Today at the Supreme Court | 1.31.08
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued today from the Court.
January 2008 Archive
Every post published in January 2008, most recent first.
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On the Docket and Briefing Schedules
Following yesterday’s release of the April argument calendar, it’s now possible to more fully examine one tangential effect of the docket crunch at Court – namely, the widely varying amounts of time attorneys receive following a grant of certiorari to brief their cases and prepare for oral argument.
Upcoming Event: A Tribute to Sandra Day O’Connor
On Friday, February 22, The Catholic University Law Review is sponsoring a symposium with the goal of “Reflecting on Justice O’Connor’s Jurisprudence Relating to Race and Education.” Along with a wide variety of participants (including SCOTUSblog contributor Patricia Millett), the introductory
Oregon Supreme Court Rules in Williams v. Philip Morris
The Oregon Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the case of Williams v. Philip Morris, on remand from last Term’s punitive damages decision. Oregon’s highest court has reinstated a $79.5 million dollar verdict against the company.
Callahan Execution Stayed
The Supreme Court has just issued an order staying the execution in the case of James Callahan, which we wrote about earlier here. No dissents were recorded. The full text of the order can be found after the jump ORDER IN PENDING CASE 07A630 CALLAHAN, JAMES V. ALLEN, COMM’R, AL DOC, ET AL.
Today at the Supreme Court | 1.30.08
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued today from the Court.
Academic Round-Up (with an update)
In a prior academic round-up, I noted an article by Catherine Sharkey (New York University School of Law), see here, addressing some of the questions at issue in the two FDA preemption issues before the Court this Term, Riegel v. Medtronic and Levine v. Wyeth.
April arguments, day by day
The Supreme Court today released the argument calendar for its April sitting, beginning Monday, April 14. (The calendar is available here.) The Justices scheduled Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), involving the constitutionality of Louisiana’s death penalty law for child rape, for argument on April 16.
New test on lethal injection
UPDATE 5:45 p.m. Attorneys for Alabama death row inmate James Callahan urged the Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon to delay his scheduled execution on Thursday evening, argung that a federal appeals court had relied on a novel theory of time limits in clearing the way for the execution to occur.
Today at the Supreme Court | 1.29.08
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued today from the Court.