Leading Outstanding Opinions

By Tom Goldstein
on Feb 9, 2005 at 10:01 pm

The Court will begin issuing opinions again on February 22 or 23.

At this point, the three significant rulings we could reasonably expect to see when the Justices return are:

1. Roper v. Simmons – the juvenile execution case, which was argued on October 13

2. Johnson v. California – the case challenging the racial segregation of prisoners, which was argued on November 2

3. Smith v. City of Jackson – the age discrimination “disparate impact” case, which I argued on November 3, and in which we are counsel (with the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic) to the petitioners

As a reminder, in the November caes, the Chief Justice will not be participating except to break a tie vote.