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In today’s New York Times, Linda Greenhouse reports here on the Scott v. Harris decision and accompanying video of the police chase in question; NPR’s Nina Totenberg had this story on “All Things Considered” yesterday; David G. Savage reports here. Joan Biskupic has this article in the USA Today about the case; in today’s Washington Post, Robert Barnes weighs in here; and Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal has this report (subscription req’d).

Greenhouse also reports here on the Supreme Court’s “most important patent ruling in years” in KSR v. Teleflex; Tony Mauro of the Legal Times has this article on the decision, which contains a reaction to the ruling from Chief Judge Paul Michel of the Federal Circuit.

Yesterday, NPR’s “‘Marketplace’ Report” featured this audio segment about the ruling in Microsoft. In the USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports here on the decisions in both patent cases; and, in the Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Alan Sipress have this article on the two patent decisions.

The AP’s Mark Sherman reports here on yesterday’s ruling in United Hauler’s.

In today’s LA Times, Savage reports here on the the Court’s decision yesterday to grant review of Medellin, a case that tests the reach of an international court ruling, while the busy Linda Greenhouse has this article in the New York Times.

Amy Goldstein has this report in today’s Washington Post on the justices decision not to hear Guantanamo detainees’ appeal, the second such refusal in a month.