“Oregon will continue to allow acquittals by nonunanimous juries, new ruling says”: Jayati Ramakrishnan of The Oregonian has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Oregon issued yesterday.

“Judge dismisses transgender woman’s suit against Miss United States of America pageant”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

And Karina Brown of Courthouse News Service reports that “Beauty Pageant Can Keep Barring Trans Women, Judge Rules; On the same day the U.S. House voted to advance sweeping protections for gay and transgender people, a federal judge ruled that a beauty pageant can limit contestants to only ‘natural born females.’”

The plaintiff in this case has posted on YouTube a video titled “Judge Dismisses My Case.” According to the docket entries in the case, the district judge announced his ruling orally yesterday and promised a written opinion to follow.

“Mandatory Bar Fees Could Violate Attorneys’ Constitutional Rights, 9th Circuit Rules; The ruling is the latest in an ongoing feud in Oregon and elsewhere over whether such compulsory payments violate the First Amendment rights of attorneys”: Alaina Lancaster of The Recorder has this report on a per curiam opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“How the NCAA Has Turned their Biggest Supreme Court Loss into Their Most Important Legal Shield”: Sam Ehrlich has this post at The Juris Lab.

“Justices deal loss to Grand Rapids man who challenged officers’ immunity”: Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News has this report.

John Tunison of The Grand Rapids Press reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rules against Grand Rapids man who claimed excessive police force, but case not over.”

Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law reports that “‘Fight Continues’ Post-SCOTUS for Man Beaten by Officers.”

Jack Rodgers of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Blocks Suit Over Mistaken-Identity Arrest.”

And online at Reason, Jacob Sullum has a post titled “SCOTUS Rules Against an Innocent Man Who Was Choked and Beaten by Cops, but He May Still Get His Day in Court; The justices did not address one of James King’s key arguments, which the 6th Circuit will now consider.”

“Students for Fair Admissions sues Yale, petitions to escalate Harvard case to Supreme Court”: Amelia Davidson of The Yale Daily News has this report.