“When it comes to costly engagement rings, Mass. is a no-fault state, state’s highest court rules”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.
Lance Reynolds of The Boston Herald reports that “Massachusetts SJC orders $70K engagement ring be returned to man in failed love story.”
Jenna Russell of The New York Times has an article headlined “A Massachusetts Couple Called Off Their Wedding. Who Keeps the $70,000 Ring? The state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that if wedding plans crumble, the engagement ring must be returned to the person who purchased it.”
Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Massachusetts would-be bride must return $70,000 ring, court rules.”
And Allie Reed of Bloomberg Law reports that “Engagement Ring Spats No Longer Pivot on Fault in Massachusetts; Ex-fiancé wants engagement ring, wedding bands returned; Couple’s engagement ended amid allegations of an affair.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.
“NC Supreme Court race could be headed to a recount. Experts say not to expect an upset. Provisional ballots have narrowed the deficit for Associate Justice Allison Riggs to roughly 8,000 votes of 5.5 million cast.” Brandon Kingdollar of NC Newsline has this report.
“Trump will name more conservative judges. He may even pick a majority of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court doesn’t have any vacancies, but Republicans are keeping a close eye on Justices Alito and Thomas for potential retirements in Trump’s second term.” Sahil Kapur and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News have this report.
“Trump Set to Move Courts Further Right, Deepening Judicial Clout; Dozens of vacancies could open in the appeals courts that decide on pressing and far-reaching issues, from financial regulations to abortion”: Sabrina Willmer, Madlin Mekelburg, and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Judge Ho Says SCOTUS Critics See Half of US’ Views as ‘Garbage’; Fifth Circuit judge seen as potential Supreme Court justice; Comments made after Trump victory in presidential race”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Trump’s Supreme Court Agenda Is Likely to Include Legal U-Turns; In recent years, new administrations have not been shy about disavowing positions taken by their predecessors”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.
“After G.O.P. Wins, Senate Democrats Eye Major Push to Confirm Biden Judges; The loss of the White House and the Senate majority will end Democrats’ ability to fill judicial vacancies come January; They say they want to confirm as many as possible in the coming weeks”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.
“What Deference to the Executive in Halkbank Should Have Looked Like”: William S. Dodge has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”
“S.D. farmer’s fight with USDA over ‘puddle’ tests new era of regulatory reach”: Don Jacobson of UPI has this report on the case in which apparently every registered user of the Eighth Circuit‘s CM/ECF system yesterday was spammed with an email whose subject line read “22-2729 Arlen Foster v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, et al ‘Judge Order Filed sua sponte vacate opinion’ (4:21-cv-04081-RAL).”
“The last best hope for Supreme Court liberals: Amy Coney Barrett”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis (subscription may be required for access).
