November arguments, day by day

The Supreme Court on Monday released the schedule of oral arguments for the session that begins on Monday, Nov. 2.  The Court will hear three cases a day on three of the five days in the session.  The first case each day will be heard starting at 10 a.m.  When a third case is scheduled, it will be at 1 p.m.  All cases are set for one hour of argument — 30 minutes a side. There will be no arguments on Wed., Nov. 11, a legal holiday.  The November calendar can be downloaded here.

Here is the daily schedule, with a summary of the issues involved:

Mon., Nov. 2:

Jones v. Harris Associates (08-586) — standard of legality of investment advisors’ fees

Shady Grove Orthopedic v. Allstate Insurance (08-1008) — state courts’ power to limit class action lawsuits in federal courts

Beard v. Kindler(08-992) — enforcement of state procedural rule in federal habeas

Tues., Nov. 3:

NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities (08-674) –standard of legality of wholesale electric rates

Schwab v. Reilly (08-538) — valuation of property a bankrupt debtor may retain

Hemi Group v. City of New York (08-969) — city government right to use civil RICO lawsuit to collect cigarette taxes

Wed., Nov. 4:

Pottawattamie County v. McGhee (08-1065) — liability of prosecutors for arranging false testimony

Wood v. Allen (08-9156) — scope of federal court review of facts in state criminal proceeding

Mon., Nov.  9:

Graham v. Florida(08-7412) — constitutionality of life prision sentence for juvenile convicted of  a non-homicide crime

Sullivan v. Florida (08-7621) — same basic issue as in Graham v. Florida; the Court, however, has not consolidated the cases  for hearing or decision

Bilski v. Doll (08-964) — definition of modern inventions eligible for patents

Tues., Nov. 10:

Kucana v. Holder (08-911) — judicial review of reopening of deportation or asylum case

Hertz Corp. v. Friend (08-1107) — standard for determining company’s place of business for diversity jurisdiction

Wed., Nov. 11 — legal holiday; no arguments