“You can’t make this stuff up. We have hair-pulling, wrist-scratching, face-punching, and rock-throwing—all the makings of a good old-fashioned schoolyard scrap. But alas, the combatants in the fracas underlying this Fourth Amendment case were grown-ups — sisters, in fact. Sheesh.” So begins an opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom issued today.

“LAPD Officer Must Face Some Claims in Shooting of Teens”: Martin Macias Jr. of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at Reason. Billy Binion has a blog post titled “Court Rules Cop Who Shot Unarmed 15-Year-Old Is Protected by Qualified Immunity; The ruling once again shows the legal disgrace that is qualified immunity.”

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

“Famed Composer Morricone Gets New Shot at Royalties”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Ashley Cullins has a post titled “Ennio Morricone Scores Big Appellate Win in Copyright Termination Suit; The composer can reclaim rights for six Italian film scores.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link. Law professor Jane Ginsburg served as lead appellate counsel for the prevailing plaintiff-appellant.

“Philip Morris loses appeal in lawsuit over Connecticut smoker’s death”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Boise officially asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear homeless camping case”: Hayley Harding of The Idaho Statesman has this report.

“Seventh Circuit Guts FTC’s Powers — Setting up Supreme Court Showdown”: Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Samuel Bray has a post titled “A major decision on the FTC and equitable restitution; The Seventh Circuit reverses course.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (which also includes a dissent from the denial of rehearing hearing en banc in which three judges joined) at this link.

“Court rules South Bend abortion clinic to stay open while broader challenge to Indiana laws proceeds”: Caleb Bauer of The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“AG Jeff Landry warns of havoc in Louisiana, Oregon if split juries law deemed unconstitutional”: Gordon Russell of The New Orleans Advocate has this report.

You can access the merits brief that Louisiana filed in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“With control of Ohio Supreme Court up for grabs in 2020, Democrat Jennifer Brunner announces run”: Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“Military Lawyer Denied Promotion While Defending Qaeda Suspect; Allies of a former Navy SEAL say the decision to pass him over smacks of retribution over his willingness to stand up to the military tribunal system”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump court pick denounced feminists, gay-rights groups and diversity efforts in 1990s, 2000s editorials”: Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck of CNN have a report that begins, “A White House aide nominated by President Donald Trump for a federal appeals court seat has a history of denouncing women’s marches against sexual assault, dismissing education about multicultural awareness and accusing a major LGBTQ group of exploiting the brutal murder of a gay student for political ends.”

“Whitehouse dismisses conservative criticism over Supreme Court brief”: Patrick Anderson of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report.

And Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Dem senator hit with bar complaint for ‘openly threatening’ Supreme Court.”

“California Supreme Court will hear challenge to state law that requires Trump to release tax returns”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court judge to give lecture at Rhodes College”: Phillip Jackson of The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee has this report.

“The completely ridiculous way that America is still being held hostage by Aaron Burr; Talk less, legislate more”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“A Proposal to Change How Democrats Think About the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Constitutional Order; Democrats who want to change Senate rules for temporary political gain will rue the day, as they have before”: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has this essay online at The New York Times.

Therein, he writes, “So this is the legacy of the procedural avalanche Democrats set off: Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and 43 new lifetime circuit judges — the most ever at this point in a presidency. The consequences of taking Senator Reid’s advice will haunt liberals for decades.”

“Business lobby prods 9th Circuit to revisit decision curbing consumer arbitration”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Wyden, Merkley Send Names to White House for Prestigious Appellate Court Judgeship; Last time around, President Donald Trump ignored Oregon senators and the Senate rejected his nominee”: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week has this report.

And Rebecca Ellis of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “White House Considers Four Finalists for Oregon Seat On Appeals Court.”

Yesterday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators sent this letter to the White House.

“Silent Originalism and the Reweighting of Precedent”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.