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Federal Judge David Winder Dies, Renowned for Kindness & Fairness

A retired federal judge renowned for his kindness, hard work and fairness in the courtroom died yesterday after a long illness. David Winder, a former chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Utah, was 76 years old. Asked by a juror after a complex intellectual property rights case had…

May 20, 2009 6:45 PM CDT

Judge Diane Wood in D.C., Ostensibly to Attend a Judicial Conference

Judge Diane Wood of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is in Washington, D.C., today to attend a judicial conference. Or is she? The Legalities blog wonders if the real purpose of Wood’s visit is for an interview with Barack Obama. Wood is one of three finalists for…

May 20, 2009 3:10 PM CDT

LA Presiding Judge Warns Against Wishful Thinking, Orders Court Days Off

The presiding judge of the Los Angeles county courts is jumping ahead of a statewide proposal to shut down courts one day a month with his own court closing order. Presiding Judge Charles “Tim” McCoy said closing county courts and furloughing employees once a month will save about $18 million,…

May 20, 2009 11:27 AM CDT

Most NJ Judges to Take Two-Day Furloughs

All but 31 of New Jersey’s 422 judges will take voluntary two-day furloughs to help the state save money. New Jersey’s chief justice asked the judges to take furloughs to help the state trim a $1.2 billion budget shortfall, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Thirty judges refused, and another agreed…

May 20, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Seattle Courthouse Gang Brawl Complexifies Murder Trial

As a trial began yesterday over an alleged gang slaying, Seattle police knew that a suspect being sought on a warrant was likely to be in the courtroom. So they arrested the unidentified man in a third-floor hallway of the King County Courthouse. Fists were soon flying, however, after rival…

May 20, 2009 12:16 AM CDT

Who Will Replace Souter? Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Dueling YouTube Clips: Potential High Court Nominees vs. PI Lawyers “ ABAJournal.com: “Colo. Judge Says She Was Approached About Supreme Court Seat “ Caucus (New York Times): “Granholm’s in the House, Leading to Supreme Court Chatter” Detroit News: “Granholm didn’t meet privately with Obama at White House” Front Row…

May 19, 2009 9:58 PM CDT

Colo. Judge Says She Was Approached About Supreme Court Seat

A federal judge has told a Colorado newspaper that she was approached by people in contact with the White House about her interest in a U.S. Supreme Court nomination. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello told the Pueblo Chieftan that the intermediaries who approached her about a week ago asked if…

May 19, 2009 5:31 PM CDT

Scholars’ Supreme Court Short List Includes New Names

A dozen constitutional and U.S. Supreme Court scholars are backing some potential Supreme Court nominees that haven’t gotten much press attention. When the National Law Journal asked for recommendations, some new names surfaced. They include: New York Law School professor and historian Annette Gordon-Reed, who won a Pulitzer Prize for…

May 19, 2009 3:53 PM CDT

Move Over, Nino. There’s a New Sparring Justice on the Bench

Much has been made of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin’s Scalia’s sparring at oral arguments. But there’s a newer justice on the bench who outdoes Scalia, albeit in something of a Midwestern twang. He’s 54-year-old John G. Roberts Jr., the chief justice who promised at his confirmation hearings that he…

May 19, 2009 3:14 PM CDT

Dueling YouTube Clips: Potential High Court Nominees vs. PI Lawyers

What can you learn about potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees whose legal musings are captured in YouTube video clips? You can get a feel for the lawyers’ personalities but little in the way of ammunition to challenge their nominations, Slate magazine concludes. Not to be outdone, Esquire magazine features other…

May 19, 2009 1:03 PM CDT

Who Will Replace Souter? Today’s News

Washington Post: “Conservatives Take Fight Against Potential Court Nominees to the Web” New York Times: “Conservatives Map Strategies on Court Fight” New York Times: “Republicans in Senate Lower Expectations of a Court Fight” CNN Political Ticker: “Hispanic groups quietly press for Supreme Court pick” First Read (MSNBC): “SCOTUS politics: Avoiding…

May 18, 2009 9:30 PM CDT

Plane Piloted By Ga. Judge Crashes; He and a Passenger are Dead

A Georgia juvenile court judge and one of three young adult passengers on the single-engine plane he was piloting died today when it crashed in an east Alabama hayfield. The two other passengers of Fulton County Juvenile Court Judge Sanford “Sammy” Jones survived with non-life-threatening injuries, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.…

May 16, 2009 12:26 AM CDT

Who Will Replace Souter? Today’s News

Associated Press: “White House: No interviews of court candidates yet” National Law Journal: “Judging Supreme Court Contenders by the Numbers” Wall Street Journal (sub. req.): “Sessions Favors Judge for High Court” ABAJournal.com: “Ex-Deputy AG Pushed for Supreme Court Consideration” ABAJournal.com: “Switch from Nancy Drew to Perry Mason Laid Path for…

May 15, 2009 9:48 PM CDT

Ex-Deputy AG Pushed for Supreme Court Consideration

Some White House officials are pushing a new name for inclusion on President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court short list: James Comey, a former deputy attorney general who opposed the Bush administration’s legal tactics in the war on terrorism. Comey, who was deputy attorney general from 2003 to 2005, has law-and-order…

May 15, 2009 6:03 PM CDT

Judge Calls Mistrial for ‘Absolutely Outrageous’ Texting by Witness

An angry Miami judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over the sale of a condo tower because a witness sent text messages about his testimony to a colleague at the plaintiffs table during a trial sidebar. The witness, Gavin Sussman, was chief operating officer for the plaintiff, Sky…

May 15, 2009 2:20 PM CDT

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