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SCOTUS Granted A Petition On July 20 That Was Conferenced On June 29

This posture is very unusual.

Josh Blackman | 7.20.2026 5:37 PM

Over the Summer, the Supreme Court will grant miscellaneous orders as needed for individual cases. And usually, towards the end of July and the end of August, the Court issues a formal orders list. Most of the entries are denials of rehearing or orders in pending cases. But today's order list had a surprise entry: a cert grant!

25-246 JOUPPI, KENNETH J. V. ALASKA The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

The question presented is "whether, in........

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