November arguments, day by day
on Aug 14, 2006 at 2:05 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday released the argument calendar for its November sitting, which actually begins on Oct. 30. The official calendar can be found here. (The arguments in October, the first sitting of the Term, can be found here.)
Two of the major cases of the Term — two U.S. government appeals on the constitutionality of the federal ban on so-called “partial-birth” abortions — are scheduled for back-to-back argument on Wed., Nov. 8 — one day after election day, when a key test of voter sentiment on the future of abortion rights is on the ballot in South Dakota.
Here are the scheduled cases, with a brief description of the issues involved:
Monday, Oct. 30:
Osborn v. Haley (05-593) — immunity of federal employees to private lawsuits
Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton (05-7058 and 05-7142) — scope of exhaustion of remedies duty under Prison Litigation Reform Act (Consolidated, l hour hearing)
Tuesday, Oct. 31:
Philip Morris USA v. Williams (05-1256) — standards for punitive damage awards for corporate wrongdoing
Lawrence v. Florida (05-8820) — — suspension of habeas filing deadline while petition for certiorari is pendng
Wednesday, Nov. 1:
Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp. (05-848) — permit standards under Clean Air Act; also, proper court venue for Clean Air Act appeals
Whorton v. Bocking (05-595) — retroactivity of Crawford v. Washington on admission of out-of-court statements
Monday, Nov. 6:
Marrama v. Citizens Bank (05-996) — right to convert Chapter 7 bankruptcy to Chapter 13
Wallace v. Kato (05-1240) — time for filing damages lawsuit based on false arrest claim
Tuesday, Nov. 7:
James v. U.S. (05-9264) — attempted burglary as a “violent felony” under Armed Career Criminal Act
Burton v. Waddington (05-9222) — retroactivity of Blakely v.Wahington on state criminal sentencing guidelines
Wednesday, Nov. 8:
Gonzales v. Carhart (05-380) — constitutionality of federal ban on “partial-birth” abortion (Eighth Circuit case)
Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood (05-1382) — same issue, along with separate questions on remedy and on vagueness (Ninth Circuit case)
