No. 09–834, Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.
Argued October 13, 2010
James H. Kaster argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Adrianna S. Haugen and Eric Schnapper.
Jeffrey B. Wall argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, M. Patricia Smith, Mary J. Rieser, and P. David Lopez.
Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Eric D. McArthur, Jeffrey A. McIntyre, Thomas P. Godar, and Barbara J. Zabawa.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Lynn K. Rhinehart, James B. Coppess, and Matthew J. Ginsburg; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Michael B. de Leeuw, Nowles H. Heinrich, Sarah Crawford, Karen Narasaki, Reginald T. Shuford, and Dina Lassow; and for the National Employment Law Project et al. by Catherine K. Ruckelshaus.
Rae T. Vann, Quentin Riegel, Karen R. Harned, and Elizabeth Milito filed a brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.
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No. 09–1156, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., et al. v. Siracusano et al.
Argued January 10, 2011
Jonathan D. Hacker argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Matthew Shors, Irving L. Gornstein, Michael G. Yoder, and Amy J. Longo.
David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Scott H. Angstreich, Gregory G. Rapawy, Eric Alan Isaacson, and Joseph D. Daley.
Pratik A. Shah argued the cause for the United States as Amicus Curiae in support of respondents. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, David M. Becker, Mark D. Cahn, Jacob H. Stillman, Michael A. Conley, Luis de la Torre, Jeffrey A. Berger, and Ralph S. Tyler.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Advanced Medical Technology Association by Steven G. Bradbury, Steven A. Engel, James M. Beck, and David A. Kotler; for BayBio by Deanne E. Maynard, Brian R. Matsui, and Marc A. Hearron; for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association et al. by Robert A. Long, Jr., and Richard F. Kingham; for DRI—The Voice of the Defense Bar by James C. Martin and Colin E. Wrabley; for the Natural Products Association by Scott Bass and Jonathan F. Cohn; for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America et al. by David W. Ogden and Mark C. Fleming; for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Anne E. Cohen; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association et al. by Lyle Roberts, Jonathan E. Richman, Kevin M. Carroll, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP et al. by Jay E. Sushelsky and Michael R. Schuster; for Economists Robert E. Litan et al. by Merrill G. Davidoff and Lawrence J. Lederer; for Medical Researchers Dr. Tonia M. Young-Fadok et al. by Jonathan S. Massey, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, David Kessler, Darren J. Check, and Benjamin J. Sweet; for Professors at Law and Business Schools by J. Robert Brown, Jr., Lisa L. Casey, and Robert O. Bentley; and for Statistics Experts by Edward Labaton.
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No. 09–571, Connick, District Attorney, et al. v. Thompson
Argued October 6, 2010
Stuart Kyle Duncan, Appellate Chief, Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General, Ross W. Bergethon and Robert Abendroth, Assistant Attorneys General, Graymond F. Martin, and Donna R. Andrieu.
J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Michael L. Banks, R. Ted Cruz, and Allyson N. Ho.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the National District Attorneys Association et al. by Edward C. Dawson and Richard B. Farrer; for the National League of Cities et al. by Richard Ruda, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Alexander M. R. Lyon, and Stephanos Bibas; and for the Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorneys by Valentin M. Solino.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law, et al. by Martin J. Siegel, Anthony S. Barkow, and David B. Edwards; for Former Federal Civil Rights Officials et al. by Paul D. Clement, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Adam Conrad, Kelly Shackelford, Hiram S. Sasser III, and Pamela S. Karlan; for the Innocence Network by Peter D. Isakoff, Keith A. Findley, Peter J. Neufeld, and Barry Scheck; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Joel B. Rudin and Joshua L. Dratel.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Alliance Defense Fund et al. by Glen Lavy, Thomas Marcelle, and Ilya Shapiro; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Lisa S. Blatt, John A. Freedman, Joshua P. Wilson, Steven R. Shapiro, and Mary Bauer; and for the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York by Anthony J. Servino and Steven A. Bender.
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No. 09–1273, Astra USA, Inc., et al. v. Santa Clara County, California
Argued January 19, 2011
Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Anthony J. Franze, James P. Muehlberger, Robert J. McCully, Ina D. Chang, Paul J. Riehle, Lyndon M. Tretter, Richard D. Raskin, Scott D. Stein, Kirke M. Hasson, Brian W. Shaffer, Jennifer Beth Jordan, R. Ted Cruz, Allyson N. Ho, Peter N. Larson, Fletcher C. Alford, and Kelly J. Davidson.
Ginger D. Anders argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioners. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General West, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin M. Shultz, Janice L. Hoffman, and Mark D. Polston.
