The Week Ahead

No oral arguments are scheduled at the Court this week.  Oral arguments will resume February 23.

On Monday, the Court will release the  orders from the Justices private conference last Friday.

Merits briefs for the petitioners are due Monday in Travelers Indemnity v. Bailey (08-295) and Common Law Settlement Counsel v. Bailey (08-307), Polar Tankers v. Valdez (08-310), and Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (08-441). The respondent’s merits brief is due Monday in District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne (08-6).  On Wednesday, the respondents’ briefs are due in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company (08-22), Abuelhawa v. United States (08-192), and Dean v. United States (08-5274).