Federal Judiciary

The Week Ahead

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

The Court is in recess for the summer. The opening conference for next term is scheduled for September 29, and oral arguments will resume October 6.

On Tuesday, the first federal court hearing on habeas cases in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 12 decision in Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) will be held by U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan.  On Thursday, a second hearing on a block of the cases will be held by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon. The blog will provide coverage of both, if the sessions are open to the public.

The Heritage Foundation will host a Supreme Court review panel on Tuesday, and Legal Times will sponsor a panel on Wednesday at Georgetown University Law Center. For more information on the events, click here.

No petitioners’ merits brief are due this week. The respondent’s brief is due Monday in Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett (07-581) and Tuesday in Kennedy v. Plan Adm. for Dupont Savings (07-636). (Links direct to case pages on SCOTUSwiki.)

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on July 06, 2008 (boomark / email).