A federal appellate panel ruled on Thursday that a San Francisco judge abused his discretion by ordering the release of a video recording of the trial over California’s Proposition 8, saying that he ignored a promise upon which supporters of the ban on gay marriage relied.

A Philadelphia ordinance banning the posting of signs on city utility poles, traffic signals and trees is not unconstitutional, the 3rd Circuit has decided. The panel ruled that the ordinance was content-neutral and narrowly tailored to serve a government interest.

Claude Allen, an attorney and former aide to President George W. Bush, was suspended from practicing law in the District of Columbia for one year, a three-judge D.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking an en banc rehearing in the “fleeting expletives” case. In July, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel ruled that an FCC policy fining broadcasters for airing certain expletives was unconstitutionally vague. Now, the FCC wants the entire circuit court to hear its case, arguing in a petition that a rehearing is needed to “maintain uniformity of the court’s decisions, and also to address exceptionally important questions about the agency’s ability to enforce federal law.”

An agreement among grocery chains to share profits during a labor strike violated antitrust laws, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday. In siding with the California attorney general’s office, which sued the chains for anti-competitive behavior, Judge Stephen Reinhardt said the agreement had an anti-competitive effect, even if it was temporary and intended to counter the unions’ tactic of striking only one chain in hopes of pressuring it to cave.