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SCOTUS Notes

Update, Monday morning: SCOTUSblog reports that the Court granted certiorari in Gant and in a habeas case from California, Chrones v. Pulido, No. 07-544. More later.
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The U.S. Supreme Court held a conference today. The only order announced was for briefing in a Gitmo detainee case, which Lyle Denniston discusses at SCOTUSblog. For regular cases, the grants and denials will be announced Monday. Among the criminal cases considered today was Arizona v. Gant, No. 07-542, regarding the New York v. Belton rule of searches of vehicles incident to arrest.

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