Posted Mon, December 7th, 2009 10:00 am
The Week Ahead
The Court will hear oral argument in the following cases:
Mon., Dec. 7:
- Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861) – constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley Act's creation of accounting review board
- Florida v. Powell (08-1175) – police duty to expand "Miranda warnings" before questioning suspect
Tues., Dec. 8:
- Black v. United States (08-876) – application of "honest services" fraud law to private conduct
- Weyhrauch v. United States (08-1196) – proof needed in state official's "honest services" fraud trial
Wed., Dec. 9:
- Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. (08-1198) – scope of right to arbitrate as class action
On Friday, merits briefs are due for the petitioners in Skilling v. United States (08-1394) and Health Care Service v. Pollitt (09-38). The reply brief in Conkright v. Frommert (08-810) is also expected at the end of this week.
Also on Friday, the Court will hold their last private conference before the new year.
