No. 06–1595, Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
Argued October 8, 2008
Eric Schnapper argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Ann Buntin Steiner.
Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With her on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Solicitor General Garre, Acting Assistant Attorney General Becker, Dennis J. Dimsey, Angela M. Miller, Ronald S. Cooper, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and Jennifer S. Goldstein.
Francis H. Young argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was James L. Charles.
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, Benjamin C. Mizer and Kimberly A. Olson, Deputy Solicitors, and Susan A. Choe, Patrick M. Dull, and Duffy W. Jamieson, Assistant Attorneys General, by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Beau Biden of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Mike McGrath of Montana, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights et al. by Michael L. Foreman and Michael B. de Leeuw; for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Bruce B. Elfvin, Christina M. Royer, Mary L. Heen, Adele P. Kimmel, and Catherine K. Ruckelshaus; for the National Women’s Law Center et al. by Melissa Hart, Marcia D. Greenberger, Jocelyn F. Samuels, and Dina R. Lassow; and for the Tennessee Education Association et al. by Richard L. Colbert and Courtney L. Wilbert.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Catherine E. Stetson, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane Brennan; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Rae T. Vann, Alexandra Tsiros, Karen R. Harned, and Elizabeth G. Milito; and for the National School Boards Association by Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Lisa E. Soronen, F. Damon Kitchen, Jack R. Wallace, and Robert J. Sniffen.
No. 07–636, Kennedy et al. v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings and Investment Plan et al.
Argued October 7, 2008
David A. Furlow argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Kevin Pennell and Stacy L. Kelly.
Leondra R. Kruger argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With her on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Hochman, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Robert F. Hoyt, Donald L. Korb, Nathaniel I. Spiller, and Edward D. Sieger.
Mark I. Levy argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Adam H. Charnes, John M. Vine, Seth J. Safra, Theodore P. Metzler, Raymond Michael Ripple, and Donna L. Goodman.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP by Mary Ellen Signorille and Melvin R. Radowitz; for the American Benefits Council et al. by Kent A. Mason; and for the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund by R. Bradford Huss.
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No. 07–1059, United States v. Eurodif S. A. et al.; and
No. 07–1078, USEC Inc. et al. v. Eurodif S. A. et al.
Argued November 4, 2008
Deputy Solicitor General Stewart argued the cause for the United States in No. 07–1059. On the briefs in No. 07–1059 were former Solicitor General Garre, Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Leondra R. Kruger, John B. Bellinger III, Daniel J. Dell’Orto, John D. McInerney, David R. Mason, Jr., Quentin M. Baird, and David R. Hill. H. Bartow Farr III argued the cause for petitioners USEC Inc. et al. in No. 07–1078. With him on the briefs were Sheldon E. Hochberg, Eric C. Emerson, Charles G. Cole, Michael A. Vatis, John P. Nolan, Peter B. Saba, and James A. Schoettler, Jr.
Caitlin J. Halligan argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With her on the brief for respondent Eurodif S. A. et al. were Stuart M. Rosen, Gregory Silbert, W. Andrew Ryu, and Lisa R. Eskow. Nancy A. Fischer, Stephan E. Becker, David J. Cynamon, Joshua D. Fitzhugh, and Christine J. Sohar filed a brief for respondent Ad Hoc Utilities Group.
David A. Hartquist, Kathleen W. Cannon, Jonathan P. Hiatt, and Paul Whitehead filed a brief for the Committee to Support U. S. Trade Laws et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Alcoa, Inc., by Catherine E. Stetson, Lewis E. Leibowitz, and Jessica L. Ellsworth; for the National Atomic Co. “Kazatomprom” by Thomas B. Wilner and Robert S. LaRussa; and for Techsnabexport by Carolyn B. Lamm, Frank J. Schweitzer, Adams C. Lee, and Joanna M. Ritcey-Donohue.
Gregory S. Coleman, Edward C. Dawson, Marc S. Tabolsky, and Stephen R. McAllister filed a brief for Raj Bhala as amicus curiae.
No. 07–1122, Arizona v. Johnson
Argued December 9, 2008
Joseph L. Parkhurst, Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Mary R. O’Grady, Solicitor General, Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, and Diane Leigh Hunt, Assistant Attorney General.
Toby J. Heytens argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Garre, Acting Assistant Attorney General Friedrich, and Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben.
Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Charles Rothfeld, M. Edith Cunningham, and Dan M. Kahan.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Jane Elinor Notz, Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Steve Six of Kansas, Jack Conway of Kentucky, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Nancy H. Rogers of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. by Wayne W. Schmidt, James P. Manak, Richard Weintraub, Michael E. McNeff, Eric B. Edwards, and Bernard J. Farber; for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; and for the National League of Cities et al. by Richard Ruda.
Meir Feder, Donald B. Ayer, and Samuel Estreicher filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging affirmance.
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No. 07–854, Van de Kamp et al. v. Goldstein
Argued November 5, 2008
Timothy T. Coates argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Steven J. Renick.
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 Garre, Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Lisa S. Blatt, Barbara L. Herwig, and Mark W. Pennak.
E. Joshua Rosenkranz argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Timothy S. Mehok, William H. Forman, Ronald O. Kaye, David S. McLane, Marilyn E. Bednarski, and David A. Thomas.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Kansas et al. by Stephen N. Six, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, and Jared S. Maag, Deputy Solicitor General, by Kevin T. Kane, Chief State’s Attorney of Connecticut, by Peter J. Nickles, Acting Attorney General of the District of Columbia, and by Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Andrew Cuomo of New York, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Nancy H. Rogers of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for Cook County, Illinois, by Richard A. Devine, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Paul A. Castiglione; for Los Angeles County, California, by Steve Cooley, Lael R. Rubin, Brentford Ferreira, and Roberta Schwartz; for the City of New York by Michael A. Cardozo, Leonard J. Koerner, and Elizabeth Susan Natrella; for the National Association of Counties et al. by Richard Ruda; and for the National District Attorneys Association et al. by W. Scott Thorpe.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by M. Allen Hopper and Steven R. Shapiro; for the Constitutional Accountability Center by Elizabeth B. Wydra and Sean H. Donahue; and for the Innocence Network et al. by Peter D. Isakoff, Peter J. Neufeld, and Barry Scheck.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for Law Professors by John R. Cuti and Margaret Z. Johns; and for the New York State District Attorneys Association by Anthony J. Servino, James A. Murphy III, Anthony J. Girese, and Mark Dwyer.
No. 07–869, Ysursa, Secretary of State of Idaho, et al. v. Pocatello Education Association et al.
Argued November 3, 2008
Clay R. Smith, Deputy Attorney General of Idaho,argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General and James D. Carlson, Deputy Attorney General.
Jeremiah A. Collins argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Laurence S. Gold, John E. Rumel, John F. Greenfield, and Orrin D. Baird.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Utah et al. by Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, Annina M. Mitchell, Solicitor General, and Nancy L. Kemp, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Steve Carter of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, and Greg Abbott of Texas; for Americans for Limited Government by Kevin A. Hall; for the Evergreen Freedom Foundation et al. by Michael J. Reitz; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; and for the Utah Taxpayers Association et al. by Maxwell A. Miller.
Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy M. Sandefur filed a brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation as amicus curiae.
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No. 07–526, Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, et al. v. Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
Argued November 3, 2008
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs for petitioner Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, were Matthew D. McGill, Amir C. Tayrani, and Claire J. Richards. Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General of Rhode Island and Neil F. X. Kelly, Assistant Attorney General, filed briefs for petitioner the State of Rhode Island. Joseph S. Larisa, Jr., filed briefs for petitioner Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were former Solicitor General Garre, Assistant Attorney General Tenpas, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, William B. Lazarus, and Elizabeth Ann Peterson.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Alabama et al. by Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, and Robert J. Deichert, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Bill McCollum of Florida, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Stephen N. Six of Kansas, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Jim Hood of Mississippi,Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Jon C. Bruning of Nebraska, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Nancy H. Rogers of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas,and Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah; for the Citizens Equal Rights Foundation et al. by John Benjamin Carroll and Bruce N. Goodsell; and for the Council of State Governments et al. by Richard Ruda and Dan M. Kahan.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Law Professors Specializing in Federal Indian Law by Richard A. Guest, Colette Routel, and Robert T. Anderson, pro se; for the Narragansett Indian Tribe by Thomas C. Goldstein, Patricia A. Millett, and John F. Killoy, Jr.; for the National Congress of American Indians by Ian Heath Gershengorn, Sam Hirsch, and Riyaz A. Kanji; for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe et al. by Douglas B. L. Endreson and William R. Perry; and for Frederick E. Hoxie et al. by David T. Goldberg and Sean H. Donahue.
No. 07–608, United States v. Hayes
Argued November 10, 2008
Nicole A. Saharsky argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Garre, Acting Assistant Attorney General Friedrich, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Leondra R. Kruger, and Thomas E. Booth.
Troy Nino Giatras argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Michael F. Smith, James F. Gehrke, Kimberly Horsley Allen, and John H. Dudley, Jr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence et al. by Bert H. Deixler and Daniel R. Vice; for the National Network to End Domestic Violence et al. by Helen Gerostathos Guyton and Joan S. Meier; and for Senator Frank R. Lautenberg et al. by Betty Jo Christian.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund by Douglas G. Smith; for the Gun Owners Foundation by Herbert W. Titus, William J. Olson, and John S. Miles; and for the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., by Alan Gura.
Neal Goldfarb filed a brief for Professors of Linguistics and Cognitive Science as amici curiae.
No. 07–512, Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California, et al. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., et al.
Argued December 8, 2008
Aaron M. Panner argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Michael K. Kellogg.
Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae. With her on the brief were former Solicitor General Garre, Assistant Attorney General Barnett, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General O’Connell, Catherine G. O’Sullivan, and David Seidman.
Maxwell M. Blecher argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents. Richard M. Brunell argued the cause and filed a brief as amicus curiae for the American Antitrust Institute. With him on the brief was Albert A. Foer.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. by Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General of Virginia, Stephen R. McCullough, State Solicitor General, William C. Mims, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Sarah Oxenham Allen, Assistant Attorney General, and William E. Thro, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Steve Six of Kansas, Jon C. Bruning of Nebraska, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert M. McKenna of Washington; for Abbott Laboratories by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, Charles B. Klein, James F. Hurst, and Linda T. Coberly; for Verizon Communications Inc., et al. by John Thorne, Richard G. Taranto, Jan S. Amundson, and Quentin Riegel; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Mark J. Botti, Daniel J. Popeo, and Richard A. Samp.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for COMPTEL by Samuel L. Feder, Elaine J. Goldenberg, and Mary C. Albert; and for Professors and Scholars in Law and Economics by J. Gregory Sidak and Robert H. Bork, both pro se.
No. 07–665, Pleasant Grove City, Utah, et al. v. Summum
Argued November 12, 2008
Jay Alan Sekulow argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, James M. Henderson, Sr., Walter M. Weber, Thomas P. Monaghan, Francis J. Manion, Edward L. White III, Geoffrey R. Surtees, John P. Tuskey, Laura B. Hernandez, Patricia A. Millett, Vincent P. McCarthy, Ann-Louise Lohr, Kristina J. Wenberg, Shannon D. Woodruff, and Erik M. Zimmerman.
Deputy Solicitor General Joseffer argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. On the brief were former Solicitor General Garre, Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Toby J. Heytens, Robert M. Loeb, Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., and Randolph J. Myers.
Pamela Harris argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Walter Dellinger, Irving L. Gornstein, Shannon Pazur, Brian M. Barnard, and Martin S. Lederman.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. by Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General of Virginia, William E. Thro, State Solicitor General, Stephen R. McCullough, Deputy State Solicitor General, and William C. Mims, Chief 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, Bill McCollum of Florida, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah; for the City of New York by Michael A. Cardozo, Leonard J. Koerner, Edward F. X. Hart, and Jane L. Gordon; for the City of Casper, Wyoming, et al. by Patrick T. Gillen, William C. Luben, Kathryn L. Walker, James L. Charles, Charles Whitman, Robert West, and Patricia K. Kelly; for the Alliance Defense Fund et al. by Benjamin W. Bull, Jordan W. Lorence, Kevin H. Theriot, and William L. Saunders; for the American Catholic Lawyers Association by Edward C. Lyons; for the American Humanist Association et al. by Robert V. Ritter; for the American Jewish Committee et al. by Ayesha N. Khan, Richard B. Katskee, Aram A. Schvey, Heather L. Weaver, Jeffrey P. Sinensky, Kara H. Stein, Steven M. Freeman, Steven C. Sheinberg, K. Hollyn Hollman, Kathryn Kolbert, and Judith E. Schaeffer; for the American Legion et al. by Kelly J. Shackelford, Hiram S. Sasser III, Daniel J. Murphy, Philip B. Onderdonk, Jr., and Lawrence M. Maher; for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty et al. by Kevin J. Hasson and Eric C. Rassbach; for Faith and Action et al. by Bernard P. Reese; for the Foundation for Free Expression by Deborah J. Dewart and James L. Hirsen; for the Foundation for Moral Law et al. by Gregory M. Jones and Benjamin D. Dupré; for the International Municipal Lawyers Association by Mary Jean Dolan; for the James Madison Center for Free Speech by James Bopp, Jr.; for the Jewish Social Policy Action Network et al. by Theodore R. Mann, Seth Kreimer, and Jeffrey I. Pasek; for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver, Anita L. Staver, Steve Crampton, and Mary E. McAlister; and for the National Legal Foundation by Steven W. Fitschen and Barry C. Hodge.
Marc D. Stern filed a brief for the American Jewish Congress as amicus curiae urging affirmance.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Boy Scouts of America by George A. Davidson, Carla A. Kerr, Savvas A. Foukas, Scott H. Christensen, and David K. Park; for the Center for Inquiry et al. by Barry Levenstam and Ronald A. Lindsay; and for the Rutherford Institute by John W. Whitehead and James J. Knicely.
No. 07–463, Summers et al. v. Earth Island Institute et al.
Argued October 8, 2008
Then-Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were former Solicitors General Clement and Garre, Assistant Attorney General Tenpas, Malcolm L. Stewart, Katherine W. Hazard, and Marc L. Kesselman.
Matt G. Kenna argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Scott L. Nelson.