* The war on terror on trial in Miami. [The Nation via How Appealing]
* Death for South Carolina cop-killer; I wonder if the fact that he gets to choose between the chair and the needle in SC helps the constitutionality any. [CNN]
* 100 years for U.S. soldier in Iraq rape-murder case. [CNN.com]
* Speaking of concerns about the death penalty, Maryland’s new governor wants it done away with in that state. [Jurist]
* Aaron Sorkin: heavy recycler of tv actors and fictitious law firms. [WSJ Law Blog]
Morning Docket
* Bad faith in a Chapter 7 filing forfeits the right to convert to Chapter 13. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)]
* Statute of limitations for a Section 1983 action based on false arrest begins to run when claimant is detained pursuant to legal process. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)]
* South Dakota abortion ban bill fails in state Senate committee. [Jurist]
* 300,000 lawyers can’t agree on anything. [WSJ Law Blog]
- Anna Nicole Smith, Antitrust, Celebrities, Deaths, Habeas Corpus, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.21.07
By Billy Merck* The standard for predatory-bidding claims is the same as that for predatory-pricing claims, and Ross-Simmons didn’t meet it. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)]
* A certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court does not toll the 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas relief from a state-court judgment. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)]
* Juries can’t punish defendants for harm done to nonparties. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)]
* James Brown to finally be buried. [CNN]
* But the fight for the right to bury Anna Nicole Smith continues. [CNN]
- Anna Nicole Smith, Antitrust, Crime, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Parties
Morning Docket: 02.20.07
By Billy Merck* Are we really gonna let this guy spend 10 years in jail for a BJ? [New York Times via How Appealing]
* Bizarre Anna Nicole Smith saga continues to be so. [CNN]
* Portland lottery winners fight for their right to party. [CNN]
* XM gets Sirius about making profits; will the merger be allowed by regulators? [Washington Post]
* Parker Posey’s character in “The House of Yes” would appreciate this. [AP via Yahoo!]
Happy Presidents’ Day, everyone!
* Huge corporations can have crappy lawyers, too. [Times Select (pass-through link) via How Appealing]
* A warning for Sullivan & Cromwell: “[A]**holes breed like rabbits. Their poison quickly infects others; even worse, if you let them make hiring decisions, they will start cloning themselves.” [Law.com]
* But not every S&C partner is an a**hole. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Benjamin Wittes dissents from Jan Crawford Greenburg re: President Bush’s influence on the Supreme Court. [The New Republic (subscription)]
* Controversy over the Thursday Night Massacre (of U.S. Attorneys) continues to reverberate throughout Washington. [Washington Post]
* MySpace suit dismissed in Texas. [AP via How Appealing]
* War powers battle heating up between Articles I and II. [CNN]
* WSJ Law Blog: Pay the judges? [WSJ Law Blog]
* 26 Americans indicted in Italy CIA rendition case. [CNN]
* A tongue-in-cheek wrap-up of Libby trial highlights. (Warning: not real news!) [The Onion]
- Anna Nicole Smith, Anthony Kennedy, Federal Judges, Football, Malpractice, Money, Morning Docket, Sports, Weddings
Morning Docket: 02.15.07
By B Clerker* Lawyer was grand jury leak in BALCO case. [MSNBC]
* Justice Kennedy: Pay the judges! [Law.com]
* Notre Dame’s Coach Weis testifies in gastric bypass malpractice case. Tom Brady may testify. [CBS Sportsline]
* Judge allows burial of Anna Nicole Smith. [MSNBC]
* Should you marry a lawyer? [WSJ Law Blog]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
* Miss Brazil wins lawsuit competition. [CNN]
* ABA: Pay the judges! [Law.com]
* Cheney and Libby will not testify in CIA leak trial. [CNN]
* What makes a good or bad law school exam answer? [Volokh]
- 7th Circuit, Dahlia Lithwick, Death Penalty, Feeder Judges, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.13.07
By B Clerker* Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS and the death penalty. [Slate]
* A panel of the Seventh Circuit is made up entirely of Sixth Circuit judges sitting by designation. Of course, recusal seems to make sense when the defendant plotted to attack the Seventh Circuit’s courthouse. [How Appealing]
* Novak testifies: he got the info from Armitage and Rove. [CNN]
* Pay the judges! [WSJ Law Blog]
* I’ve my got my mind on my merger and my merger’s on my mind. [Law.com]
- Anna Nicole Smith, Bad Ideas, Crime, Football, Intellectual Property, Iraq, Morning Docket, Sports, Technology
Morning Docket: 02.12.07
By B Clerker* The next great chapter in first-year Contracts: stupid sports bets. [CBS]
* What’s a little software piracy between post-Cold War friends, right? [CNN]
* Soldiers busted for bribes in Iraq contracts. [MSNBC]
* Lawyer takes advantage of that First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances… And it works! [WSJ Law Blog]
* “The Litigation-Filled Life of Anna Nicole Smith, and the Legal Aftermath of Her Demise” [FindLaw via How Appealing]
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