“A Little-Noticed Supreme Court Case Could Deny Justice For Sandra Bland; The court in June immunized jail officials who failed to prevent an inmate’s suicide”: Cristian Farias has this article online today at The Huffington Post.

“IRS commissioner promises not to revoke tax-exempt status of colleges that oppose gay marriage”: The Washington Post has this report.

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Walter Dellinger (Part one).” This post, the first of five parts, appears today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“California to drop appeal of court ruling allowing felons to vote”: Reuters has this report.

And The Sacramento Bee has a news update headlined “Thousands of California felons keep right to vote after Padilla announcement.”

Update: In other coverage, The Los Angeles Times reports that “California could allow more felons to vote, in major shift.”

The Oakland Tribune reports that “Voting rights to be restored for tens of thousands of felons in California.”

And The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Voting rights intact for lower-level California felons.”

“Ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich asks full court to hear appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can view at this link the petition for rehearing en banc filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Appellate court upholds dismissal of Oklahoma license plate lawsuit”: The Oklahoman has a news update that begins, “The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a federal judge’s dismissal of a Bethany pastor’s lawsuit over the Native American imagery on Oklahoma license plates.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“How to Save the Voting Rights Act: We need to stop trying to untangle racism and partisanship by agreeing on one simple idea.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online today at Slate.

“U.S. Appeals Court reduces damages in Carnegie Mellon patent infringement case”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this news update.

Torsten Ove of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Damages reduced in Carnegie Mellon patent case against California firm.”

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Marvell Technology wins cut in $1.54 billion Carnegie Mellon patent award.”

Susan Decker of Bloomberg News reports that “Marvell Gets Reduced Damages in $1.17 Billion Patent Verdict.”

And at “Patently-O,” Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Marvell v. Carnegie Mellon: $300 million is a lot, but not $1.5 billion.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

“U.S. court rejects Ecuador challenge to $96 million Chevron award”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds $96M award to Chevron in dispute with Ecuador.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“U.S. appeals court revives lawsuits against Visa, Mastercard”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit over ATM fees.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“School dean spread sex slander against ex-mistress: lawsuit.” This article appeared in The New York Post in January 2014.

Thereafter, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed the suit as untimely. Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision reinstating a portion of the plaintiff’s suit.

“Appeals court reinstates trucker lawsuit over NY road tolls”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“How the Supreme Court Made It Legal for Cops to Pull You Over for Just About Anything; Even hanging an air freshener”: Ken Armstrong has this article online at The Marshall Project.

“Constitution Check: Does cellphone privacy follow its owner’s wanderings?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Governor slams GOP plan to oust his pick from Va. Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jim Nolan has a front page article that begins, “Gov. Terry McAuliffe blasted Republican legislative leaders Monday for saying they will replace his newly appointed Virginia Supreme Court justice, Jane Marum Roush, with another jurist when the General Assembly reconvenes in special session this month.”

“Federal appeals court: $41M award against Connecticut school might discourage trips abroad.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A New York federal appeals court asked the Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday to help it decide the validity of a $41.5 million jury award to the family of a student injured on a trip to China, saying such a stiff penalty might discourage educational trips.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Alabama probate judge asks state supreme court to issue ‘landmark’ ruling against gay marriage”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Solitary Confinement: Punished for Life.” This article will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Imports of Digital Goods Face Test; Court to decide if ITC has power to halt digital transmissions in trade dispute over orthodontic devices”: Brent Kendall has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Republicans plan to oust McAuliffe’s choice for Virginia Supreme Court”: Jim Nolan of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a news update that begins, “Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled Virginia General Assembly announced that they would not certify Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia and will instead certify another judge in her place.”

And The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Va. Republicans to oust McAuliffe’s Supreme Court pick, install their own.”

“Appeals Court to Hear Arguments Over FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit schedules a Dec. 4 oral-argument date”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Jim Harbaugh Huddles With the Supreme Court; The unusual off-season for Michigan’s new football coach culminates with meeting five Justices; converting Justice Thomas on the Wolverines”: Ben Cohen and Jonathan Clegg of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Civil liberties groups: Freedom at stake in 2nd Circuit seized hard drive case.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

In recent posts from Kenneth Jost at “Jost On Justice”: Yesterday, he had a post titled “Marriage Equality: A Work in Progress.”

And last Sunday he had a post titled “Heat, Not Light, on Changing Supreme Court.”

“‘Building Block 4’ cut seen as pre-emptive move for high court”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report today.

“A Great Legal Job, Or The Greatest Legal Job?” David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law” about a panel presentation titled “Supreme Advocate: Solicitors General Reflect on the Supreme Court As It Was, Is, and Will Be” at the 2015 ABA Annual Meeting.

And in other coverage, the ABA issued a related news release titled “Four Solicitors General remember their time advocating for the government and ‘playing traffic cop.’”

“Jury Awards Disabled Former Student $41.75 Million In Suit Against Hotchkiss School; Cara Munn Contracted Encephalitis On School Trip To China”: This article appeared in The Hartford Courant back in March 2013.
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Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this ruling on the school’s appeal certifying certain questions to the Supreme Court of Connecticut.

“Ex-Justice Dept. Officials Argue Against Federal Prosecutors in Supreme Court Brief”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“FAN 70.1 (First Amendment News) Amarin v. FDA — Important Commercial Speech Case May be Decided Soon”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

“The Hell You Say: The new battles over free speech are fierce, but who is censoring whom?” Kelefa Sanneh has this article in the August 10, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.

“Ex-Free Press reporter wins fight to keep source secret”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.

And The Detroit News reports that “Court rules against bid to unmask Free Press tipster.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Prosecutors faulted in reversal of Vegas mortgage fraud conviction”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued last Friday.

“Howell lawn-mowing suit could head to Supreme Court”: The Livingston (Mich.) Daily Press & Argus has this report about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued last week.

“Rights and legislation: Can Congress over-ride a Supreme Court decision?” Steven Mazie recently had this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Warrantless mobile phone location tracking heads to Supreme Court; Will the justices rule for the government or Fourth Amendment privacy?” David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.