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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

“Republicans likely to take Wisconsin gerrymandering case back to the U.S. Supreme Court”: Jessie Opoien and Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Reverses Conviction of Former Nebraska Congressman; Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry had been convicted on charges of lying to the federal authorities. An appeals court said his trial was in the wrong venue”: Heather Knight of The New York Times has this report.

Maegan Vazquez of The Washington Post reports that “Conviction of former congressman Jeff Fortenberry thrown out.”

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court overturns conviction of GOP Congress member for lying to FBI about foreign campaign contributions.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Apple Appeals U.S. Ban That Halted Watch Sales; Federal trade agency’s ruling forced iPhone maker to stop selling two most popular watch models”: Joseph Pisani of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And at his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Emergency Appeal of the Apple Watch Ban.”

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices asked to strike down immigration law as example of systemic racism”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

Posted at 9:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Legal’s Top 5 Pennsylvania Verdicts of 2023; All of the five highest verdicts reported by The Legal Intelligencer in 2023 were in personal injury cases based in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman