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Monday, April 29, 2019

“In NFL ruling, 3rd Circuit upholds broad — but not limitless — power for class action judges”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“In sparring opinion surrounding en banc denial, Eleventh Circuit judges debate the metaphysics of Booker and Johnson“: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog.

And at his “SDFLA Blog,” David Oscar Markus has a related post titled “‘Hmm.’

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions respecting that denial, at this link.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative hopes for new Florida Supreme Court fading in Senate”: John Kennedy of GateHouse Capital Bureau has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court won’t review court decision to appoint special prosecutor in Joe Arpaio case”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Losing Our Fourth Amendment Data Protection: The courts have shielded information when we have a ‘reasonable expectation’ it will stay private; What happens when we stop believing?” Josephine Wolff has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Damon Keith, Federal Judge Who Championed Civil Rights, Dies at 96”: This obituary by Robert D. McFadden appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Court of Supremely Bad Faith: This term, the conservative justices are dreaming up alternate realities to justify their preordained conclusions.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Embrace It in Census Case”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:53 PM by Howard Bashman