Welcome, readers, to SCOTUSblog’s “live” coverage of the Supreme Court’s public session of Wednesday, June 25.

The session is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Eastern, and the Justices are expected to begin issuing decisions moments thereafter.

There are seven outstanding cases left to be decided. If the Court does not issue decisions today in all remaining cases, one or more opinion days may be scheduled this week.

Because the LiveBlog automatically updates, users do not need to refresh their browsers to receive the latest developments.

As always, the Court does not release any advance information on which opinions will be issued, and we do not render any predictions. Our coverage will begin shortly.

The Court has released the opinion in Exxon v. Baker (07-219), on the validity of the $2.5 billion punitive damages award to victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The ruling below, which upheld the award, is vacated and remanded.

Justice Souter wrote the opinion. All Justices concurred in the judgment, except Justice Alito, who took no part. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.

The Court has released the opinion in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), on whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits states from imposing the death penalty for child rape, and, if not, whether Louisiana’s statute fails to narrow the class of offenders eligible for the death penalty. The ruling below, which upheld the state law, is reversed and remanded.

Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion. Justice Alito dissented, joined by the Chief Justice and Justices Scalia and Thomas. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.

At least one more opinion is still to come.

The Court has released the opinion in Giles v. California (07-6053), on whether a criminal defendant automatically forfeited his right to exclude testimony of a witness he killed before trial, or whether the state was required to show he killed the witness specifically to prevent her from testifying.   The ruling below, which affirmed the defendant’s conviction, is vacated and remanded.

Today's opinion by Justice Scalia in Giles v. California (07-6053) is now available here.

The Court has released the opinion in Plains Commerce v. Long Family Land and Cattle (07-411), on whether Indian tribal courts have authority to decide civil lawsuits involving business dealings between companies owned by members of the tribe and banks that own land on a reservation, but are not themselves owned by a tribal member. The ruling below, which found for the tribal members, is reversed.

Chied Justice Roberts wrote the opinion. Justice Ginsburg dissented, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Breyer. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.

We can now predict that in addition to Justice Scalia likely writing Heller, Justice Alito is likely writing Davis v. FEC.

To recap, the Justices issued four decisions today, including rulings that vacated the $2.5 billion punitive damages award resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and that struck down under the Eighth Amendment a Louisiana law permitting capital punishment for defendants convicted of child rape.

The opinion by Justice Souter in Exxon v. Baker (07-219) is available here.

The opinion by Justice Kennedy in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343) is available here.

The opinion by Justice Scalia in Giles v. California (07-6053) is available here.

The opinion by Chief Justice Roberts in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (07-411) is available here.

This concludes our coverage of today’s public session. Please join us once again tomorrow for the final day of the Supreme Court term.

For further news and analysis on this morning’s decisions throughout the day, please visit our homepage at SCOTUSblog.com.