Breaking legal news for Monday, May 3

Chicago area

• Retiring Justice Stevens to speak in Chicago, Daily Herald
• 168 fugitives caught after signing up for food stamps, Chicago Sun-Times
• Judge OKs change in charges for priest in theft case, Chicago Tribune
• Jury selection begins in fatal crash cops blamed on nail painting, Daily Herald
• Des Plaines man gets 3 years for cyberstalking, Chicago Tribune

Southern Illinois

• Uhl parents seek $46 million in damages from state over accident that killed their daughters, Belleville News-Democrat

Nation

• Package found near Davenport federal courthouse not an explosive, Quad-City Times
• Judge: 9 militia members can go free while awaiting trial, Chicago Tribune
• Lehman bankruptcy charges: $2,100 for limo rides, $48 to leave a message, ABA Journal

SCOTUS

• Supreme Court bars visitors entering through majestic front doors, USA Today
• Supreme Court rules against challenge to on-the-spot mistrial decision, ABA Journal