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Friday, June 5, 2015

“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.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Water rule’s fate could hang on one man: Justice Kennedy.” Annie Snider and Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire have this report.

Posted at 5:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman