JURIST - Paper Chase: Roundup of today's legal news

Seven "stand-in" members of the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the state's decision to oust former Chief Justice Roy Moore following his willfully disobeying a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Justice Building. The AP has more... Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips Thursday announced his resignation. Phillips will be departing the Court in September to teach at the South Texas School of Law. The Houston Chronicle has this report... The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has denied one out of every three injury claims, the AP is reporting... The US Supreme Court is expected to announce next week if it will intercede in Colorado's redistricting fight. Read the Colorado Supreme Court opinion in Salazar v. Davidson here. AP has more.... The Supreme Court of Canada dealt a series of blows to aboriginal rights advocates in three decisions announced today. In one, the Court refused the appeal of a Fort McMurray man, ending a 12-year legal battle for aboriginal tax immunity. The Court decided to accept the appeal of two decision which granted the Mi'kmaq the right to harvest wood on Crown lands. The CanWest News Service provides this report.