The Supreme Court of the United States hosts its own web site that maintains the docket, calendar, merits briefs, slip opinions and other information about cases being heard in the current Term.
The following cases are currently scheduled for the Supreme Court's 2009 Term. There may be additions or changes to the list in the future. You can read the merit briefs for each case at the SCOTUS website (see Related Links, below).
US Supreme Court Docket 2009 Term
(Retrieved March 26, 2010)
Abbott v. Abbott, Docket No. 08-645
Alabama v. North Carolina, Docket No. 132 Orig.
Alvarez v. Smith, Docket No. 08-351
American Needle v. National Football League, Docket No. 08-661
Arave v. Hoffman, Docket No. 07-110
Astrue, Comm'r of Social Security v. Ratliff, Docket No. 08-1322
Barber v. Thomas, Warden, Docket No. 09-5201
Beard, Sec. of PA DOC v. Kindler, Docket No. 08-992
Berghuis, Warden, v. Smith, Docket No. 08-1402
Berghuis, Warden, v. Thompkins, Docket No. 08-1470
Bilski v. Kappos, Docket No. 08-964
Black v. United States, Docket No. 08-876
Bloate v. United States, Docket No. 08-728
Brisoce v. Virginia, Docket No. 07-11191
Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, Att'y Gen., Docket No. 09-60
Carr v.United States, Docket No. 08-1301
Christian Legal Society Chapter v. Martinez, Docket No. 08-1371
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Docket No. 08-205
City of Ontario, CA v. Quon, Docket No. 08-1332
Conkright v. Frommert, Docket No. 08-810
Doe #1 v. Reed, WA Sec. of State, Docket No. 09-559
Dolan v. United States, Docket No. 09-367
Dillon v. United States, Docket No. 09-6338
Florida v. Powell, Docket No. 08-1175
Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Co. Accounting Oversight Bd., Docket No. 08-861
Graham v. Florida, Docket No. 08-7412 and Sullivan v. Florida, Docket No. 08-7621 (consolidated)
Graham County Soil v. United States, Docket No. 08-304
Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Docket No. 08-1214
Hamilton v. Lanning, Docket No. 08-998
Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins., Docket No. 09-448
Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York, NY, Docket No. 08-969
Health Care Service v. Pollitt, Docket No. 09-38
Hertz Corporation v. Friend, Docket No. 08-1107
Holder, Att'y Gen., v. Humanitarian Law Project, Docket No. 08-1498 and Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, Att'y Gen., Docket No. 09-89
Holland v. Florida, Docket No. 09-5327
Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Docket No. 07-480
Hui v. Castaneda, Docket No. 08-1529
Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Docket No. 08-1200
Johnson v. United States, Docket No. 08-6925
Jones v. Harris Associates, Docket No. 08-586
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beliot Corp., Docket No. 08-1553 and Union Pacific Railroad Co., v. Regal-Beliot Corp., Docket No. 08-1554
Kiyemba v. Obama, Docket No. 08-1234
Krupski v. Costa Crociere, Docket No. 09-337
Kucana v. Holder, Attny Gen., Docket No. 08-911
Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc., Docket No. 09-223
Lewis v. City of Chicago, IL, Docket No. 08-974
Mac's Shell Service v. Shell Oil Products, Docket No. 08-240 and Shell Oil Products v. Mac's Shell Service, Docket No. 08-372 (consolidated)
Magwood v. Culliver, Docket No. 09-158
Maryland v. Shatzer, Docket No. 08-680
McDonald v. City of Chicago, IL, Docket No. 08-1521
McDaniel v. Brown, Docket No. 08-559
Merck & Co., Inc., v. Reynolds, Docket No. 08-905
Milavetz v. United States, Docket No. 08-1119 and United States v. Milavetz, Docket No. 08-1225 (consolidated)
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, Docket No. 09-475
Morrison v. National Australia Bank LTD, Docket No. 08-1191
New Process Steel v. NLRB, Docket No. 08-1457
NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities, Docket No. 08-674
Padilla v. Kentucky, Docket No. 08-651
Perdue, Gov. of GA v. Kenny A., Docket No. 08-970
Pottawattamie County, IA v. McGhee, Docket No. 08-1065
Reed Elsevier, Inc., v. Muchnick, Docket No. 08-103
Renico, Warden v. Lett, Docket No. 09-338
Rent-A-Center, West v. Jackson, Docket No. 09-497
Robertson v. United States, Ex Rel. Watson, Docket No. 08-6261
Salazar, Sec. of Interior v. Buono, Docket No. 08-472
Samantar v. Yousuf, Docket No. 08-1555
Schwab v. Reilly, Docket No. 08-538
Shady Grove Orthopedic Assoc., v. Allstate Insurance, Docket No. 08-1008
Skilling v. United States, Docket No. 08-1394
Smith, Warden v. Spisak, Docket No. 08-724
South Carolina v. North Carolina, Docket No. 138, Original
