GBS: Denny Chin to Second Circuit?


The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog is reporting that Denny Chin is up for a Second Circuit appointment. He’s been a smart, hardworking district court judge (even if his Cablevision decision was perhaps too smart for its own good), with a great reputation, so he seems like a natural choice. But yoinks! Losing yet another judge (Chin got the case when Judge Sprizzo passed away) would sure drop a wrench into the Google Book Search case’s gears. Then again, the prospect of escaping from the mountain of paper landing on his chambers must seem like an attractive prospect this week …

Hat tip: Eric Goldman