Federal Judiciary

The Week Ahead

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

No oral arguments are scheduled this week. Oral arguments will resume March 23. To view the schedule for the March sitting, click here.

No merits briefs for petitioners are due this week. Merits briefs for respondents are due Wednesday in Republic of Iraq v. Beaty, et al.; Republic of Iraq, et al., v. Robert Simon, et al (07-1090 and 08-539), Ricci, et al. v. DeStefano, et al. (07-1428 and 08-328), Horne v. Flores; Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives v. Flores, (08-289 and 08-294), and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, et al. (08-322). (Links above direct to case pages on SCOTUSwiki.)

The Justices will hold a private conference on Friday, orders from which could be released that afternoon. To view our list of petitions to watch at Friday’s conference, click here.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).