2009

Case	Docket Number(s)	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Author	Topics
Wood v. Allen	08-9156	11/04/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) mental retardation
Weyhrauch v. U.S.	08-1196	12/08/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				public official Mail fraud disclosure duty
United Student Aid Fund v. Espinosa	08-1134			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				chapter 13 bankruptcy
U.S. v. Stevens	08-769			United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit				18 U.S.C. 48 animal cruelty Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment
U.S. v. O'Brien and Burgess	08-1569			United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit				mandatory minimum sentence enhancement
U.S. v. Marcus	08-1341			United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				Conviction relief
U.S. v. Comstock	08-1224	01/12/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				sexually dangerous
U.S. Aid Funds v. Espinosa	08-1134	12/01/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Attorneys for Petitioner: Charles W. Wirken Gust Rosenfeld, PLC (602) 257-7959 Counsel of Record 201 E. Washington St., Ste. 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2327 cwirken@gustlaw.com Party name: United Student Aid Funds, Inc. Attorneys for Respondent: Michael J. Meehan Munger Chadwick, P.L.C. (520) 721-1900 Counsel of Record 333 North Wilmot, Suite 300 Tucson, AZ 85711 mmeehan@mungerchadwick.com Party name: Francisco J. Espinosa Other: J. Douglas Cuthbertson 1751 Pinnacle Drive Suite (703)-610-8640 Suite 500 McLean, VA 22102 Party name: National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, Inc., et al. Jerome Lidz Solicitor General (503) 378-4402 Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street 100 Justice Building Salem, OR 97301-4096 Party name: Oregon, et al. Julie K. Swedback Educational Credit Management Corporation (651) 325-3088 1 Imation Place, Building 2 Oakdale, MN 55128 Party name: Educational Credit Management Corporation			due process chapter 13 bankruptcy
Sullivan v. Florida	08-7621	11/09/2009		District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District				life without parole juvenile offenders 8th Amendment 14th Amendment
Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection	08-1151	12/02/2009		Supreme Court of Florida				judicial taking due process
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.	08-1198			United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				Federal arbitration act
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International	08-1198	12/09/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				Arbitration
Skilling v. U.S.	08-1394			United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit				honest services
Shady Grove Orthopedic Ass. v. Allstate Insurance Co.	08-1008	11/02/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				state law Federal jurisdiction class action
Schwab v. Reilly	08-538	11/03/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit				Rule 4003 Property rights
Samantar v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf	08-1555			United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Pottawattamie County v. McGhee	08-1065	11/04/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit				wrongful conviction substantive due process false testimony
NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities Commission	08-674	11/03/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia				Mobile-Sierra doctrine contracting party
New Process Steel v. National Labor Relations Board	08-1457			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				National Labor Relations Act
New Process Steel v. National Labor Relations Board	08-1457			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				National Labor Relations Act
Migliaccio v. Castaneda; Henneford v. Castaneda	8-1529 ; 08-1547			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Federal Tort Claims Act
Merck & Co. v. Reynolds	08-905)	11/30/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit				Statute of limitations Securities fraud
McDonald v. Chicago	08-1521			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Second Amendment
Mac’s Shell Service v. Shell Oil Products Co.; Shell Oil Products Co. v. Mac’s Shell Service	08-240; 08-372	01/19/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit				Petroleum Marketing Practices Act
Lewis v. City of Chicago	08-974			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				employment discrimination racial discrimination
Lewis v. City of Chicago	08-974			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Title VII
Levin v. Commerce Energy	09-223			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	Attorneys for Petitioner: Benjamin C. Mizer Solicitor General (614) 466-8980 Office of the Ohio Attorney General 30 E. Broad Street 17th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 benjamin.mizer@ohioattorneygeneral.gov Party name: Richard A. Levin, Tax Commissioner of Ohio Attorneys for Respondents: Stephen Charles Fitch Chester, Willcox & Saxbe, L.L.P. (614) 221-4000 Counsel of Record 65 East State Street, Suite 1000 Columbus, OH 43215 Party name: Commerce Energy, Inc., et al. Other: Michael A. Scodro Solicitor General (312) 814-3698 Office of Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 mscodro@atg.state.il.us Party name: Illinois, et al.			Tax Injunction Act
Kucana v. Holder	08-911	11/10/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				jurisdiction of federal courts 8 U.S.C. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii)
Kiyemba v. Obama	8-1234			United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia				detainee Guantanamo Bay executive detentions Unlawful detention
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit; Union Pacific Railroad v. Regal-Beloit	08-1553; 08-1554			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act
Jerman v. Carlisle	08-1200	01/13/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Holland v. Florida	09-5327			United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				death penalty gross negligence Habeas corpus
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project; Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder	08-1498 ; 09-89			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				USA PATRIOT ACT terrorism
Hemi Group v. New York City	08-969	11/03/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Health Care Service Corporation v. Pollitt	09-38			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Health benefits state court preemption
Hamilton, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Lanning	08-998			United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit				Bankruptcy
Hamilton, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Lanning	08-998			United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit				Bankruptcy
Hamilton v. Lanning	08-998			United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit				Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters	08-1214	01/19/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				unions Collective bargaining
Graham v. Florida	08-7412	11/09/2009		District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District				non-homicide juvenile Eighth Amendment
Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District v. U.S., ex rel. Wilson	08-304	11/30/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				false claims act
Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board	08-861	12/07/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia				separation of powers Sarbanes-Oxley Act appointments clause
Florida v. Powell	08-1175	12/07/2009		Supreme Court of Florida				Right to an Attorney Miranda
Carr v. U.S.	08-1301			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				interstate commerce Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
Briscoe v. Virginia	07-11191	01/11/2010		Supreme Court of Virginia				Sixth Amendment Confrontation clause
Bloate v. U.S.	08-728	10/06/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit				Speedy Trial Act
Black v. U.S.	08-876	12/08/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				special verdict honest services
Bilski v. Doll	08-964	11/09/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit				Patents 35 U.S.C. § 101
Berghuis v. Thompkins	08-1470			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Miranda
Berghuis v. Smith	08-1402			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Sixth Amendment fair cross-section claim comparative-disparity test

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