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:

• At 10 a.m. in Iraq v. Beaty (07-1090) and Iraq v. Simon (08-539) , on foreign government immunity to lawsuits for actions of the former Iraq regime of Saddam Hussein (cases consolidated for one-hour argument)
• At 11 a.m. in Horne v. Flores (08-289) and Speaker of the Arizona House v. Flores (08-294), on state power to control English language instruction (cases consolidated for one-hour argument)

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:

• At 10 a.m. in Safford Unified School District v. Redding (08-479), on the constitutionality of strip-searching a student at a public school in search of drugs
• At 11 a.m. in Eisenstein v. New York City (08-660), on the time limit for lawsuits seeking recovery of misspent federal funds under False Claims Act

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:

• At 10 a.m. in Ricci v. DeStefano (07-1428) and Ricci v. DeStefano (08-328), on City of New Haven’s duty to promote white workers who scored highest on the firefighter civil service exam (cases consolidated for one-hour argument)

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on April 19, 2009 (boomark / email).