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Friday, November 15, 2019

“Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry; Mr. Reed had been scheduled to die on Wednesday; Celebrities, politicians and the state’s parole board had all argued for a reprieve”: Manny Fernandez and Richard A. Oppel Jr. of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Google and Oracle Copyright Case; The justices agreed to decide whether the search giant was liable for billions in a dispute over its Android operating system”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Consider Google Appeal of Oracle Win in Copyright Case; Justices will examine protections for computer code, fair use by other programmers.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to decide Google-Oracle software copyright dispute, with billions of dollars at stake.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court steps into Google-Oracle copyright fight.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Google bid to end Oracle copyright suit.”

Greg Stohr and Susan Decker of Bloomberg News report that “Google Gets Supreme Court Hearing in Oracle Copyright Clash.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in massive copyright suit brought by Oracle.”

Steven Overly of Politico reports that “Supreme Court to hear copyright case pitting Google against Oracle; The decision to hear the case marks a temporary win for Google.”

Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technica reports that “Supreme Court agrees to review disastrous ruling on API copyrights; A 2018 ruling on API copyrights could cause problems for the software industry.”

Carrie Mihalcik of c|net reports that “Google-Oracle copyright fight is headed to the Supreme Court; Oracle previously asked for $8.8 billion in damages.”

Harper Neidig and Emily Birnbaum of The Hill report that “Supreme Court to take up Google-Oracle fight.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Will Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Clash.”

You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Should Tell Trump He Is Not Above the Law; The president has asked the court whether he enjoys absolute immunity; The answer should be an emphatic no”: Corey Brettschneider has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Barbara Lagoa — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman