The Judicial Update, 2013

### Judgepedia's 2013 judicial news coverage:[edit]

# January[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: Courts differ on Freedom of Information cases, 2013-01-31 09:12:42
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 1/30/2013, 2013-01-30 14:33:25
* Judge Bolger receives Alaska Supreme Court appointment, 2013-01-28 11:10:46
* Andrew McDonald confirmed to the Connecticut Supreme Court, 2013-01-24 17:02:02
* Courtroom Weekly: Pensions and adoptions, 2013-01-24 09:00:28
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 1/23/2013, 2013-01-23 20:23:17
* Kentucky Supreme Court justice retires, 2013-01-18 15:22:50
* Jenny Rivera appointed to New York's high court, 2013-01-17 12:38:44
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 1/16/2013, 2013-01-16 12:26:14
* North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory repeals judicial appointments order, 2013-01-13 16:00:19
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 1/9/2013, 2013-01-09 08:23:34
* Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway retires amidst claims of fraud and money laundering, 2013-01-08 07:58:11
* Appellate Judge Carmen Espinosa on her way to becoming Connecticut's first Hispanic justice, 2013-01-07 18:34:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 1/2/2013, 2013-01-02 09:31:18

# February[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: State laws challenged, 2013-02-28 09:05:04
* Viviano appointed to replace convicted justice of Michigan Supreme Court, 2013-02-27 16:32:11
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 2/27/2013, 2013-02-27 14:16:32
* Federal Judge Frank Polozola dies, 2013-02-26 06:37:42
* First female justice of the Illinois Supreme Court passes away, 2013-02-25 09:56:04
* Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice found guilty on six counts of corruption, 2013-02-22 09:33:14
* Courtroom Weekly: From police to parental rights, 2013-02-21 09:25:01
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 2/20/2013, 2013-02-20 08:53:37
* Courtroom Weekly: Juveniles and schools, 2013-02-14 09:02:21
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 2/13/2013, 2013-02-13 13:32:20
* Tennessee judicial redistricting process begins, 2013-02-13 09:56:24
* Courtroom Weekly: Miners, strippers and doctors visit the courts, 2013-02-07 09:43:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 2/6/2013, 2013-02-06 13:04:38

# March[edit]

* Kansas judicial selection change becomes law, 2013-03-28 15:28:07
* Courtroom Weekly: Discipline in the courts, 2013-03-28 08:28:58
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 3/27/2013, 2013-03-27 07:48:53
* A Cross-Section of Trends in Judicial Retirement, 2013-03-27 06:34:35
* Lillehaug appointed to Minnesota Supreme Court seat, 2013-03-26 20:32:48
* Courtroom Weekly: Steubenville to Brooklyn, 2013-03-21 08:03:36
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 3/20/2013, 2013-03-20 11:13:54
* Kansas legislature approves judicial selection change, 2013-03-14 09:33:57
* Courtroom Weekly: Sodas and suing police, 2013-03-14 08:09:40
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 3/13/2013, 2013-03-13 06:02:53
* Courtroom Weekly: School vouchers and lottery tickets, 2013-03-07 10:05:19
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 3/6/2013, 2013-03-06 13:09:18
* Kansas House votes to eliminate nominating commission for appellate judges, 2013-03-01 17:27:14

# April[edit]

* Justice Bolger sworn into Alaska Supreme Court, 2013-04-29 17:27:00
* Courtroom Weekly: Music, marijuana and private schools, 2013-04-25 09:16:00
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/24/2013, 2013-04-24 06:37:18
* Courtroom Weekly: Football, self-defense and adoption issues, 2013-04-18 08:52:16
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/17/2013, 2013-04-17 08:33:02
* Courtroom Weekly: Criminals, immigrants and suicide supporters assert their rights in court, 2013-04-11 08:38:01
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/10/2013, 2013-04-10 12:28:39
* Keller appointed to Kentucky Supreme Court, 2013-04-05 16:26:26
* Courtroom Weekly: Murder in the courts, 2013-04-04 09:46:03
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/3/2013, 2013-04-03 06:00:45

