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The Supreme Court will kick off its 2026-27 term with oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by a Colorado county seeking millions of dollars from oil and gas companies for their alleged role in exacerbating climate change. The for the justices\u2019 October argument session, released on Tuesday afternoon, indicates that Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) v. Commissioners of Boulder County<\/em> will be the first case argued on Monday, Oct. 5 \u2013 the first Monday in October and the official start of the court\u2019s new term.<\/p>\n

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The justices will hear arguments in seven cases over five days in October. Other noteworthy cases during the October argument session include Genalo v. Black<\/em>, in which the court will consider whether there is a point at which a noncitizen has been detained so long that he has a constitutional right to a bond hearing and, if so, what standard the government must meet for him to remain in detention; and Salazar v. Paramount Global<\/em>, a digital privacy case involving the interpretation of a enacted in 1988 after a store provided a list of the movies rented by Judge Robert Bork, an unsuccessful nominee to the Supreme Court, to a Washington reporter.<\/p>\n

The October argument schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) v. Commissioners of Boulder County<\/em> (Oct. 5) \u2013 Whether federal law bars claims under state law seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate; and whether the Supreme Court has the authority to hear this case.<\/p>\n

Johnson v. United States Congress<\/em> (Oct. 5) \u2013 Whether federal district courts have the authority to hear challenges to the constitutionality of federal laws affecting veterans\u2019 benefits.<\/p>\n

Anderson v. Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee<\/em> (Oct. 6) \u2013 A case involving the standards for pleading a claim, based on the underperformance of a fund, that a fiduciary has violated the duty of prudence required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.<\/p>\n

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Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan<\/em> (Oct. 7) \u2013 Whether an environmental group can challenge the Air Force\u2019s application to renew its permit to dispose of unexploded ordinance before Guam\u2019s EPA had acted on the application; and whether the Air Force was required to submit an environmental impact statement before submitting its application.<\/p>\n

Beaird v. United States<\/em> (Oct. 13) \u2013 Whether a 1993\u00a0case\u00a0on how courts should deal with commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines is still good law.<\/p>\n

Genalo v. Black<\/em> (Oct. 13) \u2013 Whether there is a point at which a noncitizen\u2019s detention becomes \u201cunreasonably prolonged,\u201d so that he has a constitutional right to a bond hearing; whether, at such a hearing, a \u201cclear and convincing evidence\u201d standard applies; and whether this case is moot (that is, no longer a live controversy) because the noncitizen was released from custody in 2022.<\/p>\n

Salazar v. Paramount Global<\/em> (Oct. 14) \u2013 Whether the phrase \u201cgoods or services from a video tape service provider,\u201d as used in the\u00a0‘s definition of \u201cconsumer,\u201d refers to all of a video tape service provider\u2019s goods or services or only to its audiovisual goods or services.<\/p>\n

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