Term recap
October Term 2007 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2007, 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 10, 2007 and the last on June 26, 2008. The busiest single day was February 20, 2008 with 5 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 2007 · 1 decision
November 2007 · 1 decision
December 2007 · 5 decisions
January 2008 · 7 decisions
February 2008 · 7 decisions
March 2008 · 7 decisions
April 2008 · 7 decisions
May 2008 · 8 decisions
June 2008 · 29 decisions
- Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff
- Cuellar v. United States
- United States v. Santos
- Allison Engine Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Sanders
- Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co.
- Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
- Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture
- Taylor v. Sturgell
- Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel
- Boumediene v. Bush
- Irizarry v. United States
- Munaf v. Geren
- Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.
- Dada v. Mukasey
- Indiana v. Edwards
- Kentucky Retirement Systems v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
- Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
- Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown
- Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc.
- Greenlaw v. United States
- Rothgery v. Gillespie County
- Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
- Kennedy v. Louisiana
- Giles v. California
- Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.
- Davis v. Federal Election Commission
- District of Columbia v. Heller
- Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty.
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
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