“The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Bring Constitutional Equality to Puerto Rico; A century ago, the court denied rights to territorial residents because they are an ‘alien race’; It’s time to end this vestige of ‘separate but equal'”: Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Deutsche Bank Does Not Have Trump’s Tax Returns, Court Says”: David Enrich of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Trump’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, does not have the president’s tax returns, according to court order.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Deutsche Bank Doesn’t Have Trump’s Tax Returns, Appeals Court Says; Ruling came in broader legal battle involving congressional subpoenas to banks for president’s financial information.”

Matt Scuffham of Reuters reports that “Deutsche Bank tells U.S. court it does not have Trump’s tax returns.”

Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “Deutsche Bank Doesn’t Have Trump’s Tax Returns, Court Says.”

Katelyn Polantz, Cristina Alesci, and Caroline Kelly of CNN report that “Deutsche Bank tells court it does not hold Trump’s tax returns.”

Zachary Warmbrodt of Politico reports that “Deutsche Bank doesn’t have Trump’s tax returns, court says.”

And Naomi Jagoda of The Hill reports that “Appeals court says Deutsche Bank doesn’t have Trump’s tax returns.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Dan Markel case: Jury sequestered for deliberations after attorneys make closing arguments.” Karl Etters and Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat have this report.

And Ashley Trawick of The Tallahassee Democrat reports that “ABC to air ’20/20′ crime special on Dan Markel murder trial.”

“Drug companies fail to persuade appeals court that Cleveland federal judge should step down from opioid litigation”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court will not disqualify judge in opioid cases or delay trial.”

Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “6th Circuit refuses to halt opioids bellwether trial, denying Ohio AG’s mandamus bid.”

And at the “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog,” Benjamin Beaton and Barrett Block have a post titled “Opioid Update: Sixth Circuit Won’t Halt Bellwether Trial (and more).”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Justice Alito’s desperation move”: Andrew Koppelman has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

And at “Dorf on Law,” Michael C. Dorf has a blog post titled “The Way to Stop the Title VII Parade of Horribles is to Stop Parading the Horribles.”

“The Supreme Court May Soon Deal a Final, Fatal Blow to the Voting Rights Act; A vital tool in the battle against voter suppression is in serious legal jeopardy”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Impeachment: Chief Justice John Roberts would be the ‘umpire’ in Senate trial of President Trump.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.