There are two (actually three) petitions that will be discussed at least indirectly at today’s Conference (SCOTUSblog link here). We will know Monday if any of these petitions are granted, and later in the week if any are denied. In order of our estimates of the chance of a grant, here they are:
Significant likelihood (perhaps over 50 percent), based entirely on the fact that the Court typically grants far more than half of the federal government’s cert petitions:
Title: United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Docket: 10-382
Issue(s): Whether the attorney-client privilege entitles the United States to withhold from an Indian tribe confidential communications between the government and government attorneys implicating the administration of statutes pertaining to property held in trust for the tribe.
Certiorari-Stage Documents:
Likely being held for discussion depending on the determination in Jicarilla is the U.S. v. Eastern Shawnee petition (here).
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