The Washington Redskins filed its Brief for Appellant in the Fourth Circuit last Friday in the team’s trademark revocation appeal: You can access the brief online at this link.
Lisa S. Blatt is the team’s lead counsel on appeal. The brief, which advances a very compelling argument for reversal, had three words to spare, weighing in at a mere 13,997 words.
“Supreme Court to Decide if Georgia Went Too Far in Excluding Black Jurors”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court considers racial bias in jury selection.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court justices criticize racial bias in jury selection.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Justices Fault Rejection of Blacks in Jury-Selection Case; Case centers on 1987 murder trial in which prosecutors trying black defendant struck blacks from jury.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court wrestles with black death row inmate’s jury claim.”
On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Weighs 1987 Conviction By All-White Jury.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: To decide, or not — that is the question.”
“Justices Hear Debate on Suing Companies for Seemingly Harmless Falsehoods”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
In Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Supreme Court split in dispute over faulty information posted online.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may limit class-action lawsuits against tech industry.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Who can sue for injury? Issue divides Supreme Court along ideological lines.”
Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Spokeo Case Stirs Supreme Court; The case involving the people-search website could have broad implications for class-action lawsuits.”
And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “You’ve Got the Wrong Guy. Can I Sue?”
“Who Pays the Price for the First Amendment? The Constitution protects the hateful speech, but the burdens of such speech are unequally distributed.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.
“On This Day, Time Not on Justices’ Side”: Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”
“Justice Kennedy Heed Justice Kennedy: Money Buys Influence.” Rick Hasen has this post today at his “Election Law Blog.”
“Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice argues for following federal court decisions”: The Daily Texan has this report.
“Defending Affirmative Action”: Scott Jaschik has this post today at Inside Higher Ed.
“The Worst Supreme Court Justice in History?” Sean Braswell has this post today at OZY.
“NRA Hired Gun Targets Assault Weapons Ban”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Supreme Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a blog post titled “U.S. Supreme Court considers race discrimination in Georgia death case.”
And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Questions How To Handle Jury Selection Discrimination Case; Questions of procedure bogged down nearly half of the hour-long arguments.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349.
“Supreme Court Clerks Flocking to Jones Day”: Sara Randazzo has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”
“Supreme Court Justices Suggest They May Limit Consumer Suits”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices divided over class action suit against Spokeo.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Dispute over Internet data collection splits high court.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court won’t hear appeal on mortgage ratings“; “High court won’t hear appeal over use of Bob Marley’s image“; “High court won’t hear appeal from Miss. death row inmate“; and “High court rejects ex-stockbroker’s appeal in fraud case.”
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court won’t hear satellite TV providers’ claim on state taxes.”
“Millions from special interest groups pour into Pa. Supreme Court justice race”: Peter Hall and Eugene Tauber have this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“Supreme Court weighing whether to take up Highland Park assault weapon ban”: Dahleen Glanton has this front page article in today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune.
“D.C. law student takes case against Md. gerrymandering to Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Supreme Court Takes On Racial Discrimination In Jury Selection”: On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had this audio segment.
And today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial titled “Excluding Blacks From Juries.”
“In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System'”: This lengthy front page article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times, the second part of a three-part series titled “Beware the Fine Print.”