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October Term 2007

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Merits cases (to be) decided during OT 2012
Argument Docket Case Page Issue(s) or Holding Opinion
02.26.2008Justi
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 07-214 Allison Engine v. US 06.09.2008
01.07.2008
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 07-5439 Baze v. Rees 04.16.2008
01.15.2008
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 06-11543 Begay v. US 04.16.2008
01.08.2008
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 06-1509 Boulware v. US 03.03.2008
12.05.2007
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 06-1195 Boumediene/Al-Odah v. Bush 06.12.2008
04.14.2008
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 07-210 Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Whether plaintiffs who did not rely on but were nonetheless harmed by false statements made to third parties can establish proximate cause in a civil RICO action. 06.09.2008
03.24.2008
 06-11429 Burgess v. US 1. Whether the term “felony drug offense” as used in federal statutes requiring imposition of enhanced mandatory minimum 20 years’ imprisonment when drug offender has “prior conviction for a felony drug offense” must be read in pari materia with federal statutes defining both “felony” and “felony drug offense”, so as” to require imposition of minimum 20-year sentence only if prior drug conviction as both punishable by more “than one year in prison and characterized as a felony by controlling law; 2. When the court finds that a criminal statute is ambiguous, must it then turn to the rule of lenity to resolve ambiguity? 04.16.2008
02.20.2008
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 06-1431 CBOCS West v. Humphries 05.27.2008
03.19.2008
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 06-939 Chamber of Commerce v. Brown 06.19.2008
01.09.2008
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 07-21 Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. 04.28.2008
11.05.2007
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 06-1287 CSX v. Ga. State Bd. of Equalization 12.04.2007
02.25.2008
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 06-1456 Cuellar v. US 06.02.2008
01.07.2008
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 06-1181 Dada v. Mukasey 06.16.2008
10.31.2007
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 06-8273 Danforth v. Minnesota 02.20.2008
04.22.2008
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 07-320 Davis v. FEC Whether BCRA’s so-called “Millionaire’s Amendment,” which relaxes campaign finance limits for opponents of congressional candidates spending more than $350,000 of their own money, violates either the First or Fifth Amendments. 06.26.2008
03.18.2008
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 07-290 DC v. Heller 06.26.2008
11.05.2007
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 06-666 Dept. of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis 05.19.2008
04.21.2008
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 07-474 Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Whether traditional rational basis equal protection analysis, the so-called ‘class of one’ legal theory, applies to public employment decisions. 06.09.2008
02.27.2008
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 07-219 Exxon v. Baker 06.25.2008
11.06.2007
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 06-1322 Federal Express v. Holowecki 02.27.2008
03.26.2008
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 07-312 Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias Whether a state may tax a court-ordered transfer of property from a chapter 11 bankruptcy estate to a third-party purchaser of the bankrupt party’s assets. 06.16.2008
10.02.2007
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 06-7949 Gall v. US 12.10.2010
04.22.2008
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 07-6053 Giles v. California Whether criminal defendants forfeit their Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Claims upon a showing the defendant caused the unavailability of the witness or upon a showing the defendant’s actions were undertaken specifically to prevent the witness from testifying. 06.25.2008
02.19.2008
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 06-1321 Gomez-Perez v. Potter 05.27.2008
04.15.2008
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 07-330 Greenlaw v. U.S. Whether a federal circuit court may sua sponte increase a defendant’s sentence in the absence of a cross-appeal by the government. 06.23.2008
11.07.2007
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 06-989 Hall Street v. Mattel 03.25.2008
03.26.2008
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 07-208 Indiana v. Edwards Whether the Sixth Amendment grants a defendant found competent to stand trial the right to represent himself in a criminal proceeding. 06.19.2008
04.15.2008
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 06-7517 Irizarry v. U.S. Whether a judge must give both sides notice in advance of imposing a criminal sentence that departs from the Sentencing Guidelines. 06.12.2008
11.06.2007
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 06-1164 John R. Sand and Gravel v. US 01.08.2008
04.16.2008
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 07-343 Kennedy v. Louisiana 06.25.2008
01.09.2008
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 06-1037 Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC 06.19.2008
10.02.2007
