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JOHN
R. SAND & GRAVEL CO. v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-1164. Argued November 6, 2007 -- Decided January 8, 2008
ARAVE,
WARDEN v. HOFFMAN, MAXWELL
No. 07-110. Decided January 7, 2008
WRIGHT
v. VAN PATTEN
No. 07-212. Decided January 7, 2008
WATSON,
MICHAEL A. v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-571. Argued October 9, 2007 -- Decided December 10, 2007
KIMBROUGH,
DERRICK v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-6330. Argued October 2, 2007 -- Decided December 10, 2007
GALL,
BRIAN M. v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-7949. Argued October 2, 2007 -- Decided December 10, 2007
CSX
TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. GA STATE BD. OF EQUALIZATION
No. 06-1287. Argued November 5, 2007 -- Decided December 4, 2007
LOGAN,
JAMES D. v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-6911. Argued October 30, 2007 -- Decided December 4, 2007
ALLEN
v. SIEBERT
No. 06-1680. Decided November 5, 2007
BD.
OF ED. OF THE CITY OF NY v. TOM F.
No. 06-637. Decided October 10, 2007
Other Recent Cases
Case-Notes:
In ARAVE,
WARDEN v. HOFFMAN, MAXWELL the
Supreme Court entered a per curiam order in favor of Respondent Maxwell Hoffman.
He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. See State v. Hoffman,
123 Idaho 638, 851 P. 2d 934 (1993). Hoffman sought federal habeas relief on the
grounds that, inter alia, his counsel had been ineffective during both pretrial
plea bargaining and the sentencing phase of his trial.
After abandoning his claim that his counsel was ineffective during plea bargaining
the State agreed to withdraw its petition to the Supreme Court, so that he may
proceed with the resentencing ordered by the District Court.
Monday - January 14, 2008 - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court oral
argument for this week begins on Monday: 06-1082 VIRGINIA V. MOORE and 06-1463
PRESTON V. FERRER. Tuesday, January 15, 2008: 06-1646 UNITED
STATES V. RODRIQUEZ and 06-11543 BEGAY V. UNITED STATES. Wednesday January
16, 2008: 06-937 QUANTA COMPUTER V. LG ELECTRONICS and 06-1413 MEADWESTVACO
CORP. V. IL DEPT. OF REVENUE
Barrister
At Court special weekend edition.
Check out our Insider's Guide where
this week, we will begin a section on how attorneys are admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court, including the history of law practice before the court.
For 2008, LawPedia® will continue to expand its
United States Supreme Court news reports. The news section, U.S.
Supreme Court: Insider's Guide
looks into the current cases, law, topics, and issues that are being presented
to the Court. The section includes profiles on the justices, judges and lawyers
making the news. We also provide in depth history of the court.
This Week's Profile: Lawyer - James L. Conkey
- attorney practice & admissions: the early
years (part one).
Upcoming:
US Supreme Court Conferences: January 4, 11, 18,
2008; February 15, 22, 29, 2008 - Non-argument sessions:
January 22, 2008; Oral Argument: October
2007 Term - January 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2008 - Arguments begin at 10
a.m.  Completed:
Chief Justice Roberts Year-End Report 2006
[PDF]
Review Granted - Argument,
Granted & Noted List in October 2007 Term
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Sunday,
December 3, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Justice
Stephen G. Breyer says
the Supreme Court must promote the
political rights of minorities and
look beyond the Constitution's text
when necessary to ensure that "no
one gets too powerful." Justice
Breyer, a Clinton appointee, has
brokered many of the Supreme Curt's
5-4 rulings. Breyer spoke in a televised
interview on "Fox News Sunday",
that aired one day before the justices
will hear a key case on race in schools.
Breyer said judges must consider
the practical impact of a decision
to ensure democratic participation. Wednesday
- November 8, 2006 - WASHINGTON - The
graphic details of a disputed abortion
procedure filled the Supreme Court
on Wednesday as justices voiced concern
with a federal ban on that operation.
In an intense morning of oral argument,
Bush administration lawyers and abortion
rights supporters gave their contrasting
views on the abortion practice. |
A
Term of the United States Supreme Court begins, by statute, on
the first Monday in October. Usually Court sessions continue until
late June or early July. The Term is divided between “sittings,”
when the Justices hear cases and deliver opinions, and intervening
“recesses,” when they consider the business before
the Court and write opinions. Sittings and recesses alternate
at approximately two-week intervals. With rare exceptions, each
side is allowed 30 minutes argument and up to 24 cases may be
argued at one sitting. Since the majority of cases involve the
review of a decision of some other court, there is no jury and
no witnesses are heard. For each case, the Court has before it
a record of prior proceedings and printed briefs containing the
arguments of each side. |
| Justice
Name |
Appointed
From |
Appointed
By |
Oath
Taken |
Roberts,
John G., Jr. (Chief Justice)
Stevens, John Paul
Scalia, Antonin
Kennedy, Anthony McLeod
Souter, David Hackett
Thomas, Clarence Bush
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Breyer, Stephen Gerald
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.
|
New
York
Illinois
Virginia
California
New Hampshire
Georgia
New York
Massachusetts
|
Bush
Ford
Reagan
Reagan
Bush
Bush
Clinton
Clinton
Bush |
September
29, 2005
December 19, 1975
September 26, 1986
February 18, 1988
October 9, 1990
October 23, 1991
August 10, 1993
August 3, 1994
January 31, 2006 |
| Former
Justice Name |
Appointed
From |
Appointed
By |
Oath
Taken |
O’Connor,
Sandra Day
Rehnquist, William H.
(Chief Justice)
- (Renquist, William H. - Associate Justice)
|
Arizona
Virginia
- (Arizona)
|
Reagan
Reagan
- (Nixon)
|
September
25, 1981
September 26, 1986
- (January 7, 1972) |
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The
date a Member of the Court took his/her Judicial oath (the Judiciary
Act provided “That the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
the district judges, before they proceed to execute the duties
of their respective offices, shall take the following oath . .
.”) is used as the date of the beginning of his/her service,
for until that oath is taken he/she is not vested with the prerogatives
of the office.
Complete Historical Listing of Members of
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