“Former Colorado chief justice receives unprecedented public censure; An independent investigation previously found Nathan Coats’ lack of administrative training and poor judgment contributed to the ill-advised award of a contract to a judicial employee”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report.
And Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service reports that “Colorado ex-chief justice censured over $2.7M contract for former employee who fudged numbers; Former Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats failed to ‘perform judicial and administrative duties competently and diligently,’ a special tribunal found.”
You can access today’s decision of the Special Tribunal of the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado at this link.
“Fourth Circuit overturns 21-year precedent on awarding legal fees; The Fourth Circuit’s ban on considering plaintiffs who won preliminary injunctions to be the prevailing party for the purposes of attorney’s fees made the circuit an outlier”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access today’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“9th Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court ‘history’ standard on guns”: Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Bok Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Ninth Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court guns ruling.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Why does Justice Alito keep making things worse for the Supreme Court?” Columnist Jackie Calmes has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“A Gambit to Duck Supreme Court Review: You won’t believe this tale of ‘tester’ lawsuits, ‘mootness,’ and legal shenanigans in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Further update regarding Great Lakes v. Raiders Retreat, No. 22-500 (U.S.): Today is the deadline for filing amicus brief in support of respondent Raiders in this U.S. Supreme Court case.
You can access the amicus briefs filed today via this link.
“Solicitor General Prelogar Walks Fine Line With Skeptical Court”: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.
“Trump and his new lawyer are not on the same page about judge’s recusal; The former president’s public statements are already diverging from the advice of his newest lawyer, John Lauro”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
“John Eastman, awaiting potential indictment, asks judge to postpone his disbarment proceedings; The lawyer who advised Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 is known as ‘co-conspirator 2’ in the special counsel’s newest case”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
“US Supreme Court Report Card: How Third Circuit Fared in 2022-23 Term, Part 2.” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.
“The Dobbs Decision Hasn’t Aged Well”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.
“What’s expected when Utah’s high court considers challenge to abortion trigger ban”: Bridger Beal-Cvetko of KSL-TV of Salt Lake City has this report.
“Florida Supreme Court hears dispute about UF’s 2020 COVID-19 shutdown; A potential class-action case may be brought against UF”: Sally Brown of The Independent Florida Alligator has this report.
“The new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is off to a tense start; With several imminent cases about hot-button issues like abortion, growing tensions and accusations of partisanship won’t end any time soon”: Adam Edelman and Shaquille Brewster of NBC News have this report.
And Henry Redman of Wisconsin Examiner reports that “Shift in majority leads to bitter fighting on Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
“The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge: Forget Gonzalez v. Google; There’s another dispute that will come before the justices in the next year and this time they will have to directly deal with issues involving platforms and speech.” Jeff Kosseff has this essay online at Wired.
“How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi”: Margaret McMullan has this essay online at The Washington Post.
