Federal Judiciary

The Week Ahead

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

On Monday,  the Court will release the remaining orders from the Justices? private conference last Friday.  Following the release of any orders, the Court will hear argument in the consolidated cases of:

• Travelers Indemnity v. Bailey (08-295) and Common Law Settlement Counsel v. Bailey (08-307), on a bankruptcy court’s power to bar related lawsuits.

On Tuesday, the Court may release the opinion in one or more pending cases. Following the release of any opinions, the Court will hear argument in:

• Gross v. FBL Financial Services (08-441), on the level of proof required in a ?mixed motive? job bias case.

On Wednesday, the Court may release the opinion in one or more pending cases. Following the release of any opinions, the Court will hear argument in;

• Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez (08-310) , on the validity of the city’s property tax on large vessels from out-of-state that use its harbor.

The Justices will hold a private conference on Friday, orders from which could be released that afternoon. To view our list of petitions to watch at Friday?s conference, click here.

No briefs on the merits are due this week.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 29, 2009 (boomark / email).