Today at the Court

We are expecting orders — but not opinions — at 10 a.m. this morning.  The Court will then hear oral argument in the following two cases:

10 a.m. – In Mac’s Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Company; Shell Oil Products Company v. Mac’s Shell Service (Nos. 08-240 & 08-372), the Court will consider the circumstances under which a service-station operator may bring suit against an oil refiner or distributor for “constructive termination” under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.  Shira Liu, a student at Stanford Law School, previewed the case earlier for SCOTUSblog.

11 a.m. – At issue in Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (08-1214) is a federal court’s jurisdiction to determine collective bargaining agreement formation and whether a union that is not a direct signatory to the collective bargaining agreement may be sued under Section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act.  Yesterday, Timothy Tatarka of Stanford Law School discussed the issues in the case for SCOTUSblog.