• A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel held a lower court did not commit reversible error in concluding that Texas' voter ID law violated Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act. The appellate court did not, however, conclude that the law was passed with an intent to discriminate or that the voter ID requirement was equivalent to a poll tax. Read more at the New York Times.
  • The California Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision concerning a consumer-dealer arbitration agreement. The court ruled that the agreement was not unconscionable merely by virtue of being a "bad bargain" for the consumer. Read more at Reuters.