October Term 2015
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The October Term 2015 consists of the cases to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court beginning early October 2015 and concluding around the last week of June 2016. In recent years the Court has considered and decided a total of about 75 cases.[1]
As of August 7, 2015, there have been roughly 35 grants by the Supreme Court of certiorari, of which about a dozen have been scheduled already for oral argument. Put another way, about half of the Term has been filled, with the other half completed by grants of cert. that occur from around Oct. 1 through early 2016.
Here is an overview of the 35 cases:
- Eighth Amendment (capital punishment) - 4 cases, three of which will be argued together
- affirmative action case, on its second trip to the Supreme Court, in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, No. 14-981
Perhaps surprisingly, there are no Fourth Amendment cases among the 35.