Journal October 2007 Term - Supreme Court of the United States

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filed. Exceptions to the Report, with supporting briefs, may be filed
within 45 days. Replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed
within 30 days. Motion of the Special Master for interim fees and expenses
granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $88,515.30
for the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2007, to be paid
equally by the parties.
No. 06–939. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America,
et al., Petitioners v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of California,
et al. Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in
oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
No. 07–290. District of Columbia, et al., Petitioners v. Dick Anthony
Heller. Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument
as amici curiae and for divided argument, and, in the alternative, for
enlargement of time for oral argument denied. Motion of the Solicitor
General for enlargement of time for oral argument and for leave to
participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument
granted.
Certiorari Granted
No. 07–526. Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, et al.,
Petitioners v. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Motion
of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation, et al., for leave to file a brief as
amici curiae out of time denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted limited
to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition.
No. 07–542. Arizona, Petitioner v. Rodney Joseph Gant. Motion of
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., for leave to file a
brief as amicus curiae granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the
Supreme Court of Arizona granted limited to the following question:
Does the Fourth Amendment require law enforcement officers to demonstrate
a threat to their safety or a need to preserve evidence related
to the crime of arrest in order to justify a warrantless vehicular search
incident to arrest conducted after the vehicle’s recent occupants have
been arrested and secured?
No. 07–544. Chris Chrones, Warden, Petitioner v. Michael Robert
Pulido. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted.
Certiorari Denied
No. 06–1262. Keith Baker, Individually, and Ian Baker, Individually
and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Jean Baker, Deceased,