Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.05.10

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* UVA lacrosse player George Huguely (pictured — Chace Crawford?), charged in the death of fellow student Yeardley Love (also pictured), allegedly slammed his ex-girlfriend’s head into the wall repeatedly. [Washington Post] [FN1]

* We were right — Judge Diane Wood canceled class yesterday at the University of Chicago because she was busy being interviewed by President Obama. [CBS News]

* So a SCOTUS nomination could come any day now. Fantasy SCOTUS players still predict that Elena Kagan will get the nod. [Josh Blackman]

* The Times Square Terror suspect has confessed to his role in the plot, according to law enforcement authorities. [New York Times]

* The Goldman Sachs “dream team” — which already includes lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden, O’Melveny, and Gibson Dunn — may soon be supplemented by Paul Weiss. [Am Law Daily]

* Better late than never: George Vashon, an African-American lawyer who was denied admission to the Pennsylvania bar on account of his race (back in 1847), has been posthumously admitted. [Associated Press via How Appealing]

[FN1] One of the tipsters who alerted us to this story editorialized: “Gerald Ung could have been this poor chick, if he hadn’t defended himself. Lacrosse players are beyond the pale.”

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