Federal Judiciary

The Week Ahead

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

The Court will hold its opening conference of the upcoming term on Monday, where, in addition to the hundreds of petitions that have amassed during the summer recess, the Court will consider the petition for rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343). To view our list of petitions to watch at Monday’s conference, click here.

The Justices are expected to release orders from the conference on Tuesday. We will provide coverage of all developments, as well as a copy of the orders list, via our Live Blog.

No merits briefs for petitioners are due this week. Merits briefs for respondents are due Monday in Chambers v. United States (06-11206), Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588) (and consolidated cases), Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122), Bell v. Kelly (07-1223), and Haywood v. Drown (07-10374), and Tuesday in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams (07-1216) and Knowles v. Mirzayance (07-1315). (Links direct to case pages on SCOTUSwiki.)

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).