Term recap
October Term 2006 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2006, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
The term's first merits decision came down October 20, 2006 and the last on June 28, 2007. The busiest single day was May 21, 2007 with 6 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 2006 · 1 decision
November 2006 · 1 decision
December 2006 · 4 decisions
January 2007 · 8 decisions
February 2007 · 6 decisions
March 2007 · 5 decisions
April 2007 · 15 decisions
- Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corporation
- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education
- Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.
- Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A.
- James v. United States
- Gonzales v. Carhart
- Smith v. Texas
- Brewer v. Quarterman
- Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman
- Microsoft Corp. v. At&t Corp.
- EC Term of Years Trust v. United States
- KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
- Scott v. Harris
- United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority
May 2007 · 8 decisions
June 2007 · 27 decisions
- Erickson v. Pardus
- Claiborne v. United States
- Sole v. Wyner
- Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Burr
- Uttecht v. Brown
- Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke
- Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
- United States v. Atlantic Research Corp.
- Fry v. Pliler
- Beck v. Pace International Union
- Bowles v. Russell
- Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
- Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing
- Brendlin v. California
- Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
- Rita v. United States
- Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.
- Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass'n v. Brentwood Academy
- National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
- Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
- Wilkie v. Robbins
- Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
- Morse v. Frederick
- Panetti v. Quarterman
- Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
⚡ Emergency applications
Rulings on emergency applications and single-Justice in-chambers opinions.
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