Federal Judiciary

Today’s Orders

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

A copy of today’s orders list – including grants of certiorari in two cases — is now available here. As they become available, all available certiorari-stage filings will be posted after the jump.

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Docket: 07-665
Case name: Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum
Issue: Whether, under the First Amendment, privately donated monuments placed in a public park qualify as private or government speech.

• Opinion below (10th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Amicus brief of Virginia, eight other states and Puerto Rico (in support of the petitioner)
• Amicus brief of the American Legion (in support of the petitioner)
• Amicus brief of the cities of Casper, Wyoming; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Ogden, Utah (in support of the petitioner)

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Docket: 07-869 

Name: Ysura, Idaho Secretary of State, et al. v. Pocatello Education Association, et al.

Issue: Whether, under the First Amendment, a state legislature may bar political subdivisions from making payroll deductions for political activities.

• Opinion below (9th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner’s reply
• Amicus brief of the Utah Taxpayers’ Association (in support of the petitioner)

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Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 31, 2008 (boomark / email).