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Today’s orders

The Court issued no cert. grants.  Nor are there any invitations to the Solicitor General to file briefs.  The full orders list is here.

One denial is worthy of note: Frequent Flyer Depot v. American Airlines (09-815), a request for the Court to decide whether airlines can sue in state courts to stop ticket brokers from buying and selling tickets using credits from frequent-flyer miles.

Chief Justice Roberts opened the public session today by announcing the presence of the chief justice and several other members of the Supreme Court of Canada, as part of a continuing exchange of visits between the two high courts.