Today at the Court

At 10 a.m., the Court will release the  orders from the Justices’ private conference on Friday. Following the release of orders, the Court will hear argument in District Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne (08-6), on the right to obtain DNA evidence. Kenneth Rosenstein of the Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions & Appeals will argue for the petitioner and Peter J. Neufeld of Cardozo School of Law will argue for the respondent. Neal Kaytal of the Solicitor General’s office will argue as amicus curiae for the United States in support of the petitioners.

At 11 a.m., the Court will hear argument in Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc., et al. v. Townsend (08-214), involving a seaman’s right to punitive damages. David W. McCreadie will argue for the petitioner and G.J. Rod Sullivan will argue for the respondent.

We will post links to the transcripts as soon as they are available.