The Week Ahead
on Mar 9, 2008 at 6:20 pm
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court this week.
The Justices are scheduled to hold a private conference on Friday. To view our list of petitions to watch, click here.
The government’s reply brief is due by 2 p.m. Tuesday in Gates v. Bismullah (07-1054). The Court is expected to consider the government’s petition at its conference on Friday, along with a government motion to stay lower court proceedings in detainee cases. If the Court grants review, an order to that effect may be released later in the day on Friday.
No petitioners’ merits briefs are due this week. Respondents’ merits brief are due Wednesday in Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity (07-210), Greenlaw v. United States (07-330), Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (07-411), and Sprint Communications v. APCC Services (07-552). (Links above direct to case pages on SCOTUSwiki.)
