“Colorado Supreme Court won’t hear Lakewood baker discrimination case; The high court’s decision not to hear the case effectively upholds previous rulings that Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cannot cite his religious beliefs or free-speech rights in refusing to make a wedding case for a same-sex couple”: Jordan Steffen of The Denver Post has this report.

Bradford Richardson of The Washington Times reports that “Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear gay wedding cake case.”

And The Associated Press has an report headlined “Colorado court: Ruling stands that baker can’t cite religion.”

“Cosby loses appeal bid, criminal case to resume”: Jeremy Roebuck and Laura McCrystal of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

And Reuters reports that “Cosby sex assault prosecution can move ahead — Pennsylvania court.”

“Infamous objectors’ counsel targeted in sanctions motion in MLB class action”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“Some Thoughts About a Former Colleague”: The prepared remarks that retired Justice John Paul Stevens delivered today at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis can be accessed here.

U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell (D. Ariz.) to succeed Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton as chair of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the U.S. Courts: Effective October 1, 2016, as reported in a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Court: Law doesn’t bar suits against cigarette manufacturers.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Connecticut’s highest court has ruled that lawsuits against cigarette manufacturers aren’t prohibited by an exemption in liability law, bolstering the case of a smoker who got cancer and won a $28 million judgment against a tobacco company.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consists of the opinion of the court and a concurring opinion. The matter was before the court on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

“Offensive Names to Get Day in Court (You, Too, Redskins)”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Tom Brady’s 4-game suspension reinstated by court”: Kim Atkins of The Boston Herald has this report.

Ken Belson of The New York Times reports that “Tom Brady’s Deflategate Suspension Reinstated.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: QB Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ penalty.”

Reuters reports that “Appeals court restores Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ suspension.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Tom Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ Suspension Reinstated by Appeals Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Madness: In Florida prisons, mentally ill inmates have been tortured, driven to suicide, and killed by guards.” Eyal Press has this article in the May 2, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

“A Shy Teen’s Stand for Transgender Rights”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in two new cases.

And in Arrigoni Enters., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined, from the denial of certioari.