Class Action

U.S. Supreme Court relists Philip Morris v. Jackson

By Kimberly A. Kralowec

The Jackson case has been relisted for conference on Friday, March 18, 2011.  Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Jackson, no. 10-735.  Unless the case is relisted again, the vote will be announced on the following Monday, March 21. 

This is what SCOTUSblog has to say about relisting:

If a case has been relisted once, it generally means that the Court is paying close attention to the case, and the chances of a grant are higher than for an average case.  But once a case has been relisted more than twice, it is generally no longer a likely candidate for plenary review, and is more likely to result in a summary reversal or a dissent from the denial of cert.

Dukes v. Wal-Mart was relisted once before review was granted.  Concepcion was not relisted at all.

Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).