As a service to clients and friends of the firm, Ken Heath and Kim Rinehart of the Appellate Practice Group offer the Supreme Court Update, an e-mail service providing short summaries of the Supreme Court’s latest rulings and orders of note. At the suggestion of several readers, Ken and Kim have compiled all the case summaries from the now-completed October 2004 Term into a single document, providing readers with a complete rundown of all 80 decisions issued by the Court. In addition, they have provided an overview of the Term, including a description of the Court’s major cases, selected quotes from the Justices’ opinions, some interesting statistics, and a brief farewell to Justice O’Connor.