To be clear, the Supreme Court does not have a Samsung appeal on its docket. Samsung is asking the Supreme Court to hear their appeal of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision by filing a petition for writ of certiorari (request for Supreme Court review). The Supreme Court will review the petition and then decide whether or not to hear the case.

If you find this sort of thing interesting, Florian Mueller does an excellent job of laying out the ins and outs of this case in this article from FOSS Patents.