March oral arguments set
on Jan 23, 2006 at 12:06 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday released the oral argument schedule for its March sitting. Here are the dates and times, with summary of issues involved:
Monday, March 20
05-5224 — Davis v. Washington (exclusion of victim statememts to 911 operator under Crawford v. Washington)
05-5705 — Hammon v. Indiana (exclusion of victim statements to investigating police officer under Crawford)
Tuesday, March 21
05-128 — Howard Delivery v. Zurich American Insurance (priority in bankruptcy of unpaid premium on workmen’s compensation insurance)
04-607 — Laboratory Corp. v. Metabolite Laboratories (patentability of link between test results and medical diagnosis)
Wednesday, March 22
04-1376 — Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales (application of an immigration law to alien who entered U.S. before law was enacted)
05-416 — Woodford v. Ngo (filing of administrative appeal out of time and prison litigation exhaustion requirement)
Monday, March 27
04-1739 — Beard v. Banks (constitutionality of denying newspapers, magazines and photos to dangerous prison inmates)
04-433 — Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply (mail fraud under RICO if there was no reliance on fraud)
Tuesday, March 28
05-260 — Sereboff v. Mid-Atlantic Medical (right of employee benefit plan administrator to sue on medical expense reimbursement)
05-184 — Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (constitutionality of war crimes military tribunals)
Wednesday, March 29
04-10566 and 05-51 — Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon and Bustillo v. Johnson (consolidated, one hour) (application to state cases of World Court ruling on right to consular notice for alien arrested in U.S.)
05-130 — EBay Inc. v. MercExchange (must injunction be issued any time patent infringement is found)