Petition of the day
Today's first petition of the day is:
SpeechNow.org v. FEC
Docket: 10-145
Issue(s): Whether, under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the federal government may require an unincorporated association that makes only independent expenditures to register and report as a political committee.
Certiorari stage documents:
Today’s second petition of the day is:
Swarthout v. Cooke
Docket: 10-333
Issue(s): Whether a federal court may grant habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner based on its view that the state court erred in applying the state-law standard of evidentiary sufficiency governing state parole decisions.
Certiorari stage documents:
Today’s third petition of the day is:
Herrera v. Oregon
Docket: 10-344
Issue(s): Whether the Sixth Amendment, as incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, requires a unanimous jury verdict to convict a person of a crime.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion Below (Court of Appeals of Oregon, opinion begins on pg. 50)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief for Sheri S. Diamond, et al.
- Amicus brief for Professor Jeffrey B. Abramson
- Amicus brief for Oregon Criminal-Law and Criminal-Procedure Professors
- Amicus brief for the Federal Public Defender of the District of Oregon
- Amicus brief for Professor Kate Stith
- Amicus brief for the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
- Petitioner's reply