Federal Judiciary

Today at the Supreme Court | 10.7.08

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

At 10 a.m., the Court will hear argument in Herring v. United States (07-513), on whether courts must suppress evidence seized during an arrest made as a result of faulty information provided by another law enforcement agency. Pamela Karlan of Palo Alto, Calif., will argue for the petitioner, and Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben will argue for the respondent.

At 11 a.m., the Court will hear argument in Arizona v. Gant (07-542), on whether police must show a threat to their safety or the preservation of evidence to conduct a warrantless search of a car whose occupant was recently arrested. Joseph Maziarz of the Arizona Attorney General’s office and Anthony Yang of the Solicitor General’s office will argue for the petitioner, and Thomas Jacobs of Tucson, Ariz., will argue for the respondent.

At 1 p.m., the Court will hear argument in Kennedy v. Plan Adm. for Dupont Savings (07-636), on whether a specific ERISA provision is the only way a divorcing spouse can waive her right to receive her ex-husband?s pension benefits under the Act. David Furlow of Houston will argue for the petitioner, Mark Levy of Washington, D.C., will argue for the respondent, and Leondra Krueger of the Solicitor General’s office will argue in support of neither party.

We will provide links to the transcripts of the arguments as soon as they are available.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).