The Week Ahead
on Feb 17, 2008 at 7:00 pm
The Court will be closed on Monday in observance of President’s Day.
On Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Gomez-Perez v. Potter (06-1321), on whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act bars retaliation by public employers for the filing of age discrimination complaints, and in Morgan Stanley Capital Group v. Public Utility 1 (06-1457), on federal regulators’ power to undo wholesale electric power sales contracts. In advance of the arguments, the Court is expected to release orders from the Justices’ private conference last Friday.
On Wednesday, the Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in CBOCS West v. Humphries (06-1431), on whether employees may bring race retaliation claims under 42 USC 1981.
On Friday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private conference. (Click here for our list of petitions to watch.)
Petitioners’ merits briefs are due Wednesday in Davis v. FEC (07-320), Taylor v. Sturgell (07-371), Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (07-474), and Giles v. California (07-6053).
Respondents’ merits brief are due Wednesday in Burgess v. United States (06-11429) and United States v. Ressam (07-455), and Thursday in the consolidated cases of Munaf v. Geren (06-1666) and Geren v. Omar (07-394), and in Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias (07-312).
