Week Ahead at SCOTUS: Business as Usual

The U.S. Supreme Court returns from its(latest)four-week break on Tuesday, February 20, and it’s business as usual, with orders, oral arguments, and opinions.

Opinions: Just before the justices went on break, they issued threeopinionsin argued cases, bringing their tally up to four for the term. That leaves 30 cases awaiting an opinion. We’ll get opinions in at least one of those cases at 10 am on Wednesday, February 21. Some of the best candidates for opinions—namely, cases from theOctoberandNovemberargument sittings—include:

• Epic Systems v. Lewis, about the validity of class action ...