Updated: Petitions to watch: Conference of 1/13/12

At its January 13, 2012 Conference, the Court will consider such issues as affirmative action, online student speech, legislative prayer, sentencing errors, and the FLSA tip-credit. This edition of “Petitions to watch” features petitions raising issues that Tom has determined to have a reasonable chance of being granted, although we post them here without consideration of whether they present appropriate vehicles in which to decide those issues. A full list of our “Petitions to watch” for the January 13 Conference is here. A complete list also follows the jump.

• City of St. Louis, Missouri v. Neighborhood Enterprises
• EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina
• TI Pneumotive v. Yasunaga Corporation
• Renzi v. U.S.
• Forsyth County, N.C. v. Joyner
• Byrne v. Jackler
• Blue Mountain School District. v. J.S.
• Martin v. Howard University
• Cavazos v. Williams (GRANTED 1/13)
  
• Kowalski v. Berkeley County Schools
• Connecticut v. Lenarz
• Malaterre v. Amerind Risk Management Corp.
• Applebee’s Int’l Inc. v. Fast
• York v. Texas
• Clarksburg Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center, LLC v. Marchio
• Marmet Health Care Center v. Brown
• Standard Investment Chartered, v. National Association of Securities Dealers
• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
• Delacy v. California
• Pantle v. U.S.
• Ryburn v. Huff
• U.S. v. Bormes (GRANTED 1/13)
  
• Kloeckner v. Solis (GRANTED 1/13)
  
• Alvis v. Espinosa
• Wetzel v. Kindler
• Childers v. Floyd
• Wetzel v. Lambert