Petitions of the week

This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address, among other things, whether a law enforcement officers membership in a joint state-federal police task force managed, in part, by a federal agency precludes the officer from acting under color of state law for purposes of Section 1983, and whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts state laws facilitating unsupervised private price-fixing.

Thepetitions of the weekare below the jump:

CACI Premier Technology Inc. v. Al Shimari
19-648
Issue: Whether an order denying a federal contractors claim of derivative sovereign immunity is an immediately appealable final order under the collateral-order doctrine.

Pavatt v. Sharp
19-697
Issues:(1) Whether the Supreme Court should summarily reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuits clearly erroneous procedural ruling; and (2) whether, if the Supreme Court grants plenary review, a states application of an aggravating factor to justify the death penalty violates the Eighth and 14th Amendmentsand conflicts with both the Supreme Courts precedents prohibiting the arbitrary imposition of capital sentences and the decisions of other appellate courtswhen it makes punishable by death any homicide in which the victim does not die immediately.

Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC v. Seagull
19-710
Issue:Whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts state laws facilitating unsupervised private price-fixing, such as Connecticut’swhich requires private beer, wine and liquor wholesalers to post their prices in advance so that all competing wholesalers can match them, to hold those prices for a month and to refrain from offering quantity discounts to retailers; the wholesalers in this scheme determine not only the case prices paid by retailers, but also the minimum bottle prices paid by consumers.

King v. Brownback
19-718
Issue:Whether a law enforcement officers membership in a joint state-federal police task force managed, in part, by a federal agency precludes him or her from acting under color of state law for purposes of Section 1983.