No. 09–11311, Sykes v. United States
Argued January 12, 2011
William E. Marsh argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was James C. McKinley.
Jeffrey B. Wall argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Acting Deputy Solicitor General McLeese, and Richard A. Friedman.
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No. 10–313, Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T Michigan; and
No. 10–329, Isiogu et al. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T Michigan
Argued March 30, 2011
John J. Bursch, Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With him on the briefs in No. 10–329 were Bill Schuette, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Deputy Solicitor General, Steven D. Hughey, and Anne M. Uitvlugt, Assistant Attorney General. Susan C. Gentz filed briefs for petitioner in No. 10–313.
Eric D. Miller argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioners. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Austin C. Schlick, Richard K. Welch, and Maureen K. Flood.
Scott H. Angstreich argued the cause for respondent in both cases. With him on the brief were Brendan J. Crimmins, Scott K. Attaway, Gary L. Phillips, Christopher M. Heimann, John T. Lenahan, Mark R. Ortlieb, and Cynthia F. Malone.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the California Public Utilities Commission by Frank R. Lindh, Helen M. Mickiewicz, and Laura E. Gasser; for COMPTEL by Mary C. Albert; and for Sprint Nextel Corp. by Kannon K. Shanmugam and George W. Hicks, Jr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for Administrative Law Professors by C. Frederick Beckner III; for CenturyLink, Inc., et al. by John M. Devaney, Robert B. McKenna, and John E. Benedict; for United States Telecom Association et al. by Megan L. Brown, Bennett L. Ross, and Jonathan B. Banks; and for Verizon by Heather M. Zachary and Michael E. Glover.
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No. 09–1533, DePierre v. United States
Argued February 28, 2011
Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Charles A. Rothfeld and Jeffrey A. Meyer.
Nicole A. Saharsky argued the cause for the United States. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Benjamin J. Horwich, and Deborah Watson.
Shelley R. Sadin filed a brief for Individual Physicians and Scientists as amici curiae.
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No. 10–290, Microsoft Corp. v. I4I Limited Partnership et al.
Argued April 18, 2011
Thomas G. Hungar argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Theodore B. Olson, Matthew D. McGill, Matthew D. Powers, T. Andrew Culbert, Isabella Fu, Kevin Kudlac, and Amber H. Rovner.
Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Daniel S. Volchok, Francesco Valentini, Donald R. Dunner, Don O. Burley, Erik Puknys, Kara F. Stoll, Douglas A. Cawley, Jeffrey A. Carter, Travis Gordon White, and Robert Greene Sterne.
Deputy Solicitor General Stewart argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General West, Ginger D. Anders, Scott R. McIntosh, Raymond T. Chen, and William LaMarca.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Apotex, Inc., by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Mark T. Stancil, and Shashank Upadhye; for Apple Inc. et al. by Deanne E. Maynard, Seth M. Galanter, and Marc A. Hearron; for the Business Software Alliance by Andrew J. Pincus; for the Computer & Communications Industry Association by Jonathan Band; for CTIA—The Wireless Association by Michael K. Kellogg, Gregory G. Rapawy, and Michael F. Altschul; for the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle by John P. Sutton; for the Hercules Open-Source Project by E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Mark S. Davies, and Richard A. Rinkema; for the Public Patent Foundation by Daniel B. Ravicher; for SAP America, Inc., et al. by James W. Dabney, Stephen S. Rabinowitz, Henry C. Lebowitz, and John F. Duffy; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association et al. by John A. Squires, Kate McSweeny, and Kevin Carroll; for Synerx Pharma, LLC by D. Christopher Ohly and Douglass C. Hochstetler; and for Timex Group USA, Inc., et al. by John R. Horvack, Jr., and Fatima Lahnin. Briefs of amici curiae urging vacation were filed for Google Inc., et al. by Paul D. Clement, Daryl Joseffer, Adam Conrad, and John Thorne; for Internet Retailers by Peter J. Brann; for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. by Henry C. Dinger and Elaine Herrmann Blais; and for the William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute by R. Carl Moy.