April arguments, day by day
on Feb 5, 2007 at 11:20 am
The Supreme Court on Monday released its calendar of arguments for April — the final scheduled hearing sessions of the Term. The Court will hear a total of 16 cases over the six days of sittings — thus, there will be four afternoon arguments. Most of the time in recent years, the Court hears only two cases per day, in the mornings. The hearings will begin at 10 a.m. and run until noon, and, in the afternoon, from 1 to 2 p.m., with each case allotted one hour of argument. (The hearing list can be found here.)
Here is the day-to-day schedule, with summaries of the issues presented:
Mon., April 16
05-85 — Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services — definition of how a foreign business firm may qualify as an agent of a foreign government for purposes of U.S. court jurisdiction
06-593 — Long Island Care at Home v. Coke — right to overtime pay for home care workers who are employed by agencies, not by families
Tue., April 17
06-340 and 06-549 — National Association of Homebuilders v. Defenders of Wildlife and EPA v. Defenders of Wildlife — duty of federal agencies to avoid harms to endangered species (Consolidated for one hour or argument)
06-531 — Struhs v. Wyner— nature of victory in court needed to justify attorney fee shifting
(afternoon) 06-413 — Uttecht v. Brown — federal court authority to overturn state judge’s removal of a juror in a murder trial
Wed., April 18
06-427 — Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assoc. v. Brentwood Academy — prep schools’ right to recruit student athletes despite a state policy forbidding it
06-341 — BCI Coca -Cola Bottling v. EEOC — employer liability for alleged bias of subordinate who did not make the actual employment decision at issue
(afternoon) 06-6407 — Panetti v. Quarterman — constitutionality of executing a death row inmate who has a delusion about why he is being executed
Mon., April 23
06-562 — U.S. v. Atlantic Research Corp. — right of a company responsible for hazardous waste deposit to sue to share clean-up costs with others
06-8120 — Brendlin v. California — authority of police during traffic stop to order passengers out of car
(afternoon) 06-376 — Hinck v. U.S. — Tax Court jurisdiction over claim to relief from assessed interest on taxes due
Tue., April 24
06-134 — Permanent Mission of India v. City of New York — immunity from local property taxes for foreign embassy properties used as diplomats’ residences
05-1448 — Beck v. PACE International Union — pension plan sponsor’s duty to consider merger as a way of terminating the plan without ending benefits
(afternoon) 06-618 — Office of Dayton v. Hanson — Speech or Debate Clause application to congressional employee’s job rights lawsuit; also, mootness and jurisdictional issues
Wed., April 25
06-969 and 06-970 — FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life and McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life — constitutionality of federal ban on broadcasts planned for airing in election season, when the ban is applied to specific broadcasts (Consolidated for one hour of argument)
05-1284 — Watson v. Philip Morris — right to move a state case to federal court when it involved actions by a private entity acting under mandate of a federal agency
