| Name |
Counsel
of Record |
Certiorari To |
DN |
Summary of QP |
Status |
| Rudkin v. Comm'r | Peter Rubin G'Town Law |
CA2 |
06-1286 |
Whether 26 U.S.C. sec. 67(e) permits a
full deduction for costs and fees for investment management and
advisory services provided to trusts and estates. (Also available: BIO,
Reply) |
|
| Jones
v. Peralta |
Barabara Underwood SG of NY |
CA2 |
06-1307 |
Whether the rule of Balisok and Heck applies to bar a challenge to
a prison disciplinary proceeding that resulted in mixed sanctions if
the prisoner abandons any claim affecting the loss of good time
credits. (Also available: BIO,
Reply) |
|
| Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Merrill Lynch | William Lerach Lerach Coughlin |
CA5 |
06-1341 |
Whether liability exists under sec.10(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5, where an
actor knowingly uses or employs deceptive devices and contrivances, as
part of a scheme to defraud investors in another public company, but
itself makes no affirmative misrepresentations to the market. |
|
| Fitch
v. Early |
Leonard Joblove NYC DA's office |
CA2 |
06-1429
|
Whether,
under AEDPA, the "clearly established Federal law" upon which the state
prisoner bases his claim for habeas relief must be clearly established
as a rule of federal law binding onthe States in criminal proceedings. |
|
| Lorillard
Tobacco v. Engida |
Robert Long Covington & Burling |
CA10 |
06-1440 |
Whether
undisputed evidence that a retailer sold counterfeit goods establishes
"irreparable harm" that supports the entry of a preliminary injunction
in a trademark infringement case. (Also available: BIO,
Reply,
Amicus of WLF) |