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Aberdare Ventures et al. by Douglas Hallward-Driemeier; for AmiCOUR IP Group, LLC by Kirstin M. Jahn and Robert A. Rowan; for Bayer AG by Kannon K. Shanmugam, Adam L. Perlman, and David M. Krinsky; for the Biotechnology Industry Organization et al. by Patricia A. Millett and Michael C. Small; for Eagle Harbor Holdings, LLC by Kathryn E. Karcher; for elcommerce.com.inc. by Christopher M. Perry; for the Intellectual Property Owners Association by Paul H. Berghoff, Douglas K. Norman, and Kevin Rhodes; for Intellectual Ventures Management et al. by Justin A. Nelson, Brooke A. M. Taylor, Makan Delrahim, and Allen P. Grunes; for IP Advocate by Charles E. Miller; for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America by Harry J. Roper and Elaine J. Goldenberg; for Project Fastlane, Inc., by Scott S. Kokka, Kenneth R. Backus, Jr., and Chien-Ju Alice Chuang; for the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association et al. by Douglas E. Olson and Timothy N. Tardibono; for Unity Semiconductor Corp. by Messrs. Kokka, Backus, and Ms. Chuang; for 3M Co. et al. by Thomas C. Goldstein; and for Dr. Ron D. Katznelson by Mr. Miller.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Intellectual Property Law Association by Donald R. Ware, Barbara A. Fiacco, and William G. Barber; for the Association of the District of Columbia Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section by John E. Dubiansky; for the Association of Practicing Entities by Donald E. Lake III, Aaron P. Bradford, and William W. Cochran II; for the Boston Patent Law Association by Erik Paul Belt; for Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. by John D. Vandenberg and Joseph T. Jakubek; for the Electronic Frontier Foundation et al. by Michael Barclay, Corynne McSherry, and James S. Tyre; for EMC Corp. by Paul T. Dacier; for Former USPTO Commissioners and Directors by Alexander C. D. Giza and Larry C. Russ; for Genentech, Inc., et al. by Jerome B. Falk, Jr., and Gary H. Loeb; for International Business Machines Corp. by Kenneth R. Adamo, Lawrence D. Rosenberg, Traci L. Lovitt, and Marian Underweiser; for Seven Retired Naval Officers by Robert P. Greenspoon and William W. Flachsbart; for Tessera, Inc., et al. by Joseph M. Lipner, Benjamin W. Hattenbach, Mark A. Kressel, and Keith A. Ashmus; for University Patent Owners and Licensees by Lawrence K. Nodine and Katrina M. Quicker; for Lee A. Hollaar by David M. Bennion; for Roberta J. Morris by Ms. Morris, pro se; for Triantafyllos Tafas, Ph.D. by Steven J. Moore; and for 37 Law, Business, and Economics Professors by Mark A. Lemley.
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No. 10–568, Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan
Argued April 27, 2011
John P. Elwood argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Yvonne M. Nevarez-Goodson, David T. Goldberg, Mark T. Stancil, Daniel R. Ortiz, and Toby J. Heytens.
E. Joshua Rosenkranz argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Mark S. Davies, Rachel M. McKenzie, and Richard L. Hasen.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Florida et al. by Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, and Courtney Brewer, Diane DeWolf, and Ronald A. Lathan, Deputy Solicitors 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, Thomas C. Horne of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, David M. Louie of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, William J. Schneider of Maine, Bill Schuette of Michigan, Steve Bullock of Montana, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah; for the Nevada Legislature by Kevin C. Powers and Brenda J. Erdoes; for Public Citizen, Inc., by Scott L. Nelson and Allison M. Zieve; and for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al. by Lucy A. Dalglish, Gregg P. Leslie, Derek D. Green, Kevin M. Goldberg, David M. Giles, Peter Scheer, Mickey H. Osterreicher, René P. Milam, and Barbara L. Camens.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the International Municipal Lawyers Association by David Barber; and for the James Madison Center for Free Speech et al. by James Bopp, Jr.
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No. 09–525, Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. v. First Derivative Traders
Argued December 7, 2010
Mark A. Perry argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Thomas G. Hungar.
David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Brendan J. Crimmins and Ira M. Press.
Curtis E. Gannon argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondent. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, David M. Becker, Mark D. Cahn, Jacob H. Stillman, and John W. Avery.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society, Inc., by John K. Villa and Kannon K. Shanmugam; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Richard D. Bernstein, Barry P. Barbash, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association by Carter G. Phillips, Jonathan F. Cohn, Daniel A. McLaughlin, Eric D. McArthur, and Kevin Carroll; and for G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., et al. by Mr. Brunstad, pro se, Robert W. Helm, Ruth S. Epstein, Collin O’Connor Udell, and Matthew J. Delude.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP et al. by Jay E. Sushelsky and Michael R. Schuster; for the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands by Eric Alan Isaacson, Joseph D. Daley, and Ruby Menon; for the New York State Common Retirement Fund et al. by Jay W. Eisenhofer; for William A. Birdthistle et al. by Mr. Birdthistle, pro se; and for John P. Freeman et al. by Michael J. