“Supreme Court Struggles to Apply Robocall Ban in Facebook Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that “Justice Scalia’s Writing Partner Wields Their Book in Debut Supreme Court Argument.”
Jack Rodgers of Courthouse News Service reports that “Justices Struggle to Measure Facebook Texts Against Outdated Spam Law.”
Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “Justices chafe at interpreting ‘anachronistic’ TCPA in Facebook unwanted texts case.”
And at Law & Crime, Elura Nanos has a post titled “Supreme Court Justices Appeared Dazzled by Legal Celebrity at Oral Arguments in Robocall Case Against Facebook.”
You can access via this link the audio and transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511.
“Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Judge Andrew Oldham.” Duke University School of Law has posted this video on YouTube.
“Trump’s legacy on courts still building in waning days of presidency; Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on three more lower trial court nominees, including one to replace Amy Coney Barrett”: Fred Lucas of Fox News has this report.
“The $124 billion Supreme Court case that could throw the housing market into turmoil, explained; Collins v. Mnuchin is an early test of just how much chaos the Supreme Court’s new majority is willing to impose on the government”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Raimondo names Melissa Long, Erin Lynch-Prata to RI Supreme Court; The governor made Rhode Island history with three nominations that would raise Black, Latina and Asian-American women into coveted posts”: Katie Mulvaney of The Providence Journal has this report.
And Amanda Milkovits and Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe report that “Rhode Island Supreme Court could be majority women for the first time in history; Governor Raimondo nominated a diverse slate of judges to several courts on Tuesday, including the first Latina to the Family Court and the first Asian-American woman to the Superior Court.”
“Rehearing En Banc Granted in State-Action Antitrust Appeal; The en banc Eleventh Circuit will address whether defendants can immediately appeal denials of the state-action antitrust defense”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog about an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“Passing of Former Chief Judge Ralph K. Winter”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued this announcement.
“Texas AG Asks the Supreme Court for a Coup; Ken Paxton and Donald Trump have a bizarre view of justice”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Tesla called her a criminal. Her fight could be a milestone for employees’ rights.” Russ Mitchell has this report on a case currently pending on appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
“Supreme Court denies Trump allies’ bid to overturn Pennsylvania election results”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rejects GOP congressman’s last-minute effort to upend Pennsylvania’s election results.”
Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Vote; In a one-sentence order, the court refused to overturn election results that had already been certified and submitted.”
Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Denies Long-Shot Republican Bid to Block Pennsylvania Election Results for Joe Biden.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to hear Trump allies’ challenge to Pennsylvania election.”
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court bucks Pennsylvania election challenge.”
And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court rejects Pennsylvania Republicans’ attempt to block Biden victory.”
You can view today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“In this 42 U.S.C. §1983 action, Plaintiffs — three individuals who protest against abortion — challenge Norman, Oklahoma’s disturbing-the-peace ordinance, on its face and as the City has applied it to them.” So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
The unanimous three-judge panel affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction because the plaintiffs “failed to show that they are substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claims.”
Access the video of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit oral argument in Perry v. Hollingsworth: On YouTube via this link, in which the advocates argue over access to videotapes of the federal district court proceedings in the case.
“Appeals court: Mississippi school lawsuit may go forward.” Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools.”
You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denying rehearing en banc by a vote of 8 in favor to 9 against, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.
“We are fortunate that we need not decide precisely how many rotted planks must be removed before Theseus’s ship ceases to be Theseus’s ship.” The conclusion to an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday waxes philosophically.
“Texas asks SCOTUS to throw out Pa.’s election results as Democratic officials press for an end to ‘frivolous’ GOP litigation”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
You can view the Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint that the State of Texas filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Say Cheese! Seventh Circuit to Weigh In on Reasonable Consumer Standard in Grated Parmesan Case.” Jane Metcalf and Julie Simeone had this essay at JD Supra back in October 2020. Yesterday, a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this ruling in the case.
“Republican Sen. Pat Toomey calls Trump’s campaign to overturn Pennsylvania election ‘completely unacceptable'”: Jonathan Tamari of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that it’s ‘completely unacceptable’ for President Donald Trump to pressure state lawmakers to overturn Pennsylvania’s election result, a rare rebuke from a Republican elected official as Trump continues his effort to subvert the will of the voters.”
