Osler's Razor

As you may remember, I have been working for three years now on the case of US v. Spears, which involves important questions on the sentencing guidelines used in federal court. With the help of Dustin Benham, Matt Acosta, and others, I argued the case in the 8th Circuit, petitioned for certiorari, and then received a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court with an order granting our petition, vacating the 8th Circuit's decision, and remanding the case in light of the Supreme Court's Kimbrough decision.

The 8th Circuit then came out against us again, by a 6-5 en banc vote. So, we petitioned for certiorari again. After receiving our petition, the Solicitor General waived a response, hoping the Court would summarily deny the petition (as they usually do).

This morning, Dustin Benham informed me that the Supreme Court has now ordered the SG to respond, and scheduled the case for discussion at conference. Woo hoo!

I do love this stuff.