12 seconds ago 2009-12-08T04:50:02-08:00
The Supreme Court has released the cases that Sotomayor and her eight colleagues will hear on her first day of the next session if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court. The three cases the Supreme Court will hear on Monday, Oct. 5, will be:
MARYLAND V. SHATZER: A case in which the Supreme Court will clarify how long a suspected criminal's request for a lawyer during police interrogation should be valid. The court will hear Maryland's appeal of a decision throwing out child molester Michael Shatzer's confession.
Shatzer asked for a lawyer almost three years before admitting to the abuse.
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES V. CARPENTER: A case where the high court will decide whether a party may immediately appeal a discovery order to disclose materials said to be covered by the attorney-client privilege.
SOUTH CAROLINA V. NORTH CAROLINA: A fight between those two states over water in the Catawba River. South Carolina says North Carolina is taking more than its equitable share of water out of the Catawba.
-Jesse J. Holland, AP reporter, Supreme Court
