November arguments, day by day
on Aug 20, 2013 at 4:57 pm
The Supreme Court on Tuesday released the calendar of oral arguments for the two-week sitting that begins November 4, showing a hearing date for November 6 for the major new test case on church-government relations, Town of Greece v. Galloway. There will be afternoon arguments on two of the five hearing days. Morning arguments begin at 10 a.m., with the afternoon argument following at 1 p.m.
After the jump, the arguments are listed day by day, with a brief summary of the issues at stake.
Monday, November 4:
12-574 — Walden v. Fiore — federal court jurisdiction over an out-of-state police officer for conduct in the other state
12-417 — Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Corporation — definition of “changing clothes” in workplace under federal wage-and-hour law (granted limited to Question 1)
Tuesday, November 5:
12-158 — Bond v. United States — limits on Congress’s power to pass a criminal law to enforce a global treaty
12-815 — Sprint Communications v. Jacobs — federal court duty to avoid ruling when the same dispute is pending in a state proceeding
1 p.m. argument:
12-1128 — Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp. — burden of proof when patent licensee seeks to challenge validity of the patent
Wednesday, November 6:
12-696 — Town of Greece v. Galloway — constitutionality of prayers to open local government meetings
12-1036 — Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp. — state right to trial in a state court of a mass action case that will benefit consumers in the state
Monday, November 11: No arguments — legal holiday
Tuesday, November 12:
12-895 — Rosemond v. United States — proof needed for aiding and abetting the firing of a gun during a drug crime
12-7515 — Burrage v. United States — proof required for the federal crime of distributing heroin that results in death (granted limited to Questions 1 and 2)
1 p.m. argument:
12-3 — Lawson v. FMR LLC — scope of retaliation protection for contractors’ employees under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Wednesday, November 13:
12-99 — UNITE HERE Local 355 v. Mulhall — legality under federal law of management-union neutrality pact, permitting union organizing in return for forfeiting the right to picket or boycott
12-7822 — Fernandez v. California — right of police to enter a home without a warrant if one occupant consents and the other objects; also, whether objecting tenant must be present
