The week ahead

We expect orders and opinions at 10 a.m. Eastern this morning, and we will provide “live” coverage of them.  The Court may also issue opinions on Thursday.

The Justices will hold a private conference on Thursday to consider petitions for certiorari and motions in pending cases.

Several merits briefs are due at the Court this week:  petitioners’ briefs are due on Thursday in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. (09-834) and on Friday in Flores-Villar v. United States (09-5801), and the respondent’s merits brief is due on Wednesday in Michigan v. Bryant (09-150).