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 06-6330 Kimbrough v. US 12.10.2007
10.29.2007
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 06-1265 Klein & Co. Futures v. Bd. of Trade of NYC 12.28.2007
11.27.2007
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 06-1286 Knight v. CIR 01.16.2008
11.26.2007
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 06-856 LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg 02.20.2008
10.30.2007
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 06-6911 Logan v. US 12.04.2007
04.23.2008
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 06-1505 Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Whether, under Smith v. City of Jackson (2005), an employee alleging disparate impact under the ADEA has the burden of persuasion in establishing the contested action was based on “reasonable factors other than age.” 06.19.2008
01.16.2008
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 06-1413 Meadwestvaco v. Ill. Dept. of Revenue 04.15.2008
10.10.2007
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 06-984 Medellin v. Texas 03.25.2008
04.23.2008
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 06-923 MetLife v. Glenn Whether an ERISA plan administrator that both evaluates and pays claims operates under a conflict of interest that must be weighed on judicial review of benefit determinations. 06.19.2008
02.19.2008
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 06-1457 Morgan Stanley Capital Group, et al. v. Public Utility 1 06.26.2008
03.25.2008
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 06-1666 Munaf v. Geren/Geren v. Omar 06.12.2008
11.27.2007
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 134 Original New Jersey v. Delaware 03.31.2008
10.03.2007
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 06-766 NY Board of Elections v. Lopez-Torres 01.16.2008
04.14.2008
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 07-411 Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Whether Indian tribes’ courts have authority to decide a civil lawsuit that involves business dealings between a company owned by a member of the tribe and a bank that owns land on a reservation, but itself is not owned by a tribal member. 06.25.2008
01.14.2008
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 06-1463 Preston v. Ferrer 02.20.2008
01.16.2008
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 06-937 Quanta v. LG 06.09.2008
01.17.2008
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 06-1204 Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel 06.12.2008
03.19.2008
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 06-1717 Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff Whether prevailing parties under the Equal Access to Justice Act should be compensated for the market rate of paralegal services or only for the cost of such services to the attorney. 06.02.2008
12.04.2007
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 06-179 Riegel v. Medtronic 02.20.2008
03.24.2008
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 07-77 Riley v. Kennedy Whether states subject to Voting Rights Act pre-clearance requirements must receive Justice Department approval before implementing decisions of its highest court striking down previously pre-cleared state laws. 05.27.2008
03.17.2008
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 07-440 Rothgery v. Gillespie County 06.23.2008
11.28.2007
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 06-457 Rowe v. NH Motor Transport 02.20.2008
12.04.2007
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 06-10119 Snyder v. Louisiana 03.19.2008
04.21.2008
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 07-552 Sprint Communications v. APCC Services Whether a plaintiff assigned the right to pursue a legal claim, but which stands to gain no proceeds from the outcome of the litigation, has established standing under Article III. 06.23.2008
12.03.2007
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 06-1221 Sprint/United Management v. Mendelsohn 02.26.2008
10.09.2007
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 06-43 Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta 01.15.2008
04.16.2008
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 07-371 Taylor v. Sturgell Whether a FOIA request may be barred by res judicata on grounds the petitioner was “virtually represented” by a close associate who previously sought disclosure of the same documents. 06.12.2008
03.24.2008
 07-308 US v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Whether a coal company that did not meet the Tucker Act statute of limitations may seek a tax refund (with interest) directly under the Export Clause of the Constitution. 04.15.2008
03.25.2008
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 07-455 US v. Ressam Whether 18 U.S.C. 1844(h)(2), which mandates 10 years in prison for carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony, requires the explosives to be carried “in relation to” the underlying felony. 05.19.2008
01.15.2008
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 06-1646 US v. Rodriquez 05.19.2008
10.03.2007
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 06-1005 US v. Santos 06.02.2008
10.30.2007
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 06-694 US v. Williams 05.19.2008
01.14.2008
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 06-1082 Virginia v. Moore 04.23.2008
02.25.2008
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 06-1498 Warner-Lambert v. Kent 03.03.2008
10.09.2007
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 06-571 Watson v. US 12.10.2007