Argument Preview: Lawrence v. Florida on 10/31
The following argument preview was written by Chris Pudelski, an attorney at Akin Gump.
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Today at the Supreme Court: 10/31/06
Today beginning at 10 AM Eastern, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear one hour of oral argument in Philip Morris v. Williams (preview here) followed by one hour of argument in Lawrence v. Florida (preview here).
Osborn v. Haley: Argument Recap
The following recap was written by Gia Kim of Akin Gump; we previously published her preview of this case here.
Analysis: Tobacco case going back?
If Justices of the Supreme Court cannot understand an instruction written for a jury in a civil case, what are the chances that the jury would have understood it? And, if it was an instruction that actually was never given, why does it matter?
Argument Wed., 11/1/06: Major test on Crawford, habeas
The Supreme Court faces a difficult task when it considers whether one of its new decisions on criminal law should apply to cases that arose before such a ruling was handed down – that is, whether to make the decision retroactive.
Today’s Transcripts
Working quickly today, the Supreme has posted the transcript for today’s argument in Philip Morris v. Williams here. Earlier today, Lyle posted this entry with an analysis of what transpired. UPDATE 2:29: The Court has now posted the transcript in Lawrence v. Florida here.
Supplemental Brief in KSR v. Teleflex
Today, we filed this Supplemental Brief for the Respondents in KSR v. Teleflex, a patent case set for oral argument before the Supreme Court on November 28. The top-side briefs in this case, including the Brief for the Petitioner, can be found here.
Argument Preview: Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy on 11/1
The following argument preview was written by David Thompson, a student in the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. The Supreme Court will wrap up the first week of its November sitting on Wednesday, November 1 with Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp. (05-848) followed by Whorton v. Bockting (preview here).
Round-Up
At Legal Times online, Tony Mauro has this report about today’s argument in Philip Morris. CNN.com’s Bill Mears filed this report about the same argument (both via How Appealing). Paul Horwitz comments on the argument here at PrawfsBlawg.
Today at the Supreme Court: 10/30/06
The Court is back in session this morning, as the “November” sitting begins at 10 AM Eastern. First, the Court will release an official Orders List with orders relating to Friday’s Conference (the Court also released a Miscellaneous Orders List on Friday afternoon granting four cases; for more, see Lyle’s post here).