| Name |
Counsel
of Record |
Certiorari To |
DN |
Summary |
Status |
| Skakel v. |
Theodore Olson Gibson Dunn |
Sup. Ct. of
Conn. |
06-52 |
Whether it violates the Ex Post Facto
doctrine and due process for the judiciary to allow a state statute
that eliminates limitations periods for certain offenses to apply to
criminal acts conducted before the enactment of the statute. (This case
is the feature case in this week's edition of "Conference Call.") |
Denied |
| Davis et
al. v. |
Tom Goldstein Akin Gump |
CA6 |
06-160 |
Whether, when police use the fruits of an illegal search to secure a search warrant, evidence seized pursuant to the warrant is admissible under the "good faith exception" to the exclusionary rule (more briefs here). [Disclosure: Akin Gump and Howe & Russell represent the petitioners] |
Denied |
El Paso Tennessee Pipleine Co. v. Yolton |
Bobby Burchfield (176) Carter Phillips (201) |
CA6 |
06-176/ 06-201 |
Whether a retiree's health care benefits are "vested," and thus must be fully funded by the employer for the rest of the retiree's life because the collective bargaining agreement providing the benefits does not expressly limit their duration. [Consol. below] |
Denied |
| Riegel v. Medtronic | Allison M. Zieve Public Citizen Lit. Grp. |
CA2 |
06-179 |
Whether the express preemption provision of the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempts state-law claims seeking damages for injuries caused by medical devices that received premarket approval from the FDA. |
CVSG |
| Ayers v. |
Scott Tarlyle Calif. AG's office |
CA9 |
06-287 |
Whether the
Ninth
Circuit violated the Supreme Court’s directive in |
Denied |