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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Courts - Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS [Updated]

A pair of Indiana voter ID cases on the order list were granted cert:

07-21 ) CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, ET AL. V. MARION CTY. ELECTION BD., ET AL. )
07-25 ) IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ET AL. V. ROKITA, IN SEC. OF STATE, ET AL.
The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The brief of petitioners is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, November 5, 2007. The brief of respondents is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2007. Briefs of amici curiae are to be filed with the Clerk and served upon counsel for the parties on or before 2 p.m., 7 days after the brief for the party supported is filed, or if in support of neither party, within 7 days after the petitioners’ brief is filed.
Thanks to SCOTUS Blog.

Here is early AP coverage.

Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog has this "breaking news" post.

[More] See also this entry from Ballot Access, which discusses the fact that "The Court did not say anything today about the Pennsylvania ballot access case, Rogers v Cortes, no. 06-1721."

The WSJ Blog has a new entry, with comments, here.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 25, 2007 10:08 AM
Posted to Courts in general