Newswise — Florida State University College of Law experts, some of the best legal minds in the nation, are available to discuss cases that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during its upcoming term.
OCT. 6: Vaden v. Discover Bank (07-773) -- Federal jurisdiction, arbitration
OCT. 7: Herring v. United States (07-513) -- Fourth Amendment, police error
OCT. 7: Arizona v. Gant (07-542) -- Fourth Amendment, car searches
OCT. 8: Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. (07-1239) -- Navy sonar, separation of powers
OCT. 8: Summers, et al. v. Earth Island Institute, et al. (07-463) -- Environmental, justiciability
OCT. 14: Bartlett v. Strickland (07-689) -- Voting Rights Act, minority districts
OCT. 14: Pearson v. Callahan (07-751) -- Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity
OCT. 14: Oregon v. Ice (07-901) -- Sixth Amendment, consecutive sentences
NOV. 3: Wyeth v. Levine (06-1249) -- Pre-emption, drug labels
NOV. 3: Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association (07-869) -- First Amendment, payroll deductions
NOV. 3: Carcieri v. Kempthorne (07-526) -- Indian law, federal-state power
NOV. 4: FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) -- Administrative law, "fleeting expletives"
NOV. 10: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591) -- Confrontation Clause, forensic analysts
NOV. 12: Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum (07-665) -- First Amendment, public monuments
DEC. 1: Kansas v. Colorado (105, Orig.) -- Arkansas River
DEC. 2: Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588) and consolidated cases -- Clean Water Act, cooling structures
DEC. 2: Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al. (07-1125) -- Sex discrimination, Title IX
DEC. 3: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams (07-1216) -- Punitive damages, state bars
DEC. 3: Haywood v. Drown (07-10374) -- State court jurisdiction, federal constitutional claims
DEC. 8: Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications (07-512) -- Antitrust, "price squeeze" claims
DEC. 9: Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122) -- Fourth Amendment, passenger searches
UNSCHEDULED: Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. (07-984/07-990) -- Clean Water Act, fill permits