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Today’s Orders | 6.27.08

A copy of today’s orders list — including grants of certiorari in two cases — is now available here. All available filings in the granted cases are available after the jump.

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Docket: 07-984 and 07-990
Case name: Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al.
Issue: Whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not issue a permit for discharge of fill material otherwise subject to effluent limitations under Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act.

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Docket: 07-1315
Case name: Knowles v. Mirzayance
Issue: Whether the defendant’s lawyer’s recommendation to withdraw an insanity plea constituted ineffective assistance of counsel for purposes of federal habeas law.

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