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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Supreme Court Previews for the week of October 13, 2015

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class action, standing, mootness, Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Oral argument:
October 14, 2015
Court below:
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Issues:
  1. Does a claim become moot when the plaintiff receives an offer of complete relief; and does the answer change if that plaintiff purports to represent an uncertified class?
  2. Does the doctrine of derivative sovereign immunity extend generally to government contractors acting within the scope of their contract, or is it limited to claims of property damage related to public works projects?
Federal Power Act, Federal Energy Regulatory Commision, Electric Energy, Demand Response, Administrative Procedure Act
Oral argument:
October 14, 2015
Court below:
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Issues:

May the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") pay retail customers to consume less electricity in order to balance supply and demand in the wholesale-market electricity grid?

sentencing, Sixth Amendment, eighth amendment, death penalty
Oral argument:
October 13, 2015
Court below:
Florida Supreme Court
Issues:

Can Florida's death sentencing scheme be considered constitutional if it does not require jury unanimity in capital cases and it consigns the jury to an advisory role in sentencing?

Juvenile Justice, criminal procedure, Substantive Law, eighth amendment, habeas corpus
Oral argument:
October 13, 2015
Court below:
Louisiana Supreme Court
Issues:

Does the Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama, which held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits mandatory sentencing schemes requiring juveniles to be sentenced to life in prison without parole, apply retroactively to cases on collateral review, and does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to decide this issue?

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