ORDER LIST 09/27/18 (2018)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

CERTIORARI GRANTED

17-1201 THACKER, GARY, ET UX. V. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

17-1471 HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. V. JACKSON, GEORGE W.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. In                      addition to the questions presented by the petition, the parties            are directed to brief and argue the following question: Should                 this Court's holding in Shamrock Oil & Gas Co. v. Sheets, 313

           U. S. 100 (1941)--that an original plaintiff may not remove a

counterclaim against it--extend to third-party counterclaim

defendants?

17-1484 AZAR, SEC. OF H&HS V. ALLINA HEALTH SERVICES, ET AL.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to

the following question: Whether 42 U. S. C. §1395hh(a)(2) or

§1395hh(a)(4) required the Department of Health and Human

Services to conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking before

providing the challenged instructions to a Medicare

Administrator Contractor making initial determinations of

payments due under Medicare.

17-1625 RIMINI STREET, INC., ET AL. V. ORACLE USA, INC., ET AL.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. Justice

Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this

petition.

18-96 TN WINE AND SPIRITS ASS'N V. BYRD, CLAYTON, ET AL.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.