Every cert. petition filed with the Court is listed for a conference. There are often 100 or more cases listed for each conference. Not all are actually discussed; prior to the conference, each Justice privately circulates a list of cases that they think should be discussed. If a case is not listed by any of the 9 justices, it is not discussed and an order comes down saying the petition for cert. is denied. Those lists are not made public, so we have no way to know if a case is actually "discussed."
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Agreed. Seems like you, me, mlo, and kevmo hashed out the insignificance of the phrase “Distributed for Conference” in great detail back during Donofrio’s and Wrotnoski’s pending cases.