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Top court to hear Exxon Valdez case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages in connection with the huge Exxon Valdez oil spill that fouled more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989.
Court declines Alabama murder case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a triple-murder case in which the trial prosecutor stood up in court, clapped his hands several times and said “bravo″ after the accused killer finished testifying in his own defense.
Court declines case involving painting (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving actress Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.
High court back in session Monday (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court meets Monday morning to announce whether it has accepted any new appeals.
Muslim says copies of Quran confiscated (AP)
AP - A Muslim inmate says prisoners around the country are regularly mistreated by their jailers because of religious faith. The Supreme Court is considering his case Monday.
Black lawyers rare at Supreme Court (AP)
AP - Coming soon to the Supreme Court: a rare appearance by a black lawyer.
Hundreds of Key Oracle Records Allegedly Withheld From Plaintiffs
In recently unsealed documents spelling out assertions that Oracle overcharged customers and used millions of dollars to offset other customers’ bad debt accounts, a federal insider trading and shareholder fraud suit alleges that hundreds of e-mails and financial records, and even audio interviews with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, vanished or were improperly withheld. A court showdown looms next month over the plaintiffs’ request for default judgment as a sanction for alleged document destruction.
Friends of Clarence Thomas Speak Out (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - They’re calling themselves “Friends of Justice Thomas,” and they say that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his bestselling memoir have gotten a bum rap from the “mainstream media.”
Man sentenced for 10 years for underage sex ordered released (AFP)
AFP - The Supreme Court of the US state of Georgia ordered Friday the release of Genarlow Wilson, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for having oral sex with an underaged girl when he himself was a teenager.
Sullivan Settles With Former Associate Who Sued Firm for Discrimination
Sullivan & Cromwell said Thursday it had reached a settlement with former associate Aaron Charney, who sued the law firm earlier this year for sexual orientation discrimination. The settlement, the terms of which are confidential, brings to a close a dispute that had fascinated the New York legal community over the past several months, both with its allegations concerning partners at one of the city’s most prestigious firms and its bizarre twists and turns in the courtroom.