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeeds International, Docket No. 08-1198
Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Dept. of Enviromental Protection, Docket No. 08-1151
Union Pacific Railroad Co., v. Brotherhood of Locomotive, Docket No. 08-604
United States v. Comstock, Docket No. 08-1224
United States v. Marcus, Docket No. 08-1341
United States v. O'Brien, Docket No. 08-1569
United States v. Stevens, Docket No. 08-769
United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa, Docket No. 08-1134
Weyhrauch v. United States, Docket No. 08-1196
Wood v. Allen, Comm'r, AL DOC Docket No. 08-9156
For more information, see Related Links and Related Questions, below.
The US Supreme Court is actively hearing cases from the 2009 Term; therefore, any list trying to capture the "most recent" decisions would quickly become obsolete.
To read all released opinions for the current Term, please access the Supreme Court of the United States website, Latest Slip Opinions, via Related Links, below.
For more information about 2009 cases, please see Related Questions, below.
The Supreme Court's docket is like an agenda of cases to be heard during a particular Term (cases are usually argued two weeks per month, between the first Monday in October and the end of April).The docket contains information that helps justices, parties to the case and the public quickly locate important information about the case, such as case name, docket number(s), status, etc.The website On the Docket (see Related Links, below) has a one or more pages dedicated to the docket of Supreme Court Terms from 2000 through the present (2009). Information is still being compiled for the current Term, so this page will change as the schedule is updated and more data becomes available.Information provided:Case nameDocket numberDate arguedDate decidedCourt appealed fromOutcome of caseVote countAuthor of official opinionTopic(s) of caseThis particular website also include brief new items related to the matters before the Court. The Supreme Court of the United States maintains its own website (Related Links) that shows a less detailed docket, but also offers a variety of materials not found elsewhere.
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There are two special cases that start trial in the United States Supreme Court. Cases involving foreign officials and cases in which a state is a party originate in the Supreme Court.
In most cases a Supreme Court decision is permanent. The current Supreme Court can change the decision of a previous Supreme Court.
In 2010, the US Supreme Court received more than 8,000 petitions for a writ of certiorari, or requests for appeals of lower court decisions. Nine Justice cannot handle the volume of cases that reach their docket each year; instead, they choose 75-100 of the cases most important to constitutional or federal law. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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The "DOCKET."
If you mean the collection of cases that the court will hear during a session or term, it is called the "docket", and this is the traditional word for that.
Yes, the US Supreme Court sets its own docket. The Court no longer has mandatory jurisdiction over any class of case, but has full discretion, under both original and appellate jurisdiction, to determine which petitions it will select and hear.
A docket is a list of cases in court for trial or names of the parties who have cases pending.
The Supreme Court takes substantially all of its cases on appeal. Parties displeased with the ruling in their cases may request a writ of certiorari praying that the Supreme Court hear their case. The Supreme Court reviews the requests and chooses which cases to hear. Typically, the only cases granted certiorari are those that implicate important and contested questions of Constitutional significance or public policy.
docket is a numerical system that keeps files in order. A docket is a list of cases in court for trial or names of the parties who have cases pending.
It is known as the court docket, it is a schedule of court cases and activities.
G.R. numbers refer to cases that have been assigned docket numbers by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. These numbers are used to identify and track the progress of cases within the court system.
A term for a list of cases to be tried is a "trial docket." This list typically includes the order in which cases will be heard by the court.
Docket.
The Docket