“Washington Top Court Asked to Weigh in on Birth Defect Damages”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an order certifying a question to the Supreme Court of Washington that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
In earlier news coverage of the case, in November 2020, Mike Carter of The Seattle Times reported that “Seattle nurse gave flu shot instead of birth control; now judge has awarded $10M for severely disabled child’s care.”
“The Office of the Chief Circuit Judge”: Law professor Marin K. Levy and Senior Second Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman have posted this article at SSRN.
“Covid Shot-or-Test Rule Opponents Press Supreme Court for Stay”: Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Berdote Byrne emerges as top contender for state Supreme Court seat; Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina reaches mandatory retirement age on February 15”: Joey Fox and David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe have this report.
“Supreme Workhorses”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Abortion providers go back to Supreme Court in long-shot bid to challenge Texas abortion law”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.
And Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Opponents of Texas abortion law ask Supreme Court to expedite their challenge; Abortion providers argue that Texas officials and a federal appeals court are stalling.”
Adam Liptak of The New York Times has posted today’s U.S. Supreme Court filings here and here.
“The Supreme Court Confronts the Administrative State; Two cases confront the Supreme Court this term that could threaten the essential legal underpinnings of the federal administrative state”: Peter J. Wallison has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Litigants seeking Indiana Supreme Court review decline amid COVID-19”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.
“Fuentes will serve as 7th N.J. Supreme Court Justice until LaVecchia replacement is confirmed”: David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe has this report.
“Future of claims involving confiscated properties in Cuba may lie with U.S. Supreme Court”: Nora Gámez Torres of The Miami Herald has this report.
“Employers can mandate COVID vaccines. Will the Supreme Court back them up?” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“LaVecchia ends 21-year stint on N.J. Supreme Court”: David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe has this report.
“Language Mistake in Georgia Death Penalty Law Creates a Daunting Hurdle; The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a challenge to the law, which requires that defendants in capital cases who are intellectually disabled prove it ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ — a phrase that was inserted in error”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
