Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications (07-512), where the Ninth Circuit held the Sherman Antitrust Act permits “price squeeze” claims against companies with no duty to sell to others at wholesale (filings available here).

AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen (07-543), where the Ninth Circuit held employers violate Title VII by failing to grant employees service credit in determining pension benefits for pregnancy-related leave taken before passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (filings available here).

Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi (07-615), where the Ninth Circuit held the brother of a man allegedly killed by Iranian agents can, to claim his award, garnish a separate judgment Iran obtained against a U.S. military contractor for breach of contract (filings available here).

Cone v. Bell (07-1114), where the Sixth Circuit found a habeas petitioner procedurally defaulted his claim by presenting it twice to state courts and that it was powerless to recognize a state court error in denying review of a claim (filings available here).

Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. (07-1239), where the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction against the Navy’s use of mid-frequency sonar during certain training exercises for failure to conduct an environmental impact statement (filings available here).

Harbison v. Bell (07-8521), where the Sixth Circuit ruled federal law does not entitle capital prisoners sentenced under state law the right to federally appointed and funded counsel to pursue clemency under state law (filings available here).

Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122), where an Arizona appellate court held police officers could not conduct pat-down searches of car passengers during traffic stops for minor infractions if they believe the passenger to be armed and dangerous but have not reasonable grounds to believe they had committed a crime (filings available here).

The Court has released the opinion in Sprint Communications v. APCC Services (07-552), on whether the assignment of a claim “for purposes of collection” confers standing on an assignee that litigates only “on behalf of” the assignors. The ruling below, which found for the assignee, is affirmed.

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

The Court has released the opinion in Greenlaw v. United States (07-330), on whether a federal court of appeals may increase a criminal defendant’s sentence in the absence of a cross-appeal by the government.   The ruling below, which increased the defendant’s sentence, is vacated and remanded.

Justice Ginsburg wrote the opinion. Justice Alito dissented, joined by Justice Stevens and joined in part by Justice Breyer. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.

Justice Souter wrote the opinion. The Chief Justice and Justice Alito wrote concurring opinions. Justice Thomas dissented. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.

Today's opinion by Justice Souter in Rothgery v. Gillespie County (07-440) is now available here.

Today's opinion by Justice Breyer in Sprint Communications v. APCC Services (07-552) is now available here.

The Court also granted certiorari in the following cases:

Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications (07-512) (filings available here).

AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen (07-543) (filings available here).

Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi (07-615) (filings available here).

Cone v. Bell (07-1114) (filings available here).

Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122) (filings available shortly).

Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. (07-1239) (filings available here).

Harbison v. Bell (07-8521) (filings available here).