Thursday, October 07, 2004

Heath & Smylie Arguments: Less is More?

According to the docket sheets for the cases, on October 4th, the Supreme Court cut the time for the oral arguments in Heath and Smylie on November 10th from 2 hours, half an hour a side, to an hour and twenty minutes, 20 minutes a side.

So let me get this straight. The Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in two NFP cases on questions of first impression in Indiana arising out of Blakely; there has been no briefing on the merits; and they have now cut the time for the arguments by a third.

On November 9th and 10th, the Washington Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in six Blakely cases (as reported here on SL&P).

Which court more appears, at least, to care about what the lawyers have to say?

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