Petitions to watch | Conference of 11.23.10

This edition of “Petitions to watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ November 23 conference.  These are petitions raising issues that Tom has determined to have a reasonable chance of being granted, although we post them here without consideration of whether they present appropriate vehicles in which to decide those issues.

[PETITION]10-18[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-86[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-150[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-180[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-235[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-238[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-239[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-277[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-283[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-284[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-288[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-290[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-300[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-386[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-389[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-415[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-430[/PETITION]

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DISCLOSURE: Akin Gump and Howe & Russell represent one of the parties in the case below; the case is listed here without regard to its chances of being granted.

[PETITION]09-1576[/PETITION]

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The following petitions have been re-listed for the conference of November 23.  If any other paid petitions are re-distributed for this conference, we will add them below as soon as their re-distribution is noted on the docket.

[PETITION]09-1395[/PETITION]

[PETITION]09-1555[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-24[/PETITION]

[PETITION]10-94[/PETITION]