“WellDyne Must Face Suit Alleging Misdelivered Drug Caused Death”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Kraft and Florida prosecutors agree: An appeals court must examine spa case.” John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has an article that begins, “In a rare case of agreement, attorneys for Robert Kraft and Florida prosecutors on Tuesday asked a Florida appeals court to conduct an independent review of the legality of Kraft being secretly recorded while allegedly paying for sex in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in January.”
“California prisoners can possess pot but not consume it, appeals court rules; Ruling interpreted Prop. 64”: Nate Gartrell of the East Bay Times has this report.
And Nathan Solis of Courthouse News Service reports that “California Appeals Court Rules Cannabis Possession in Prison Legal.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal at this link.
“Adult Shop Takes Fight With Arkansas City to Eighth Circuit”: Joe Harris of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard today.
“Atheists Appeal Bus Advertising Defeat in Pennsylvania”: Emilee Larkin of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard today.
ACLU of Pennsylvania has posted the appellate briefs and pertinent trial court filings at this link (scroll down).
“An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader and a 1999 murder case — two crimes nearly two centuries apart — provide the backbone to an upcoming 2019 Supreme Court decision that will determine the fate of five tribes and nearly half the land in Oklahoma.” You can access the first two episodes of the “This Land” podcast from Crooked Media via this link.
Eighth Circuit Judge David R. Stras issued two interesting opinions today: The first opinion begins:
If a federal law-enforcement officer lies, manipulates witnesses, and falsifies evidence, should the officer be liable for damages?
And the second opinion addresses the question:
If [a federal prisoner’s] release date had already passed when the government petitioned the district court to [civilly] commit him, was his sentence still “about to expire”?
“The Nuns Are Back Before the Supreme Court, and They’re Trying to Kill the Birth Control Benefit for Good; The Little Sisters of the Poor teamed up with the Trump administration to attack contraception coverage; Will the Roberts Court bless their union?” Jessica Mason Pieklo of RewireNews has this report.
“Minnesota Justice David Lillehaug won’t seek re-election after Parkinson’s diagnosis; He said he is in the early stages of Parkinson’s”: Paul Walsh of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.
“Princeton University establishes Sonia Sotomayor 1976 Scholarship Fund”: Princeton University issued this news release yesterday.
“Ask the author: Interview with Justice John Paul Stevens.” Kate Shaw has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Chief Justice John Roberts is about to show his cards”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“Battle Expected For Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Next Spring”: Marti Mikkelson of WUWM 89.7, Milwaukee’s NPR affiliate, has this report.
“Attorney plagiarizes Supreme Court justices in quest to join Arizona Court of Appeals”: Dillon Rosenblatt of The Arizona Capitol Times has this report.