“Pot club, even if illegal, can collect stolen funds, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.
Courthouse News Service reports that “Bankrupt Lawyer Loses Appeal to Pot Dispensary.”
And Law360.com reports that “Pilfering Lawyer’s Weed Win Goes Up In Smoke In 9th Circ.” (subscription required for full access).
You can read today’s interesting ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Justice Scalia takes on commencement cliches in humor-filled speech”: The Washington Post has this report.
“Water rule’s fate could hang on one man: Justice Kennedy.” Annie Snider and Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire have this report.
“U.S. court rejects American Samoans’ bid for full citizenship rights”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: No birthright citizenship for American Samoa.”
And at “Just Security,” Steve Vladeck has a blog post titled “D.C. Circuit Rejects Birthright Citizenship for American Samoans.”
Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote today’s opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Feds may appeal Brooklyn judge’s decision to toss 100 kiddie porn videos in perv case”: The New York Daily News published this article in July 2013.
Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision affirming the suppression order.
“New York Court Rules for Immigrant in Fight to Become Lawyer”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
You can access Wednesday’s per curiam ruling of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, at this link.
“McConnell Puts Squeeze on New Obama Federal Judges”: At Roll Call, Niels Lesniewski has a blog post that begins, “President Barack Obama shouldn’t be too optimistic about getting a lot of federal appeals court judges confirmed by the Senate.”
And Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post reports that “Mitch McConnell Says Obama’s Circuit Court Nominees Won’t Be Confirmed Anymore.”