“9th Circuit upholds class-action lawsuit by minor league players against MLB”: Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg News reports that “Minor League Ball Players Get Go-Ahead to Sue for Minimum Wage.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
Judge Priscilla R. Owen has issued her partial dissent from the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in the Indian Child Welfare Act case: You can access her opinion at this link.
“Muslim group demands Trump pull court pick who defended Israel, ‘ethnonationalism'”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
Earlier, Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reported that “Trump Names Picks for Second Circuit, Five Other Courts.”
Tal Axelrod of The Hill reported that “Trump taps White House lawyer for federal appeals court.”
And Jake Holland of Bloomberg Law reported that “Trump to Tap White House Aide for N.Y.-Based Appeals Court.”
News flash — obtaining rehearing en banc in the Second Circuit remains quite difficult: As this order and the dissents therefrom issued on Friday demonstrate.
“U.S. Can Block Migrants Seeking Asylum, but Only in Some States, Appeals Court Rules”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.
Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post reports that “Federal court issues split decision, allowing Trump’s latest asylum restrictions to continue in Texas, New Mexico.”
Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit removes nationwide injunction against Trump’s latest plan to limit asylum.”
Brent Kendall and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Appeals Court Bars Trump Asylum Restrictions for California, Arizona; Ninth Circuit won’t block limits in other states, potentially causing more confusion along the southern U.S. border.”
Nomaan Merchant of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border.”
Daniel Trotta of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court deals partial setback to Trump rule to curtail asylum.”
Daniella Silva of NBC News reports that “Appeals court narrows injunction blocking Trump asylum restrictions; The policy, announced by the Trump administration last month, would broadly end asylum eligibility for migrants who pass through another country on their journey to the United States.”
Julián Aguilar of The Texas Tribune reports that “Trump administration’s latest asylum rule allowed to stand in Texas, New Mexico; The ruling could change the fate of thousands of people waiting to apply for asylum in Mexican border cities like Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.”
And in commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “A Lesson in Judicial Humility: The Ninth Circuit, of all places, overrules a national injunction.”
You can access Friday’s order of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Ruling limits border agents’ ability to search cellphones”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
“Supreme court: ‘Patent troll’ isn’t defamatory because nobody knows what it means.” David Brooks of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued on Friday.
“Toobin talks Supreme Court, past and present; CNN chief analyst says court is at a ‘tipping point'”: Lucas Thors of The Martha’s Vineyard Times has this report.
“A Kamikaze Climate Suit: Democratic states suing the EPA could hurt their own emissions cause.” This editorial appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
