“9th Circ. Sends Walmart Drug-Test Row Back To Fed. Court”: Cara Bayles of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“Court overturns order on FBI surveillance of Northern California Muslims”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
And Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service reports that “FBI Can Keep Muslim Spy Files Under Wraps, 9th Circuit Rules.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Reality Winner, accused NSA leaker, loses appeals for pretrial release”: Andrew Blake of The Washington Times has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“Ruling rejects Austin’s old fundraising window. What about the new one?” Elizabeth Findell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “Former City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s mixed victory in his fight against Austin campaign finance rules will stand, an appeals court ruled Thursday.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Appeals Court: ISPs Don’t Get Copyright Shield Without Enforcement of Meaningful Repeat Infringer Policy; The 4th Circuit issues a huge piracy ruling and wipes out a $25 million verdict against Cox Communications because of erroneous jury instruction.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.
And Wendy Davis of Digital News Daily reports that “Court Reverses $25 Million Copyright Verdict Against Cox Communications.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Ohio Death-Row Inmates Lose Bid to Halt Executions”: Matt Reynolds of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Illinois Supreme Court finds state gun ban near parks unconstitutional”: Steve Schmadeke of The Chicago Tribune has this report.
And Michael Tarm of The Associated Press reports that “Illinois high court says gun ban near parks unconstitutional.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois at this link.
“Want of jurisdiction saves Willie Gary firm from explosive malpractice suit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about an unpublished, per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.
“Louisiana doesn’t have to keep heat index below 88 degrees on Angola’s death row, court says”: Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.
And Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press reports that “Court overturns heat-index limit on Louisiana’s death row.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court Asks If All 50 States Must Comply with U.S. Constitution’s Excessive Fines Clause; Indiana Supreme Court Ruled It May Impose Excessive Fines in Forfeiture Cases Until the U.S. Supreme Court Says It Can’t”: John Kramer of the Institute for Justice issued this news release today.
“Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito Butt Heads Over the Fourth Amendment, Again; Gorsuch advances another property rights theory of the Fourth Amendment that Alito rejects”: Damon Root has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.
“Getting their dues: Will the Supreme Court deal a blow to trade unions? The court will consider whether unions can require non-member workers to help pay for collective bargaining.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.
“Redistricting Cases Won’t Dictate Outcome of Midterms”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Academic highlight: The debate over nationwide injunctions.” Amanda Frost has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“The Chief Justice, Searching for Middle Ground”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“After legal setbacks, Trump administration races to Supreme Court”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.