Mintz has this article in today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News.
“When Ron Castille Called Seamus McCaffery a ‘Sociopath’: The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighs in on his colleague.” Joel Mathis has this blog post today at Philadelphia Magazine.
John L. Micek of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an essay titled “Castille’s scathing opinion lays bare dysfunction on Pa.’s highest court.”
And today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial titled “Rough justice.”
“Obama: Let schools use race in admissions.” The Detroit News has this report.
“Feds’ child slavery case fizzles, suspect gets 21 months”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.
My earlier coverage of the Sixth Circuit’s August 2014 ruling in this case can be accessed here.
