Ninth Circuit grants rehearing en banc in anti-slap case: You can access Friday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.
This blog’s earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.
And in news coverage of that earlier, now-vacated, ruling, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle had an article headlined “Conviction overturned: She slapped him on an airplane but case was prosecuted in wrong jurisdiction.”
“Groupon Photo Use Suit Properly Denied Class Status: 7th Circuit.” Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Wednesday.
“Court Grants Immunity to Guards Who Kept Naked Inmate in Cell Covered with ‘Massive Amounts of Feces'”: Jerry Lambe has this post at the “Law & Crime” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.
“NAACP’s Constitutional Challenge to 2020 Census Revived”: Bernie Pazanowski and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report (subscription may be required for full access).
And Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit Reinstates Suit Over Census Preparations.”
You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“AP Exclusive: Computer plate umps allowed in new labor deal.” Ben Walker and Ronald Blum of The Associated Press have this report. The article mentions Atlantic League umpire Brian deBrauwere, whose last mention here at “How Appealing” was in this post from September 3, 2009.
“In a first, appeals court raises privacy questions over government searches for Americans’ emails”: Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post has this report.
Mark Hosenball of Reuters has a report headlined “Warrant not always needed for ‘inadvertent’ NSA surveillance of Americans: U.S. court.”
And at Techdirt, Tim Cushing has a post titled “Second Circuit Says Warrantless Backdoor Searches Of NSA Collections Might Violate The Fourth Amendment.”
You can access Wednesday’s partially redacted ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Libertarian Party tells Supreme Court state law keeps its candidates off ballot”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.
“Buttigieg, Klobuchar lay out criteria for potential judicial nominees”: Harper Neidig of The Hill has this report.
“A fair trial in the Senate: Senators and the chief justice must honor their duties under the Constitution.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.
“DOJ tells court McGahn subpoena is moot after impeachment vote”: Harper Neidig of The Hill has this report.
“Tuesday Deadline To Apply For Florida Supreme Court Seats”: News Service of Florida has this report.
“U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a Crete man’s immigration case”: Lori Pilger of The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star has this report.
“A Day at the Abortion Clinic at the Center of the Supreme Court Case; Louisiana clinic faces busy Saturdays, with patients and protesters who often drive for hours”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.