“Latest court ruling allows Portland panhandlers to stay on street medians; The city’s attempt to ban people from standing on the medians is again deemed unconstitutional, this time by a federal appeals judge”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald.

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

“Justice Breyer Sees Value in a Global View of Law”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over Corporate Prosecution Deals; Justice Department urges federal appeals court to rein in a judge who rejected an agreement as too lenient”: Brent Kendall has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“After a contested court order citing gay marriage Supreme Court ruling, a contested divorce is delayed”: The Chattanooga Times Free Press has an article that begins, “Divorce lawyers are sorting out how to deal with a local judge who drew national attention when he denied a divorce last month, saying the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage took away states’ jurisdiction.”

“Full Court Press: Kagan: Court doesn’t
listen to public opinion.” Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald has this report.

“Time bar for class action opt-outs continues to divide trial courts”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report that begins, “It has been just about a year since the U.S. Supreme Court abruptly tossed In re IndyMac, a case in which the justices were poised to resolve a split between the 2nd and 10th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal on time limits for securities fraud plaintiffs.”

“Oklahoma Inmate the Focus of Renewed Attention as Execution Date Nears”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Erik Eckholm has an article that begins, “Richard E. Glossip was at the center of a major Supreme Court case this year, arguing along with two other men on Oklahoma’s death row that the state’s choice of lethal injection drugs could cause unconstitutional suffering.”