November arguments, day by day

By Lyle Denniston
on Aug 17, 2009 at 10:48 am

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