# May[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: Speed limits, sports and sexual harassment, 2013-05-30 08:19:17
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/29/2013, 2013-05-29 05:43:22
* Courtroom Weekly: From gun laws to school searches, 2013-05-23 06:35:44
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/22/2013, 2013-05-22 09:09:59
* Federal courts ask for emergency funding to temper mandatory budget courts, 2013-05-21 13:51:47
* Unprecedented rise in prosecutions for immigration-related offenses, 2013-05-21 12:15:57
* Courtroom Weekly: Second chances, 2013-05-16 08:14:52
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/15/2013, 2013-05-15 12:20:08
* Courtroom Weekly: Life and privacy, 2013-05-09 08:07:36
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/8/2013, 2013-05-08 10:17:02
* Convicted former justice Orie Melvin sentenced to house arrest, apology notes, 2013-05-08 08:42:51
* Thompson elected chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, 2013-05-03 14:40:28
* Courtroom Weekly: Human rights and finances, 2013-05-02 08:41:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/1/2013, 2013-05-01 06:56:13

# June[edit]

* Suffolk County Supreme Court justice retiring, 2013-07-01 12:40:58
* Connecticut court okays taking DNA by force, 2013-07-01 12:01:43
* Courtroom Weekly: Schools in court over funding, liabilities and transgender policies, 2013-06-27 09:22:05
* Major cases of the Supreme Court October 2012 term, 2013-06-27 08:08:42
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 6/26/2013, 2013-06-26 11:52:02
* Correale Stevens nominated to Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 2013-06-21 11:31:02
* Courtroom Weekly: Millions on the line in tobacco, beef lawsuits, 2013-06-20 08:57:49
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 6/19/2013, 2013-06-19 15:09:20
* Courtroom Weekly: Transport in court, 2013-06-13 08:54:06
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 6/12/2013, 2013-06-12 14:26:16
* Courtroom Weekly: Schooling, speeding and voting, 2013-06-06 08:39:26
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 6/5/2013, 2013-06-05 09:43:26

# July[edit]

* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 7/31/2013, 2013-07-31 05:58:43
* Budget Chair testifies to sequestration's impact on federal courts, 2013-07-25 10:40:59
* Courtroom Weekly: Electrified cattle and a new type of court, 2013-07-25 09:58:03
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 7/24/2013, 2013-07-24 07:51:40
* Courtroom Weekly: Dogs in court, 2013-07-18 10:32:48
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 7/17/2013, 2013-07-17 11:30:40
* Courtroom Weekly: Obesity to baseball, 2013-07-11 09:08:50
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 7/10/2013, 2013-07-10 10:49:00
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 7/3/2013, 2013-07-03 07:14:13

# August[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: Medical woes across the nation, 2013-08-29 08:50:14
* Voigt announces retirement from Wyoming Supreme Court, 2013-08-28 13:39:28
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 8/28/2013, 2013-08-28 11:36:58
* Courtroom Weekly: Action in the courts on guns and police chases, 2013-08-22 09:17:39
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 8/21/2013, 2013-08-21 10:22:35
* Courtroom Weekly: Judges weigh in on names, juries, 2013-08-15 10:07:31
* Faustino Fernandez-Vina nominated to New Jersey Supreme Court, 2013-08-14 17:18:44
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 8/14/2013, 2013-08-14 10:56:40
* State Supreme Courts Caseload Report, 2013, 2013-08-08 06:59:56
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 8/7/2013, 2013-08-07 08:26:56
* Courtroom Weekly: Families face divorce, birth and international separation, 2013-08-01 09:30:42

