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January 2001

Monday, January 8

DANIELS v. UNITED STATES
No. 99-9136

Subject:
Armed Career Criminal Act, Sentencing, Sentence Enhancement, Prior State Conviction

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BUFORD v. UNITED STATES
No. 99-9073

Subject:
Sentencing, Career Offender, Related Prior Sentences

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Tuesday, January 9

NGUYEN v. INS
No. 99-2071

Subject:
Citizenship, Illegitimate Children, Fifth Amendment, Gender Discrimination

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SHAFER v. SOUTH CAROLINA
No. 00-5250

Subject:
Death Penalty, Jury Instruction, Parole Ineligible

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[Question Presented]

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Wednesday, January 10

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TRI COUNTY INDUS.
No. 99-1953

Subject:
Damages

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[Question Presented]

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DEPT. OF INTERIOR v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
No. 99-1871

Subject:
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Inter-Agency/Intra-Agency Exemption, Indian Tribes

Question:
Whether confidential communications between Indian Tribes and the Department of the Interior, in connection with the federal government's performance of its trust responsibility to protect and manage tribal water rights, are "intra-agency" documents that may be protected from disclosure under Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5).

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Tuesday, January 16

ALEXANDER v. SANDOVAL
No. 99-1908

Subject:
Civil Rights Act, Equal Protection Clause, English-Only Policy, Driver's License Examination, National Origin Discrimination

Question:
In enacting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under its Spending Clause powers, did Congress authorize individuals to bring private rights of action against States under disparate-impact regulations promulgated by federal agencies?

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SHAW v. MURPHY
No. 99-1613

Subject:
First Amendment, Prison, Legal Assistance

Question:
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that respondent's conduct was protected by a First Amendment right of prison inmates to provide legal assistance to other inmates.

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TEXAS v. COBB
No. 99-1702

Subject:
Sixth Amendment, Right to Counsel, Waiver

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Whether the Sixth Amendment rule announced in Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986), which bars an officer from approaching a defendant to interrogate him on a charged offense when he has invoked the right to counsel, also applies to interrogation on a factually related but uncharged offense.

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Wednesday, January 17

PGA TOUR, INC. v. MARTIN
No. 00-24

Subject:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Public Accomodations, Golf Courses

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MURPHY v. BECK
No. 00-46

Subject:
FDIC, D'Oench, Duhme Doctrine, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enhancement Act of 1989 (FIRREA)

Question:
The federal common-law D'Oench, Duhme doctrine, created and expanded by D'Oench, Duhme & Co., Inc. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942), and its progeny, generally provides federal banking insurers, receivers, and their successors-in-interest added protections against unrecorded agreements that might form the basis of a claim or defense relating to federally insured banks that have come under the control of federal agents. There is a broad and well-recognized circuit split over whether this federal common-law doctrine is viable in light of this Court's decisions in O'Melveny & Myers v. FDIC, 512 U.S. 79 (1994), and Atherton v. FDIC, 519 U.S. 213 (1997).

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Whether the federal common-law D'Oench, Duhme doctrine constitutes a valid bar to petitioner's claims?

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