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Conference of 12/1

Name	Counsel of Record	Certiorari To	DN	Summary	Status
Grace v. Freedom from Religion Foundation	Paul Clement SG of U.S.	CA7	06-157	Whether taxpayers have standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge on Establishment Clause grounds the actions of Executive Branch officials pursuant to an Executive Order.	Granted
Catholic Healthcare West v. US ex rel. Haight	Dale A. Danneman Lewis & Roca	CA9	06-282	Whether documents obtained by a qui tam relator pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act constitute public disclosures within the meaning of the False Claims Act's jurisdictional bar.	Denied
Sawicki v. Morgan State Univ.	Eric Schnapper Univ. of Washington	CA4	06-306	Whether, when an employee who is dismissed as the result of the intentionally discriminatory actions of an official who exerted substantial influence over the employment decision, the employer may avoid liability by showing that a different official was the ultimate decisionmaker.	Held
COSVI v. FAC	Alan Horowitz Miller & Chevalier	CA1	06-458	Whether Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 enables a federal district court to manufacture jurisdiction to enforce a settlement by entering a new judgment months after it dismissed a lawsuit without retaining jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.	Denied
Oneida Indian Nation of NY v. Peterman	Elizabeth Taylor Zuckerman Spaeder	Ct. of App. of NY	06-470	Whether the rule adopted by the New York courts, that they may adjudicate an Indian tribe's interests in its federally approved gaming compact in the tribe's absence because the tribe could waive sovereign immunity and appear as a party in the suit, is preempted by federal law.	Denied
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform v. Honolulu	Robert Muise Thomas More Law Center	CA9	06-479	Whether federal law preempts local ordinances prohibiting tow-banner aircraft operations approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, and whether a total ban on this form of expression violates the First Amendment. This case is featured in "Conference Call" on 11/27.	Denied