The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three liberal justices dissented.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of a California law that seeks to prevent school employees from notifying parents about a student’s gender expression without their consent. The U.S. Supreme Court previously upheld a temporary block on the law after it was challenged, sending the case back to the appellate court. 

The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to consider the role of race in policing, refusing on Monday to review whether D.C. officers recovered a federal agent’s stolen gun through an unlawful police stop. The Trump administration asked the justices to prohibit courts from considering race as a relevant factor under the Fourth Amendment’s “free to leave” test.

The California Supreme Court last week directed the State Bar of California to seek public comment on adopting a community justice worker program in which legal aid organizations would train and supervise nonlawyers to provide ​free limited legal services, though it did not specify what areas of law the program would cover.