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"Appeals court rules in favor of city of Santa Cruz in Robert Norse Nazi salute case"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:35 -0500

"Appeals court rules in favor of city of Santa Cruz in Robert Norse Nazi salute case": This article appears today in The Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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

"Chief Justice Takes to the Mound on Supreme Court Baseball Cards"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:44:19 -0500

"Chief Justice Takes to the Mound on Supreme Court Baseball Cards": law.com's Tony Mauro has this report. My earlier coverage appears at this link.

"In Robert Wone Case, Defense Lawyers Lodge Attack on Indictment"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:42:40 -0500

"In Robert Wone Case, Defense Lawyers Lodge Attack on Indictment": Mike Scarcella has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times."

"Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:42 -0500

"Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question." This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

"Pennsylvania should stop electing judges and use merit selection"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:38:23 -0500

"Pennsylvania should stop electing judges and use merit selection": Lynn A. Marks and Shira J. Goodman have this op-ed in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

"Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:52:46 -0500

"Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed": Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.

"High court to look at life in prison for juveniles"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:58:13 -0500

"High court to look at life in prison for juveniles": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Today's edition of The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled "Cruel life in prison: Juvenile offenders should not receive a sentence that offers no hope for eventual release."

Monday's edition of The Washington Times will contain an editorial entitled "Full 'time' for heinous crimes: Some juvenile criminals merit no parole."

At AlterNet, Liliana Segura has an article headlined "16-Year Old Got Life Without Parole for Killing Her Abusive Pimp -- Should Teens Be Condemned to Die in Jail?"

In this past Wednesday's edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, columnist Patrick McIlheran had an op-ed entitled "Endangering the next victim."

Online at FindLaw, Kristin Henning has an essay entitled "The Case Against Juvenile Life Without Parole: Good Policy and Good Law."

And at Psychology Today's "plus2sd" blog, Dr. Gregory Berns has a post titled "My Immature Brain Made Me Do It? Should the 'adolescent brain' be a mitigating factor when sentencing juveniles?"

"U.S. top court to hear business method patent case"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:05 -0500

"U.S. top court to hear business method patent case": Reuters has this report.

law.com's Tony Mauro has an article headlined "A Math Geek's Ride to the High Court in Landmark Patent Fight."

The Associated Press reports that "Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court."

And at Forbes.com, you can access an article headlined "Dark Cloud For The Software Industry; Tech companies worry the Supreme Court may go too far in a weather derivatives case and ban patents on anything that doesn't involve a machine."

"Ruling gives Crown stronger shield against lawsuits"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:30:30 -0500

"Ruling gives Crown stronger shield against lawsuits": In today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, "Crown attorneys are breathing easy today after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling made it exceedingly difficult to sue them for malicious prosecution. The 7-0 ruling overturned a finding of civil liability against a Saskatchewan prosecutor who had pursued a bizarre case where children claimed to have been sexually abused and forced to participate in mutilation and ritualistic killings of animals, dismemberment of babies and drinking of human blood."

Today's edition of The Saskatoon StarPhoenix contains an article headlined "Prosecutor 'relieved' at decision' 'I got what I want,' Richard Klassen says."

The Canadian Press has a report headlined "Prosecutor not malicious in pressing satanic sex-abuse case: Supreme Court."

Canwest News Service reports that "Ruling in 'satanist' case gives prosecutors more leeway."

And CBC News reports that "Saskatchewan prosecutor wins Supreme Court appeal."

You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

When browsing to "Mattress.com," please do not leave off the final "s" for "savings"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:26 -0500

When browsing to "Mattress.com," please do not leave off the final "s" for "savings": As The Associated Press reported earlier this year, the story of the founder of "Dial-A-Mattress" is a sad one.

And today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit delivered a bit more bad news in a trademark-related ruling.

By the way, the title of this post is in fact untrue, as www.mattres.com automatically redirects to www.mattress.com.

Used car salesmen plus lawyers equals appellate ruling

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:03 -0500

Used car salesmen plus lawyers equals appellate ruling: The Associated Press reports that "Neb. court says dealers must check used-car safety."

You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Nebraska at this link.

"Long wait about over for Baltimore judge"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:18:17 -0500

"Long wait about over for Baltimore judge": According to this news update from The Baltimore Sun, on Monday the U.S. Senate will hold a confirmation vote on the nomination of U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Additional biographical information about Judge Davis can be accessed here.

"Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is 'Mark of the Beast'"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:33:26 -0500

"Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is 'Mark of the Beast'": At Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has a post that begins, "A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them."

"Kennedy predicts 'Carcieri fix' bill might pass"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:23:06 -0500

"Kennedy predicts 'Carcieri fix' bill might pass": Today's edition of The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains an article that begins, "Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said Thursday that a bill to reverse a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking special land status for the Narragansett Indian tribe could become law during this Congress."

"Judge weighs dead woman's right to cash"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:22:43 -0500

"Judge weighs dead woman's right to cash": The Boston Herald today contains an article that begins, "Whether a dead woman is entitled to loss-of-companionship damages 28 years after her daughter was murdered by mob monster James 'Whitey' Bulger is at the heart of a potential landmark decision by the city's federal court."