# September[edit]

* New justice appointed to Texas Supreme Court, 2013-09-27 07:43:56
* Courtroom Weekly: Smokes and jokes, 2013-09-26 08:52:09
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/25/2013, 2013-09-25 10:50:05
* Mobile App for Kansas Courts Wins Award, 2013-09-19 12:08:09
* Courtroom Weekly: Shots fired, marriage laws challenged on the East Coast, 2013-09-19 09:59:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/18/2013, 2013-09-18 08:00:11
* Courtroom Weekly: Cameras in the court, 2013-09-12 09:01:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/11/2013, 2013-09-11 08:26:14
* Delaware justice announces retirement, 2013-09-10 12:30:54
* Courtroom Weekly: Healthcare and hearts, 2013-09-05 10:52:34
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/4/2013, 2013-09-04 11:11:25

# October[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: Halloween edition, 2013-10-31 10:34:01
* Ballot Box Weekly: Previewing next week's elections, 2013-10-30 16:19:20
* Alabama Supreme Court reverses 24 year old divorce law ruling, 2013-10-30 13:22:24
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/30/2013, 2013-10-30 08:04:30
* Hood appointed to Colorado Supreme Court, 2013-10-28 07:54:37
* Courtroom Weekly: Public records and illegal graves, 2013-10-24 09:14:27
* Ballot Box Weekly: Louisiana holds jungle primaries, 2013-10-23 15:27:10
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/23/2013, 2013-10-23 09:43:26
* Courtroom Weekly: Kids, computers and a warning to parents, 2013-10-17 09:08:34
* Ballot Box Weekly: 1, 2, 3 days of elections this week, 2013-10-16 15:38:39
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/16/2013, 2013-10-16 08:55:58
* Courtroom Weekly: Drug treatments and an abortion denied, 2013-10-10 09:34:30
* Ballot Box Weekly: Bringing you your weekly fill of elections coverage, 2013-10-09 16:12:39
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/9/2013, 2013-10-09 09:12:38
* Justice Hoens says goodbye, 2013-10-08 14:53:24
* Courtroom Weekly: Gunshots, gangs and Toys R Us, 2013-10-03 09:36:31
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/2/2013, 2013-10-02 12:03:39

# November[edit]

* Courtroom Weekly: Bottle service, murder and television, 2013-11-29 11:06:33
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 11/27/2013, 2013-11-27 08:43:34
* Courtroom Weekly: Marriage, juvenile sentences and a jury stalker, 2013-11-21 11:27:21
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 11/20/2013, 2013-11-20 09:12:37
* New North Dakota supreme court justice appointed, 2013-11-19 13:19:59
* Courtroom Weekly: Death penalty, guns, and parental rights, 2013-11-14 11:34:39
* Ballot Box Weekly: Paint barely dry on 2013 elections with less than one month until first filing deadline of 2014, 2013-11-13 14:26:59
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 11/13/2013, 2013-11-13 14:26:02
* Courtroom Weekly: Money, Medicaid and juvenile laws, 2013-11-07 11:58:01
* Ballot Box Weekly: Few surprises mark yesterday's elections, 2013-11-06 19:20:12
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 11/6/2013, 2013-11-06 15:48:52

# December[edit]

* Holly M. Kirby appointed to Tennessee Supreme Court, 2013-12-19 11:18:35
* Courtroom Weekly: Kids and the courts, 2013-12-19 10:20:25
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/18/2013, 2013-12-18 09:11:56
* Governor Brown appoints 18 new superior court judges for California, 2013-12-13 16:01:05
* Richard Robinson nominated to Connecticut's highest court, 2013-12-12 13:31:34
* Courtroom Weekly: Gun laws challenged and a cat gets rich, 2013-12-12 11:39:41
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/11/2013, 2013-12-11 08:30:12
* Courtroom Weekly: Politeness leads to arrest, rude video deemed free speech, 2013-12-05 10:43:39
* Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/4/2013, 2013-12-04 08:58:48

## See also[edit]

* The Judicial Update, 2012
* The Judicial Update, 2011
* The Judicial Update, 2010
* The Judicial Update, 2009