October arguments — day by day
on Jul 18, 2006 at 11:15 am
The Supreme Court will open its new Term on Monday, Oct. 2, but will hear no arguments that day because of a religious holiday. The Court, however, is expected to take the bench that morning at 10 to formally open the Term, and is likely at that time to issue orders on pending cases and to admit attorneys to its Bar.
Below are the cases listed for argument in the October sitting, with a brief description of the issues involved (one-hour of argument unless otherwise noted; morning arguments scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., afternoon arguments at 1 p.m.). For the actual questions presented in a given case, go to the Supreme Court’s website, click on Docket, enter the docket number in the Search box; the docket page has a link to the questions.
Tusday, Oct. 3 — Lopez v. Gonzales (05-547) and Toledo-Flores v. U.S. (05-7664) — impact of state drug conviction on alien deportation (Cases consolidated, one hour for argument)
Ornaski v. Belmontes (05-493) — scope of jury instructions on evidence favorable to the accused
Wednesday, Oct. 4 — Medimmune v. Genentech (05-608) — violation of patent license as a predicate for challenging patent validity
BP American Production Co. v. Watson (05-669) — callculation of royalty on oil and gas produced on federal lands
Monday, Oct. 9 — Columbus Day legal holiday; Court not in session
Tuesday, Oct. 10 — U.S. v. Resendiz-Ponce (05-998) — “harmless error” in omission from indictment
Global Crossing v. Metrophones (05-705) — private right to sue long-distance telephone company over pay phone calls
Afternoon: Norfolk Southern Railway v. Sorrell (05-746) — jury standards on allocation of blame in railroad worker injury cases
Wednesday, Oct. 11 — Cunningham v. California (05-6551) — impact of 2005 decision in U.S. v. Booker. on sentences controlled by 2004 decision in Blakely v. Washington
Carey v. Musladin (05-785) — right of family of crime victim to wear in court buttons with pictures of the victim
