Round-Up

UPDATE 2:55 PM: Jonathan Soglin discusses the Fry v. Pliler case here; and weighs in on four cert-worthy criminal justices issues in this post from his blog, Criminal Appeal.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases. The addition of two antitrust cases to the docket – Credit Suisse First Boston v. Billing and Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS – brings the total to four such cases heard before the Court this term. Linda Greenhouse discusses these antitrust cases in this New York Times article; WSJ reporters Jess Bravin and Mark Anderson have an article here (registration req’d); and Pete Yost of the Associated Press reviews the upcoming cases here. In today’s LA Times, David Savage focuses on the the Court’s decision to accept the Leegin case and to reconsider a long-standing rule that forbids companies from fixing prices in this article.

An AP article in the USA Today discusses the three criminal cases accepted by the justices yesterday: Bowles v. Rusell, Fry v. Pliler, and Roper v. Weaver. In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, an article by Bob Egelko details Fry v. Pliler, a California case dealing with a convicted double murderer who claims the testimony of key witness was excluded.

Finally, Katie Couric’s interview with retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor about her role in the Iraq Study Group can be seen here.