| Name |
Counsel
of Record |
Certiorari To |
DN |
Summary of QP |
Status |
| Coral Power
v. Calif. Calif. v. Coral Power |
David Frederick Paul Stein |
CA9 |
06-888/ 06-1100 |
Whether FERC has the power to order
retroactive refunds under sec. 205 of the Federal Power Act for sales
made
under a tariff that the Commission accepted for filing without
suspension or hearing. (Also available: 888
Calif. BIO, Combined
BIO of FERC, 888
Reply, 1100
Coral BIO, 1100
Reply, EPSA Amicus) |
|
| FIA
Card Services v. Tax Comm'r of W.
Va. Lanco v. Dir. of Taxation |
Walter Dellinger Beth Brinkmann |
S. Ct. of W.
Va. S. Ct. of NJ |
06-1228 06-1236 |
Whether the Commerce Clause
permits states to impose income and franchise taxes on an out-of-state
company with no in-state physical presence, simply because that company
has customers in the taxing state. (Also available: 1228
BIO, 1228
Reply, 1236
BIO, 1236
Reply, Amici (for 06-1228
only unless otherwise specified): Amer.
Bankers Assoc., Clearing
House Assoc., Council
on State Taxation (both), Direct
Marketers Assoc., Greater
Phil. Chamber of Commerce (both), Tax
Exec. Inst., Tax
Foundation, Sherwin-Williams
(1236 only)). |
|
| Quarterman v. Nelson | Edward Marshall TX AG's office |
CA5 |
06-1254 |
Whether the lower court erred when it held
that, by failing to divine a full-effect rule from the majority
holdings of this Court as of 1994, the state court unreasonably applied
clearly established federal law in adjudicating Respondent's Penry claim. (Also available: BIO,
Reply) |
|
| Tamashiro
v. Dept. of Human Serv. |
Seth Galanter Morrison & Foerster |
S. Ct. of
Haw. |
06-1267 |
Whether the interpretation of
the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act by the Supreme Court of Hawai'i that
prohibits a State from authorizing blind vendors to sue that State in
state court for violations of state laws that impose requirements on
state agencies that are not contained in federal law must be reversed
absent a clear statement by Congress. (Also available: BIO,
Reply,
Amicus of RSVA) |
|
| Kentucky
v. Krause |
Courtney Hightower Kent. AG's office |
S. Ct. of
Kent. |
06-1281 |
Whether police may employ
deception with regard to their purpose and obtain voluntary consent to
search under the Fourth Amendment. (Materials coming soon). |