“Judges Will Travel, Overturn Decisions”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “In an unusual, head-snapping reversal, Amazon.com has convinced a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to retract an opinion on its search results technique and replace it with a decision in its favor. To make the result even weirder, the single judge who flipped isn’t a member of the 9th Circuit all.”

“Justices reject administration’s advice more often lately”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Illinois spat arises from Supreme Court union dispute”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Dog wins its day in court after defendant challenged canine’s presence in Akron trial”: The Akron Beacon Journal has an article that begins, “An Ohio appeals court has rejected an Ohio prisoner’s claim that the wagging tail of a dog brought into an Akron courtroom to put a young victim at ease swayed the jury in the case.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of Ohio’s all-female Ninth District Court of Appeals at this link. Back in 2013, Court News Ohio had a report titled “Appeals Court Makes History With All-Women Membership.” For similar reports from elsewhere, see here (Milwaukee) and here (San Antonio).

“Appeals court says American can’t sue FBI over abuse claims”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court says a U.S. citizen can’t sue a group of FBI agents he says falsely imprisoned and tortured him for several months in Africa.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Court rules against American citizen held by U.S. agents in Africa.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in which all three judges issued an opinion, at this link.

“Google Books’ Win May Threaten Other Media; An appellate court decision broadens fair use online”: Robert Levine of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

“Kennedy assails prison shortcomings; At Law School, Supreme Court judge cites ‘ongoing injustice’ of system”: The Harvard Gazette has this report.

“Court Rules That Student Loan Company Isn’t Above the Law; This lawsuit could have blocked borrowers from getting their day in court”: Natalie Kitroeff of Bloomberg News has this report.

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s Fourth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“States challenge Obama’s carbon rules in court”: Valerie Volcovici and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have an article that begins, “Twenty-four states said they filed a petition with a U.S. appeals court on Friday to block the Obama administration’s proposal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the centerpiece of its high-profile climate change strategy.”

“Appeals court reverses itself, gives Amazon a trademark win over watchmaker; Decision diverts an impending trial over Amazon’s search function”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s Ninth Circuit ruling on panel rehearing can be accessed here.

“Kathleen Kane lets public judge J. Michael Eakin’s emails”: Steve Esack has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“‘Minion of Satan’ asks to give invocation in Lake”: In today’s edition of The Orlando Sentinel, Christal Hayes has an article that begins, “A South Florida man who describes himself as a ‘minion of Satan’ has requested to give a satanic invocation before a Lake County Commission meeting.”

“U.S. Prosecutor to Drop Insider Trading Cases Against Seven”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Matthew Goldstein has an article that begins, “The impact of a landmark decision that made it harder to prosecute insider trading was amply demonstrated on Thursday as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan moved to dismiss the charges and convictions of seven people.”

“Mormons Say Duty to Law on Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Faith”: Jack Healy has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Ed Whelan vs George Will on ‘judicial restraint'”: Randy Barnett has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”