David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Scott H. Angstreich, Scott K. Attaway, Greta S. Hansen, Juniper L. Downs, Sanford Svetcov, Jeffrey W. Lawrence, Susan K. Alexander, and Aelish M. Baig.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Kannon K. Shanmugam and Robin S. Conrad; for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America by Paul D. Clement and Jeffrey S. Bucholtz; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Kansas et al. by Steve Six, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Peter J. Nickles of the District of Columbia, Chris Koster of Missouri, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for AARP et al. by Rochelle Bobroff, Stacy Canan, and Michael Schuster; for A Coalition of 340B Entity Groups by Joel M. Hamme; for Contract Law Professors by Stephen M. Tillery; and for Federal Courts Professors by Michael J. Brickman, James C. Bradley, Nina H. Fields, and Lumen N. Mulligan.
Lawrence J. Joseph filed a brief for APA Watch as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–11556, Tolentino v. New York
Argued March 21, 2011
Kristina Schwarz argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Steven Banks, Andrew C. Fine, Lawrence T. Hausman, and Richard Joselson.
Caitlin J. Halligan argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Hilary Hassler, Alan B. Gadlin, Eleanor J. Ostrow, and Allen J. Vickey.
Pratik A. Shah argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Scott A. C. Meisler.
Marc Rotenberg filed a brief for the Electronic Privacy Information Center et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Massachusetts et al. by Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Randall E. Ravitz, Assistant Attorney General, by William H. Ryan, Jr., Acting Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Luther Strange of Alabama, John J. Burns of Alaska, John Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, David M. Louie of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Chris Koster of Missouri, Steve Bullock of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Paula T. Dow of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, E. Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; and for the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., et al. by Meir Feder.
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No. 09–987, Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn et al.; and
No. 09–991, Garriott, Director, Arizona Department of Revenue v. Winn et al.
Argued November 3, 2010
Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals, argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With her on the briefs for petitioner in No. 09–991 were Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Mary O’Grady, Solicitor General, and Kathleen P. Sweeney and Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorneys General. David A. Cortman, Benjamin W. Bull, and Jeremy D. Tedesco filed briefs for petitioner in No. 09–987. Timothy D. Keller, William H. Mellor, Richard D. Komer, and Clark M. Neily III filed briefs for Glenn Dennard et al. as respondents under this Court’s Rule 12.6 in support of petitioners.
Acting Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioners. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General West, Joseph R. Palmore, Robert M. Loeb, and Lowell Sturgill.
Paul Bender argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With him on the briefs were Isabel M. Humphrey, Steven R. Shapiro, Daniel Mach, and Daniel Pochoda.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the State of Indiana et al. by Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Heather L. Hagan and Ashley E. Tatman, Deputy Attorneys General, Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, Joel D. McGormley, Appellate Division Chief, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert M. McKenna of Washington; for the American Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, James M. Henderson, Sr., and Walter M. Weber; for the American Center for School Choice by Richard W. Garnett and John E. Coons; for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty by Kevin J. Hasson, Eric C. Rassbach, Hannah C. Smith, and Luke W. Goodrich; for the Cato Institute et al. by Ilya Shapiro; for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence by John Eastman, Anthony T. Caso, and Edwin Meese III; for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention et al. by Kelly J. Shackleford and Hiram S. Sasser III; for the Florida School Choice Fund et al. by Nathan A. Adams IV; for the Jewish Tuition Organization et al. by Bennett Evan Cooper and Robert A. Destro; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by James S. Burling and Sharon L. Browne; and for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops et al. by Thomas C. Berg, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Jeffrey Hunter Moon, Douglas Laycock, Nathan J. Diament, and Kimberlee Wood Colby.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the American Humanist Association et al. by Robert V. Ritter; and for the National School Boards Association et al. by John W. Borkowski, Maree F. Sneed, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., and Naomi Gittins.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed in both cases for Americans United for Separation of Church and State et al. by Gregory M. Lipper and Ayesha N. Khan; for the Christian Educators Association International et al. by Robert H. Tyler and Jennifer L. Monk; for the Goldwater Institute et al. by Clint Bolick and Nicholas C. Dranias; for the Justice and Freedom Fund by James L. Hirsen and Deborah J. Dewart; for the Rutherford Institute by John W. Whitehead and Jason P. Gosselin.
Mathew D. Staver, Anita L. Staver, Stephen M. Crampton, and Mary E. McAlister filed a brief for Liberty Counsel et al. as amici curiae in No. 09–987.
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No. 09–1088, Cullen, Acting Warden v. Pinholster
Argued November 9, 2010
James William Bilderback II, Supervising Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy State Solicitor General, and Lawrence M. Daniels and Keith H. Borjon, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General.
Sean K. Kennedy argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Mark R. Drozdowski.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Pennsylvania et al. by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Amy Zapp, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Steve Bullock of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Richard Cordray of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union by Larry Yackle, Steven R. Shapiro, and John Holdridge; and for the Disability Rights Legal Center by Neil M. Soltman and Donald M. Falk.
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No. 09–529, Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Reinhard, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, et al.
Argued December 1, 2010
Seth M. Galanter argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Deanne E. Maynard, Brian R. Matsui, and Paul J. Buckley.
Ginger D. Anders argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ravel, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Mark B. Stern, and Alisa B. Klein.
E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Solicitor General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General, Charles E. James, Jr., Chief Deputy Attorney General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Stephen R. McCullough, and William E. Thro.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for AARP et al. by Rochelle Bobroff, Kenneth W. Zeller, Kelly Bagby, and Michael Schuster; for Law Professors by Stephen I. Vladeck, pro se, Charles S. Sims, and Anna G. Kaminska; for the National Disability Rights Network by Susan J. Kohlmann and Marc A. Goldman; and for the Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate by Joseph J. Mueller and Sydenham B. Alexander III.
A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of Indiana et al. by Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, and Heather L. Hagan and Ashley Tatman Harwel, Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Michael A. Delaney of New Hampshire, Paula Dow of New Jersey, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah,and Robert M. McKenna of Washington.
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No. 08–1438, Sossamon v. Texas et al.
Argued November 2, 2010
Kevin K. Russell argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Amy Howe, Patricia A. Millett, Thomas C. Goldstein, Pamela S. Karlan, and Jeffrey L. Fisher.
Sarah E. Harrington argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Perez, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bagenstos, and Jessica Dunsay Silver.
James C. Ho, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Daniel T. Hodge, First Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Bill Cobb, Deputy Attorney General, and Daniel L. Geyser and James P. Sullivan, Assistant Solicitors General.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, Linda T. Coberly, Daniel Mach, David C. Fathi, David M. Shapiro, Ayesha N. Khan, K. Hollyn Hollman, James T. Gibson, Marc Stern, and Richard Foltin; for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty by Kevin J. Hasson, Eric C. Rassbach, Hannah C. Smith, and Luke W. Goodrich; for the National Association of Evangelicals by Kelly J. Shackelford and Hiram S. Sasser III; and for Charles E. Sisney by Kathryn M. Davis, Peter R. Afrasiabi, and Richard L. Johnson.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Florida et al. by Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, and Courtney Brewer, Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Daniel S. Sullivan of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Steve Bullock of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Michael A. Delaney of New Hampshire, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Richard Cordray of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Mark Shurtleff of Utah, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Christian Legal Society et al. by James K. Lehman, William C. Wood, Jr., Jay T. Thompson, and Kimberlee Wood Colby; and for The Rutherford Institute by John W. Whitehead and Mitchell A. Karlan.
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No. 09–846, United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation
Argued November 1, 2010
Anthony A. Yang argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Moreno, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Aaron P. Avila.
Danielle Spinelli argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Seth P. Waxman, Catherine M. A. Carroll, Annie L. Owens, Keith M. Harper, G. William Austin, Catherine F. Munson, Adam H. Charnes, and Raymond M. Bennett.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Jonathan L. Marcus, Theodore P. Metzler, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the Colorado River Indian Tribes et al. by Steven D. Gordon and Stephen J. McHugh; for the National Association of Home Builders by Robert H. Thomas, Mark M. Murakami, Rebecca A. Copeland, Mary DiCrescenzo, and Thomas J. Ward; and for the Osage Nation by Patricia A. Millett, James P. Tuite, Merrill C. Godfrey, and James T. Meggesto.
Gregory C. Sisk, pro se, filed a brief as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–893, AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion et ux.
Argued November 9, 2010
Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Kenneth S. Geller, Evan M. Tager, Archis A. Parasharami, Kevin Ranlett, Donald M. Falk, and Neal Berinhout.
Deepak Gupta argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Scott L. Nelson, Gregory A. Beck, Kirk B. Hulett, Craig M. Nicholas, and Alex M. Tomasevic.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of South Carolina et al. by Henry D. McMaster, Attorney General of South Carolina, James Emory Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Attorney General,and Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah; for the American Bankers Association et al. by Alan S. Kaplinsky, Jeremy T. Rosenblum, and Mark J. Levin; for the Center for Class Action Fairness by Brian P. Brooks; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for CTIA—The Wireless Association by Paul D. Clement and Michael F. Altschul; for DIRECTV, Inc., et al. by Jeffrey S. Davidson; for Distinguished Law Professors by Andrew G. McBride; for DRI—The Voice of the Defense Bar by Kevin C. Newsom and John R. Kouris; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Rae T. Vann; for the New England Legal Foundation by Benjamin G. Robbins and Martin J. Newhouse; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Deborah J. La Fetra.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance 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, by Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Steve Bullock of Montana, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee,and William H. Sorrell of Vermont; for the American Antitrust Institute by Richard M. Brunell and Albert A. Foer; for the American Association for Justice by Andre M. Mura and John Vail; for Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation Professors by William B. Rubenstein, Theodore Eisenberg, John Leubsdorf, Arthur R. Miller, and Judith Resnik; for the Constitutional Accountability Center by Douglas T. Kendall and Elizabeth B. Wydra; for Contracts Professors by Peter K. Stris; for Federal Jurisdiction Professors by Stephen I. Vladeck and Michael J. Quirk; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Sarah Crawford, Terisa E. Chaw, Catherine Ruckelshaus, Rebecca Hamburg, and Sharyn A. Tejani; for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia et al. by Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer, Michael D. Donovan, and James C. Sturdevant; for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., by John Payton, Debo P. Adegbile, and Joshua Civin; for the National Academy of Arbitrators by James A. Feldman; for the National Workrights Institute by Theodore J. St. Antoine and Lewis Maltby; for Marygrace Coneff et al. by Leslie A. Bailey, Arthur H. Bryant, F. Paul Bland, Jr., and Matthew Wessler; and for Jonathan C. Kaltwasser by Joseph N. Kravec, Jr.
Hiro N. Aragaki filed a brief for Arbitration Professors as amici curiae.
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No. 137, Orig., Montana v. Wyoming, et al.
Argued January 10, 2011
Steve Bullock, Attorney General of Montana, argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the briefs were Christian D. Tweeten, Jennifer Anders, Assistant Attorney General and John B. Draper and Jeffrey J. Wechsler, Special Assistant Attorneys General.
Peter K. Michael, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Wyoming, argued the cause for defendant Wyoming. With him on the brief were Bruce A. Salzburg, Attorney General, Jay Jerde, Deputy Attorney General, and David J. Willms, Assistant Attorney General.
William M. Jay argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of defendants. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Moreno, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and K. Jack Haugrud.
Jeanne S. Whiteing filed a brief for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe as amicus curiae.
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No. 10–188, Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk
Argued March 1, 2011
Steven Alan Reiss argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Gregory Silbert, David Yolkut, Lisa R. Eskow, Gregory S. Coleman, and Marc S. Tabolsky.
Jonathan A. Willens argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
Melissa Arbus Sherry argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Michael S. Raab, and Charles W. Scarborough.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al. by Catherine E. Stetson, Jessica L. Ellsworth, and Robin S. Conrad; and for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Rae T. Vann and Ann Elizabeth Reesman.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP by Kelly Bagby, Michael Schuster, Andrew M. Beato, and Kerrie C. Dent; for Public Citizen by Adina H. Rosenbaum and Allison M. Zieve; and for Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund by Jeremy L. Friedman.
Clifton S. Elgarten, Brian C. Elmer, Richard L. Beizer, and Andy Liu filed a brief for United Technologies Corp. as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–804, CIGNA Corp. et al. v. Amara et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Argued November 30, 2010
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Amir C. Tayrani, Joseph J. Costello, Jeremy P. Blumenfeld, and Jamie M. Kohen.
Stephen R. Bruce argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Allison C. Pienta, Thomas G. Moukawsher, Christopher J. Wright, and Timothy J. Simeone.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Matthew D. Roberts, M. Patricia Smith, Nathaniel I. Spiller, and Edward D. Sieger.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP by Mary Ellen Signorille and Melvin Radowitz; and for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Ellen M. Doyle, William T. Payne, and Rebecca M. Hamburg.
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No. 09–1272, Kentucky v. King
Argued January 12, 2011
Joshua D. Farley, Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Jack Conway, Attorney General, and Bryan D. Morrow, Assistant Attorney General.
Ann O’Connell argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorneys General Kris and Breuer, Acting Deputy Solicitor General McLeese, and John F. De Pue.
Jamesa J. Drake argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Jeffrey T. Green and Sarah O’Rourke Schrup.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Indiana et al. by Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, and Heather L. Hagan and Ashley Tatman Harwel, Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Terry Goddard of Arizona, 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, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Steve Six of Kansas, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Steve Bullock of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Paula T. Dow of New Jersey, Gary King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Richard Cordray of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, John R. Kroger of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William Sorrell of Vermont, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. by Wayne W. Schmidt, James P. Manak, Richard Weintraub, and Eric P. Daigle.