Thursday, October 2, 2008

SCOTUS Case Index for Upcoming Term

Found on SCOTUS Wiki, these are the cases to be heard in October, November, and December by the US Supreme Court:

October 6 Sitting

October 6

  1. Altria Group v. Good (07-562) - Preemption, "light" cigarettes
  2. Locke v. Karass (07-610) - Public sector unions, agency fees
  3. Vaden v. Discover Bank (07-773) - Federal jurisdiction, arbitration

October 7

  1. Herring v. United States (07-513) - Fourth Amendment, police error
  2. Arizona v. Gant (07-542) - Fourth Amendment, car searches
  3. Kennedy v. Plan Adm. for Dupont Savings (07-636) - ERISA, divorced spouses

October 8

  1. Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. (07-1239) - Navy sonar, separation of powers
  2. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville (06-1595) - Title VII, retaliation
  3. Summers, et al. v. Earth Island Institute, et al. (07-463) - Environmental, justiciability

October 13 - Legal Holiday

October 14

  1. Bartlett v. Strickland (07-689) - Voting Rights Act, minority districts
  2. Pearson v. Callahan (07-751) - 4th Amendment, qualified immunity
  3. Oregon v. Ice (07-901) - Sixth Amendment, consecutive sentences

October 15

  1. Waddington v. Sarausad (07-772) - Habeas, jury instructions
  2. Chrones v. Pulido (07-544) - Habeas, jury instructions


November 3 Sitting

November 3

  1. Wyeth v. Levine (06-1249) - Preemption, drug labels
  2. Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association (07-869) - First Amendment, payroll deductions
  3. Carcieri v. Kempthorne (07-526) - Indian Law, federal-state power

November 4

  1. FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) - Administrative law, "fleeting expletives"
  2. United States v. Eurodif (07-1059) - Anti-Dumping laws, uranium enrichment
  3. Jimenez v. Quarterman (07-6984) - Habeas, statute of limitations

November 5

  1. Negusie v. Mukasey (07-499) - Asylum, persecutor bar
  2. Van de Kamp v. Goldstein (07-854) - Prosecutorial immunity, wrongful convictions

November 10

  1. Chambers v. United States (06-11206) - Armed Career Criminal Act, enhanced sentencing
  2. United States v. Hayes (07-608) - Criminal, "domestic violence"
  3. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591) - Confrontation Clause, forensic analysts

November 11 - Legal Holiday

November 12

  1. Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum (07-665) - First Amendment, public monuments
  2. Bell v. Kelly (07-1223) - Habeas, ineffective assistance of counsel


December 1 Sitting

December 1

  1. Kansas v. Colorado (105, Orig.) - Arkansas River
  2. 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett (07-581) - Arbitration, civil rights claims

December 2

  1. Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588) and consolidated cases - Clean Water Act, cooling structures
  2. Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al. (07-1125) - Sex discrimination, Title IX

December 3

  1. Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams (07-1216) - Punitive damages, state bars
  2. Haywood v. Drown (07-10374) - State court jurisdiction, federal constitutional claims

December 8

  1. Peake. v. Sanders (07-1209) - Notice, veterans' claims
  2. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.,dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications (07-512) - Antitrust, "price squeeze" claims

December 9

  1. Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122) - 4th Amendment, passenger searches
  2. Cone v. Bell (07-1114) - Habeas, procedural default

December 10

  1. Ashcroft, Former ATT'Y Gen. v. Iqbal (07-1015) - Prisoner abuse, liability of high-ranking officials
  2. AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen (07-543) - Title VII, pregnancy leave credits


Unscheduled OT08

  1. Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi (07-615) - Terrorism, victim compensation
  2. Harbison v. Bell (07-8521) - Clemency proceedings, appointed counsel
  3. Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. (07-984/07-990) - Clean Water Act, fill permits
  4. Knowles v. Mirzayance (07-1315) - Habeas, ineffective assistance of counsel
  5. Boyle v. United States (07-1309) - RICO, association-in-fact
  6. Kansas v. Ventris (07-1356) - Voluntary statements, absence of a knowing waiver
  7. Hawaii, et al. v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al. (07-1372) - State settlement with native Hawaiians
  8. United States v. Navajo Nation (07-1410) - Indian coal lease amendments, breach of government fiduciary duties
  9. Montejo v. Louisiana (07-1529) - Interrogation of indigent defendant in absence of attorney
  10. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. v. United States; Shell Oil Company v. United States (07-1601; 07-1607) - Environmental clean-up costs
  11. Puckett v. United States (07-9712) - Breach of plea agreement claims
  12. Rivera v. Illinois (07-9995) - Peremptory challenges
  13. Corley v. United States (07-10441) - Suppression of a voluntary confession
  14. Vermont v. Brillon (08-88) - Speedy trial

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