The same-sex marriage issue is likely to wind up back in front of the U.S. Supreme Court a lot sooner than everyone thought. So The New York Times Report.

Calendar year 2013 brought with it legal cases that tested statutes pertaining to the economy, civil rights and race, gender equality, self-defense, gun control, murder and more. It saw the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history and featured a plaintiff who almost managed to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.

An animal rights group recently filed a habeas corpus petition—a writ requiring that an unlawfully detained prisoner be brought before a judge—on behalf of a chimpanzee in captivity. So CNN reports.

A speeding, drunk driving Texas teen who caused a crash killing four people has been sentenced to probation. His lawyers argued that he should not be sent to jail because he suffered from ‘affluenza’ as a result of his parents teaching him that wealth buys privilege. So reports the Star-Telegram.