Petitions of the week
This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address, among other things,the reasonableness of an officers suspicion that the registered owner of a vehicle is the person driving the vehicle, a public schools interest in authorizing students who believe themselves to be members of the opposite sex to use locker rooms and restrooms reserved exclusively for the opposite sex, and whether a federal court should abstain from resolving a request to compel arbitration when a state court has already ruled on that request.
Thepetitions of the week are:
Issue:Whether, for purposes of an investigative stop under the Fourth Amendment, it is reasonable for an officer to suspect that the registered owner of a vehicle is the one driving the vehicle absent any information to the contrary.
Issues:(1) Whether a party opposing arbitration on the ground of waiver by litigation conduct must prove that it was prejudiced by the other partys waiver; and (2) whether a federal court should abstain from resolving a request to compel arbitration when a state court has already ruled on that request.
Issues:(1) Whether, given students constitutionally protected privacy interest in their partially clothed bodies, a public school has a compelling interest in authorizing students who believe themselves to be members of the opposite sex to use locker rooms and restrooms reserved exclusively for the opposite sex, and whether such a policy is narrowly tailored; and (2) whether the Boyertown policy constructively denies access to locker room and restroom facilities under Title IX on the basis of sex, 20 U.S.C. 1681.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Kansas v. Glover, McCall v. Aptim Corp., Doe v. Boyertown Area School District