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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

“Colorado Supreme Court tweaks rules for judges to more explicitly prohibit retaliation, harassment; Changes to Code of Judicial Conduct come after current, former employees sad they faced pervasive sexism”: Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has redesigned its website: You can access that court’s new home page at this link.

Posted at 9:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amazon must pay Pennsylvania warehouse workers for time spent waiting for security screening, state Supreme Court rules”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has a report headlined “Amazon workers must be paid for security checks — Penn. top court.”

And Kathleen Dailey of Bloomberg Law reports that “Amazon Loses Security-Check Pay Suit at Pennsylvania High Court.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, consists of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Does Government Act Through Private Actors? Texas Private Attorney General Enforcement Against Abortion Providers & Trump’s Suits Against Big Tech.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 8:31 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses decision allowing childhood sex abuse victims to sue for decades old abuse”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

Ed Palattella of The Erie Times-News reports that “PA Supreme Court ruling sets back victims, spares Erie diocese from slew of lawsuits; A state Supreme Court ruling that favors Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is blow to clergy abuse victims; Ruling benefits Diocese of Erie, others facing prospect of costly lawsuits.”

Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse.”

And Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service reports that “Pennsylvania High Court Bars Catholic Clergy Assault Case; The state’s high court dismissed a case Wednesday, stating that the sexual abuse in question happened outside the statute of limitations.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 7:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“2nd Circuit Throws Out Section 230 Challenge After Granting Rehearing in Pastor’s Suit Against Vimeo; The new ruling clarified the court’s original decision, but did not alter the underlying holding that Vimeo was protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act”: Tom McParland of the New York Law Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today on panel rehearing.

And online at The Wall Street Journal, Allysia Finley has an essay that was written before today’s decision issued titled “Does Section 230 Have Limits? An appeals court takes a second look at whether the law protects Big Tech from discrimination claims.”

Posted at 7:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“She Hates Biden. Some of Her Neighbors Hate the Way She Shows It. A local judge ordered a New Jersey woman to take down political banners over obscenity complaints, setting up a First Amendment fight.” Ed Shanahan of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 11:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“An appeals court tosses a G.O.P. lawsuit against Pelosi over House proxy voting”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Federal court rejects GOP lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi’s proxy voting in House.”

And Mychael Schnell of The Hill reports that “Court dismisses GOP suit over proxy voting in House.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“10th Circuit declines to name international travel a fundamental right while upholding tax law”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report online at The Gazette of Colorado Springs.

And Maeve Allsup of Bloomberg Law reports that “U.S. Passports Can Be Revoked Over Tax Debt, Appeals Court Rules.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in which two different judges wrote parts of the opinion of the court, at this link.

Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats Are Still Battling Themselves on Court Reform; The third public meeting of Biden’s Supreme Court commission showed that the biggest rift is between the institutionalists and the reformers”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“Toby Heytens — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his “The Vetting Room” blog.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman