This is the second week of the Court’s long summer period. For the next three weeks, its calendar looks like this:

On Monday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private conference. Any cases decided or petitions set for argument should be noted on the Court’s regular Friday order list.

The Court has not yet issued its argument schedule for the fall, but it has already chosen seventeen cases to be heard.¹

Articles from the Past Week

• Submarine Report: Other Thoughts on Friday’s Orders. As appellate practitioners know, the Court’s delay in handling particular cases can be a valuable clue about what it’s thinking. Last week’s order list was a good example.

• Order List of 6-6-2008.

• Providence Health Center v. Dowell. The Court’s divided decision that reversed a jury’s finding of causation in a patient’s suicide.

• Progressive County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kelley. More details on one of the cases in which briefing was requested in late May.

• Four New Briefing Requests. If these four aren’t enough to satisfy you, you’ll be relieved to know that the Court issued a slew of new requests late last week that I’ll be summarizing soon.

1. Since last week, the Court has dismissed In re Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (by agreement of the parties) and granted review in two new cases. ↩