Every post published in 2008, most recent first.
The second case argued on December 10, 2008, AT&T v. Hulteen, stemmed from a decision out of the Ninth Circuit in favor of Noreen Hulteen and three other women who were denied full service credit for pregnancy leaves taken from AT&T between 1968 and 1976.
Today we filed this reply brief in No. 08-645, Abbott v. Abbott, which will be on the January 16 conference. At issue in the case is whether a “ne exeat” right, which requires consent from one parent before the other parent may remove the child from his country of habitual residence, is a “right of custody” for purposes of the Hague Convention governing international child abduction.
Praising the federal courts for doing their work with only a “tiny share of the federal budget,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., protested on Wednesday that Congress has awarded its own members and “every other federal employee” a cost-of-living pay raise this year — but left out the judges.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled on Tuesday that two Guantanam Bay detainees — nationals of Yemen and Tunisia — must remain prisoners of the U.S. military, finding that the government has proved that each is an “enemy combatant.” In the most significant of the two separate rulings, the
Setting the stage for an appeal to the Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court on Monday refused to delay the corruption trial of Rep. William J. Jefferson, a nine-term Democratic member of the House who lost his seat this year.
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court this week. The Justices will next convene for their private conference on January 9. Oral arguments will resume January 12.
NOTE: The following is an update of a post published on Dec. 17. The earlier post, found here, anticipated that events would develop more slowly than has actually occurred.
This edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on January 9. As always, the list contains the petitions on the Court’s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted.
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court this week. The Justices will next convene for their private conference on January 9. Oral arguments will resume January 12.
The DePaul Law Review just published the results of an empirical study about the influence of Supreme Court clerks conducted by Todd Peppers and Chris Zorn, see here.