“Dismissal of lawsuit over Birmingham’s minimum wage hike reversed by appeals court”: Ivana Hrynkiw of the Alabama Media Group has this report.

Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News has an article headlined “Black Cities in Red States Win Key Victory in Minimum Wage Fight; A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit claiming Alabama legislators were motivated by race when they quashed a Birmingham pay law.”

John Blake of CNN reports that “Fight to raise minimum wage wins court victory in Birmingham.”

And Dave Jamieson of HuffPost reports that “Fast-Food Workers Notch Win In Alabama Minimum Wage Fight; The workers have a plausible claim that white Alabama lawmakers violated their rights by blocking Birmingham’s minimum wage, an appeals court ruled.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“9th Circuit Court: Chino Valley Unified school board prayer unconstitutional.” Beau Yarbrough has this front page article in today’s edition of The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin of Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit Court panel rejects prayer at Chino Valley school board meetings.”

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Appeals court rules that prayers at school board meetings are unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Court says women have ‘ability to reason’ in upholding block on abortion waiting period”: Vic Ryckaert of The Indianapolis Star has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Wednesday.

And in other coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Indiana loses appeal in lawsuit over abortion ultrasound measure.”

“Pennsylvania transgender bathroom case splits U.S. appeals court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today on panel rehearing and an opinion in which four judges joined dissenting from the denial of a sua sponte rehearing en banc on today’s revised ruling.

“Employers must pay workers for brief time they spend opening and closing workplaces, California’s top court says.” Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “In Starbucks case, California court says workers owed for off-the-clock time.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Retiring Justice Kennedy sees European ties as vital”: Amy Taxin of The Associated Press has this report.

“This court has gone to the left. Trump has a chance to move it to the right.” Emma Dumain and Brian Murphy of McClatchy DC have a report that begins, “President Donald Trump has spent his first 18 months in office restocking, and reshaping, courts all across the federal judiciary. Now he has the chance to make his mark on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“Sen. Pat Toomey meets Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, promises support”: Jonathan Tamari of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Laura Olson of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “After meeting with SCOTUS nominee, Pat Toomey say he’ll vote for Brett Kavanaugh.”

“Boys on the Bench: All the lame excuses conservatives are making to explain why the president isn’t nominating female judges.” Mark Joseph Stern and Sofie Werthan have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary? A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era.” Carrie Johnson of NPR has a report that begins, “Less than a year into a lifetime appointment, a 45-year-old federal appeals court judge named James Ho may embody President Trump’s most enduring legacy.”

“Kagan: Confirmation gridlock makes Supreme Court look like ‘junior varsity politicians.'” Jamie Ehrlich of CNN has this report.

And The Chicago Maroon reports that “UChicago Students Question Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.”

The student newspaper posted an audio recording from the event on YouTube at this link.