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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

“Trump gets another seat to fill on influential Atlanta appeals court”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Eleventh Circuit Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, who originally joined what was then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1975 after having served as a federal district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 1970, has announced he will be taking senior status. (Fun fact: he remains the only Article III judge whose last name begins with the letters “Tj.”)

A little over 16 years ago, in early August 2003, Judge Tjoflat participated as an interviewee in this blog’s “20 questions for the appellate judge” series.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ninth Circuit Revives Antitrust Suit Over DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket”: Nathan Solis of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “NFL, DirecTV Face Revived Antitrust Suit Over Telecasts of Out-of-Market Games; The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision to end a nationwide class-action lawsuit over ‘Sunday Ticket.’

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:22 AM by Howard Bashman



Federal district court’s use of form to enforce the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s “three-strike” provision went too far, Seventh Circuit rules: To see why Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane P. Wood is correctly considered one of the federal appellate judiciary’s best writers, one need look no further than this opinion that she issued yesterday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of that court.

Posted at 11:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“The definite article: Ohio State seeks trademark on ‘The’ for university merchandise.” Jim Woods of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice accused of sexual harassment blames ‘whisper campaign'”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times recently had this report.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“State Tax Collectors Want You: The Wayfair ruling has unleashed a revenue grab on small business.” This editorial appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘We will sue and we will win’: Abortion rights advocates promise legal challenge to Tennessee’s proposed ban.” Anita Wadhwani of The Tennessean has this report.

Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman