**System Information**
Windows 7 x64, GPU irrelevant
**Blender Version**
Broken: 2.73 53ec177
Worked: never?
**Short description of error**
bpy.ops.scene.new fails to set the context when called from the properties panel. Apparently users have been [[ http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?201501-set-active-scene-with-python | struggling ]] with [[ http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?211778-Rendering-multiple-files-scenes-via-python-API&highlight= | this ]] for [[ http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?204227-Select-Scene-from-Python | years ]].
**Exact steps for others to reproduce the error**
1. Open attached .blend
2. Run the script to register the Simple Operator
3. Hover mouse over 3d view, run the Simple Object Operator from the spacebar search menu
4. Notice the scene was duplicated and a box was added. This is what it's meant to do.
5. Remove the new scene. Now, press the Scene Copy button in the Simple Object Operator panel in the render tab of the Properties panel.
6. Notice the scene was duplicated, but the box object was added in the original scene. The box object is also empty and has no geometry.
Blend file: {F134186}