The first Monday in October is the traditional opening day of a new Supreme Court term.

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Each term traditionally begins the first Monday in October, and final opinions are issued usually by late June.

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As the United States Supreme Court opens its doors for business on this first Monday in October, court watchers are anxiously awaiting oral arguments, scheduled to begin this Wednesday, in the matter of Snyder v.

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And Roberts and his allies were so impatient to overturn these precedents that they were not even going to wait for the first Monday in October. (An early argument would also put a decision in place well before the 2010 elections.) The second argument in Citizens United was set for September 9, 2009.

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The first trading session of October turned south in a hurry Monday afternoon after some short-lived relief from slightly improved U.S. economic data gave way to steep declines on the latest signals that Greece is heading toward restructuring.

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Blackstone closed its first fund and locked in investor commitments on October 15th 1987 just days before Black Monday.

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