Petitions to watch | Conference of October 7

In its conference of October 7, 2016, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the Multistate Tax Compact has the status of a contract that binds its signatory states; whether inter partes review violates either Article III of the Constitution or the Seventh Amendment; and whether the Endangered Species Act requires the Forest Service to reinitiate consultation on a completed programmatic agency action that has no on-the-ground effects when a new species is listed or new critical habitat is designated.

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