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Hearing list — November-December sitting

Two seasoned advocates at the Supreme Court’s bar will argue the cases testing the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees, set for a one-hour hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5.  For the detainees will be former U.S. Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman, now a Washington private attorney, and arguing for the government will be the current Solicitor General, Paul D. Clement.  The cases are Boumediene v. Bush, 06-1195, and Al Odah v. U.S., 06-1196.  A report on the case when the Court granted review can be found here at ScotusWiki.

 The list of counsel appearing in the eight cases in the November-December sitting can be downloaded here.