Petitions to watch | Conference of 01.07.11

We are reposting this edition of Petitions to watch,which features cases up for consideration at the Justices January 7 conference.  These are petitions raising issues that Tom has determined to have a reasonable chance of being granted, although we post them here without consideration of whether they present appropriate vehicles in which to decide those issues

[PETITION]09-958[/PETITION]

[PETITION]09-1158[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-283[/PETITION]

[PETITION]09-1353[/PETITION]

[PETITION]09-1403[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-151[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-251[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-264[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-344[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-371[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-376[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-377[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-420[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-382[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-383[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-404[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-458[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-471[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-521[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-550[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-568[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-580[/PETITION]

DISCLOSURE: Akin Gump and Howe & Russell represent parties in the three cases below; the cases are listed here without regard to their chances of being granted.

[PETITION]10-116[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-130[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-309[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-779[/PETITION]

If any other paid petitions are re-distributed for the January 7 conference, we will add them below as soon as their re-distribution is noted on the docket.

[PETITION]10-333[/PETITION]

[PETITION]09-1555[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-209[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-444[/PETITION]