At oral argument on Monday, January 12, both the Justices and counsel struggled through the complex issues raised by the various permitting processes of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and how those permits can be applied in the case of the Kensington gold mine.
In Tuesday’s oral argument in Entergy v. Riverkeeper (No. 07-588, consolidated with Nos. 07-589 and 07-597), the Supreme Court considered Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, which provides that “[a]ny standard…applicable to a point source shall require that the location, design, construction,
What follows is Stanford student David Owens’ write-up of oral argument in Haywood v. Drown (07-10374). You can read more about the case on SCOTUSwiki.
Below, Max Schwartz previews next term’s Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. As always, the Coeur SCOTUSwiki page, available here, will continue to be updated throughout the upcoming term.
Last month, the Constitutional Sources Project and the Patton Boggs Foundation held a panel discussion on District of Columbia v. Heller and its ramifications.
As we mentioned here earlier, several panels at this year’s meeting of the American Bar Association looked back at the recently completed Supreme Court term. One of those panels looked back specifically at the OT 2007 criminal docket, a subject we’ve also previously looked into.
Below, Kevin Russell of Howe & Russell previews next term’s Pacific Bell Telephone Co.,dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications (07-512). Please note that the SCOTUSwiki for linkLine, here, will continue to be updated throughout the upcoming term. Background 1.
Continuing our look back at October Term 2007 (a review that began here with a look at criminal cases), we turn to the Court’s business docket. After a spectacularly successful term for corporate parties in 2006, the Court’s treatment of business cases received considerable attention this year.
Last Thursday marked the end of the Supreme Court’s October Term 2007, and once again, Court-watchers are looking to describe the overall theme of the term.