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Thursday, December 28, 2017

“What was the ‘First’ Appellate Court in the Colonial Americas?” Michael Wein has this post at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 11:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court blunders tarnish reputation”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Americans count on the justices to be nearly infallible, but the Supreme Court this year has made two embarrassing stumbles by kicking the wrong lawyers out of the high court’s bar.”

Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court upholds fine against Christian bakers who refused to make same-sex wedding cake”: Gordon R. Friedman of The Oregonian has this report.

Whitney Woodworth of The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon reports that “Oregon court upholds $135,000 fine, part of ruling against bakery in gay wedding cake case.”

Saul Hubbard of The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon reports that “Gresham bakers discriminated against gay couple by refusing to make wedding cake, Oregon Appeals Court rules.”

Bradford Richardson of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court rules against Oregon bakers fined $135K in gay-wedding cake dispute.”

Steven DuBois of The Associated Press reports that “Court rules against Oregon bakers in wedding-cake case.”

And Dan Whitcomb of Reuters reports that “Oregon appeals court upholds damages in gay wedding cake case.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Oregon at this link.

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman