No. 06–1181, Dada v. Mukasey, Attorney General

Argued January 7, 2008

            Christopher J. Meade argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Seth P. Waxman and Raed Gonzalez.

            Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Bucholtz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Dupree, Toby J. Heytens, Donald E. Keener, and Quynh Bain.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Immigration Law Foundation et al. by Nadine Wettstein and Beth Werlin; and for Adil Chedad by David C. Frederick, Michael F. Sturley, and Saher Joseph Macarius.

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No. 07–312, Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.

Argued March 26, 2008

            Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General of Florida, argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Craig D. Feiser, Deputy Solicitor General, and Frederick F. Rudzik.

            G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Robert A. Brundage, Rheba Rutkowski, Collin O’Connor Udell, and Paul Steven Singerman.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, and Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Jane Elinor Notz, Deputy Solicitor General, and James D. Newbold, Assistant Attorney General, by Benna Ruth Solomon, Deputy Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Martha E. Johnston, Dennis J. Herrera, and Danny Chou, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Tom Miller of Iowa, Paul J. Morrison of Kansas, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for the International City/County Management Association et al. by Richard Ruda.

            Richard Lieb filed a brief for Richard Aaron et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 06–939, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. v. Brown, Attorney General of California, et al.

Argued March 19, 2008

            Willis J. Goldsmith argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Michael A. Carvin, Noel J. Francisco, Luke A. Sobota, Robin S. Conrad, Shane Brennan, Steven J. Law, and Stephen A. Bokat.

            Deputy Solicitor General Hungar argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Nicole A. Saharsky, Ronald Meisburg, John H. Ferguson, and Linda Dreeben.

            Michael Gottesman argued the cause for respondents.  On the brief for state respondents were Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of California, pro se, Janet Gaard, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Solicitor General, Gordon Burns, Deputy Solicitor General, Louis Verdugo, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard T. Waldow and Angela Sierra, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General.  Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland, and Jonathan P. Hiatt filed a brief for respondent American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations et al.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Hospital Association by F. Curt Kirschner, Jr., and Irving L. Gornstein; for Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., et al. by Maurice Baskin, Robert Fried, and Thomas Lenz; for the Cato Institute by Ilya Shapiro; and for the Healthcare Association of New York State, Inc., et al. by Jeffrey J. Sherrin, Cornelius D. Murray, and James A. Shannon.

      Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New York et al. by Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Benjamin N. Gutman, Deputy Solicitor General, and Sasha Samberg-Champion, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Bill McCollum of Florida, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Gary G. King of New Mexico, Marc Dann of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for AARP et al. by Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Pamela S. Karlan, and Jeffrey L. Fisher.

            Glenn M. Taubman filed a brief for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. as amici curiae.

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No. 06–1505, Meacham et al. v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, aka KAPL, Inc., et al.

Argued April 23, 2008

            Kevin K. Russell argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Amy Howe, Pamela S. Karlan, John B. DuCharme, and Joseph C. Berger.

            Daryl Joseffer argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  On the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Acting Solicitor General Garre, Leondra R. Kruger, Ronald S. Cooper, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and Barbara L. Sloan.

            Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Heather M. Zachary, Anthony M. Deardurff, Margaret A. Clemens, and John E. Higgins.

             Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Patricia A. Millett, Donald R. Livingston, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane Brennan; for the Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel by David E. Nagle; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Rae T. Vann, Karen R. Harned, and Elizabeth Milito; for General Electric Co. by Peter Buscemi; and for the National School Boards Association by Maree F. Sneed, John W. Borkowski, Audrey J. Anderson, Thomas B. Leary, Gil A. Abramson, Francisco M. Negron, Jr., Thomas E. M. Hutton, and Lisa E. Soronen.

            Laurie A. McCann, Melvin Radowitz, and Paul W. Mollica filed a brief for AARP et al. as amici curiae.

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No. 06–923, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Glenn

Argued April 23, 2008

            Amy K. Posner argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs were Miguel A. Estrada, Amir C. Tayrani, Gene C. Schaerr, Michelle M. Constandse, and Lee T. Paterson.

            E. Joshua Rosenkranz argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Jeremy N. Kudon, Malaika M. Eaton, Sara K. Pildis, Stanley L. Myers, and Ted M. Sichelman.

            Nicole A. Saharsky argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With her on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Elizabeth Hopkins.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for America’s Health Insurance Plans et al. by Robert N. Eccles, Jonathan D. Hacker, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane Brennan; and for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association by Anthony F. Shelley.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP by Jay E. Sushelsky and Melvin R. Radowitz; for the American Dental Association by Jerrold J. Ganzfried and John H. Bogart; for the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center by Daniel M. Feinberg, Cassie Springer-Sullivan, and Patricia A. Shiu; for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners by John M. Morrison and Gail Sciacchetano; for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Ronald Dean and Mark D. DeBofsky; for the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society by Scott M. Riemer; and for South Brooklyn Legal Services et al. by Gary Stone and John C. Gray.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Council of Life Insurers by Bart A. Karwath and Carl B. Wilkerson; for Law Professors by Donald T. Bogan and Joseph Thai; and for Trust Law and ERISA Law Professors by Melanie B. Leslie and Stewart E. Sterk.

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No. 06–1037, Kentucky Retirement Systems et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Argued January 9, 2008

            Robert D. Klausner argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General of Kentucky, David Brent Irvin, Assistant Attorney General, C. Joseph Beavin, James D. Allen, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Kenneth H. Kirschner, N. Scott Lilly, William P. Hanes, and J. Eric Wampler.

            Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Acting Solicitor General Garre, Ronald S. Cooper, Lorraine C. Davis, and Carolyn L. Wheeler.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Michigan et al. by Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Larry F. Brya, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Gary K. King of New Mexico, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, and Greg Abbott of Texas; for the National Association of Counties et al. by Richard Ruda; for the National Association of State Retirement Administrators et al. by Robert E. Tarcza; and for the National School Boards Association by Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., and Lisa E. Soronen.

            Laurie A. McCann and Melvin R. Radowitz filed a brief for AARP et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 07–208, Indiana  v.  Edwards

Argued March 26, 2008

            Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General of Indiana, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Steve Carter, Attorney General, and Julie A. Brubaker, Justin F. Roebel, and Heather L. Hagan, Deputy Attorneys General.

            Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, and William M. Jay.

            Mark T. Stancil argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were David T. Goldberg, Daniel R. Ortiz, and Michael R. Fisher.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Ohio et al. by Marc Dann, Attorney General of Ohio, William P. Marshall, Solicitor General, Robert J. Krummen, Michael Dominic Meuti, and Kimberly A. Olson, Deputy Solicitors, and Kelly A. Borchers, Assistant Solicitor, and by the Attorneys General and other officials for their respective States as follows: Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General of Alaska, Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, John W. Suthers, Attorney General of Colorado, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Stephen N. Six, Attorney General of Kansas, Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General of Nevada, Albert Lama, Chief Deputy Attorney General of New Mexico, Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Henry McMaster, Attorney General of South Carolina, Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, and Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General  of Washington; and for the American Bar Association by William H. Neukom, Jon May, Robert Buschel, John Parry, and Rory K. Little.

            Richard G. Taranto filed a brief for the American Psychiatric Association et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Kevin P. Martin, Abigail K. Hemani, Dahlia S. Fetouh, William F. Sheehan, and Barbara Bergman.

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No. 07–440, Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Texas

Argued March 17, 2008

            Danielle Spinelli argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Seth P. Waxman, Craig Goldblatt, Andrea Marsh, and William Christian.

            Gregory S. Coleman argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Edward C. Dawson, Marc S. Tabolsky, and Charles S. Frigerio.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar Association by William H. Neukom and Jeffrey T. Green; for the Brennan Center for Justice et al. by Anthony J. Franze and Son B. Nguyen; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Ian Heath Gershengorn and Pamela Harris; and for Twenty-four Professors of Law by Christopher J. Wright and Timothy J. Simeone.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. Lipovski, Danica L. Milios, and Susanna G. Dokupil, Assistant Solicitors General, and Eric J. R. Nichols, Deputy Attorney General, by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Tom Miller of Iowa, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia; and for the Texas Association of Counties et al. by Alan Keith Curry.

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No. 07–330, Greenlaw v. United States

Argued April 15, 2008

            Amy Howe argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Kevin K. Russell, Pamela S. Karlan, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Thomas C. Goldstein, and Kassius O. Benson.

            Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States.  With her on the briefs were former Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Jeffrey P. Singdahlsen.

            Jay T. Jorgensen, by invitation of the Court, 552 U. S. ___, argued the cause and filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below.  With him on the brief were Virginia A. Seitz, Carter G. Phillips, Ileana Maria Ciobanu, Elizabeth L. Howe, and HL Rogers.

      Jonathan D. Hacker and Pamela Harris filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging reversal.

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No. 07–552, Sprint Communications Co., L. P., et al. v. APCC Services, Inc., et al.

Argued April 21, 2008

            Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were David W. Carpenter, Thomas C. Goldstein, Patricia A. Millett, and David P. Murray.

            Roy T. Englert, Jr., argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Donald J. Russell and Michael W. Ward.

            Douglas P. Lobel, David A. Vogel, and Lori R. E. Ploeger filed a brief for Qwest Communications Corp. as amicus curiae urging reversal.

            Bruce D. Sokler and Robert G. Kidwell filed a brief for NetworkIP, LLC, et al. as amicus curiae.