“Appeals court tosses veterans’ lawsuits over burn pits”: Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Jeff Flake threatens to block Trump’s appellate court nominees over Cuba travel, tariffs”: Ariane de Vogue and Ted Barrett of CNN have this report.

“Fourth Circuit Nominees Breeze Through Senate Hearing”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Michael Macagnone of Law360.com reports that “Judicial Nominees Talk Cocaine, Incest At Bizarre Hearing.”

You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

“Federal appeals court decision recognizes ‘humanity’ of immigrant children detained in Berks County facility”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued on Monday.

“Denise Clayton named Kentucky Court of Appeals’ first black chief judge”: Matthew Glowicki of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Merging of suspects’ trials could prove problematic for evidence.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“U.S. court revives Dr Pepper challenge to Coca-Cola ‘zero’ drinks”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

My coverage of today’s Federal Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

Update: In other news coverage, Mehr Nadeem of Bloomberg News reports that “Coke’s Bid for ‘Zero’ Trademark Tossed Back on Dr. Pepper Appeal.” (Sorry Bloomberg News, but the “Dr” in “Dr Pepper” doesn’t include any punctuation.)

“Teen in ‘Making a Murderer’ asks high court to take his case”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“WV Supreme Court justice Loughry indicted on fraud, other charges”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report. The newspaper has posted a copy of the federal indictment online at this link.

“Don’t Cite Me Like That”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Against the Rehabilitation of Hirabayashi v. United States”: Eric Muller has this post at “The Faculty Lounge” blog.

Today’s Federal Circuit ruling is of ZERO relevance: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today issued this ruling in a case captioned Royal Crown Co. v. Coca-Cola Co.

“The TTABlog” covered the ruling of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that today’s Federal Circuit decision reviewed in a post titled “ZERO Not Generic for Soft Drinks, Says TTAB, In Multi-Mark Battle.”

“Appeals Court Follows Bench Ruling With Opinion Backing Pro-Transgender Policy”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week. You can access Monday’s opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Alaska Supreme Court elects new chief justice; Three-year term will start July 1”: James Brooks of The Juneau Empire has this report.

“In an exasperating abdication of responsibility, the Supreme Court says ‘never mind’ on gerrymandering”: The Los Angeles Times has published this editorial.

“Tucson-based Asarco must pay copper bonuses, appeals court rules”: David Wichner of The Arizona Daily Star has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Supreme Court protects even the unruliest of government critics from retaliation”: The Los Angeles Times has published this editorial.