Just in time for the holidays, here’s an eggnog recipe found among the papers of the late Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, attributed to one “Harry Parker.” Warning: Do not plan to drive, write consequential briefs or use heavy machinery after sampling this powerful nog.

A federal judge has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration law, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown. The overall law will still take effect Thursday at 12:01 a.m., but without the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws.

A New York appeals court has handed a major victory to freelance journalist Jim Edwards in a nearly four-year battle to gain access to court documents that he claims contain information about a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving international advertising agency Grey Global Group.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s annual ritual of burning his high court papers might explain why the recent opening of his papers may not produce a burst of headline-making revelations about the life and career of the important “swing vote” justice who served on the Court from 1958 to 1981. But some key files chart the trajectory of longstanding relationships that illustrate the powerful place justices occupy in Washington, even though they are far less visible than presidents and senators.

In a case of first impression — no pun intended — a New York judge has thrown out a tort action because, in part, the plaintiffs attorneys stapled the complaint in what he said was a dangerously negligent manner. “[T]he poor stapling of the papers was so negligent as to inflict, and did inflict repeatedly, physical injury to the court personnel handling them,” the judge wrote.