Journal October 2007 Term - Supreme Court of the United States

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(JOURNAL) FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008 415
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Present: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Stevens, Justice Scalia, Justice
Kennedy, Justice Souter, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice
Breyer, and Justice Alito.
Orders in Pending Cases
No. 06–1082. Virginia, Petitioner v. David Lee Moore. Motion of
American Bar Association for leave to participate in oral argument as
amicus curiae and for divided argument denied.
No. 07–21. William Crawford, et al., Petitioners v. Marion County
Election Board, et al.; and
No. 07–25. Indiana Democratic Party, et al., Petitioners v. Todd Rokita,
Indiana Secretary of State, et al. Motion of the Solicitor General
for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for
divided argument granted.
No. 07–5439. Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling, Petitioners v. John
D. Rees, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al.
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument
as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
Certiorari Granted
No. 06–7517. Richard Irizarry, Petitioner v. United States. Motion
of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition
for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit granted. Brief of petitioner to be filed on or before
Thursday, February 14, 2008. Brief of respondent to be filed on or before
Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Reply brief, if any, to be filed in accordance
with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
No. 07–210. John Bridge, et al., Petitioners v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity
Co., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted limited to the following
question: “Whether reliance is a required element of a RICO claim
predicated on mail fraud and, if it is, whether that reliance must be by
the plaintiff.” Brief of petitioners to be filed on or before Thursday,
February 14, 2008. Brief of respondents to be filed on or before
Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Reply brief, if any, to be filed in accordance
with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.