Today’s Orders
A copy of today’s orders – consisting of grants of certiorari in District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) and Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. Brown (06-939), and a postponement of jurisdiction in Riley v. Kennedy (07-77) – is available here.
To access filings in the D.C. guns petition, check out the case page on SCOTUSwiki here.
Click here for more on the Chamber of Commerce case, or the links below to access all certiorari-stage filings.
- Opinion below (Ninth Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply
- Amicus brief of Associated Builders and Contractors of California (in support of petitioner)
- Amicus brief of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., et al. (in support of petitioner)
- Amicus brief of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (in support of petitioner)
- Amicus brief of the United States (in support of petitioner)
To access filings in the Riley case, click the links below.
- Opinions below (M.D. Ala., Alabama Supreme Court)
- Jurisdictional statement
- Motion to dismiss or affirm
Forgive my crude intrusion onto this hallowed legal site, but could someone tell me how to find out what happened today with Ryan D. Evans v United States?
Your assistance is appreciated. A certain outsider wants to know.
Comment by Ryan Evans — November 20, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
I was glad to see that both halves of the scotusblog team, as well as the Stanford Clinic, were associated with civil rights veteran Ed Still on the Motion to Dismiss or Affirm in Riley. To the extent that any of you can reply without giving up the benefits of using a Supreme Court specialist, I have two questions. (1) In light of Lyle’s comment, does the postponement of jurisdiction likely rule out a summary dismissal on that ground after the merits briefing? (2) Does the failure to affirm likely rule out a summary affirmance after the merits briefing, or does it indicate a desire by the “federalist” wing of the court to overturn either the mechanics or the constitutional foundations of the Voting Rights Act?
Comment by Roger Friedman — November 21, 2007 @ 11:57 am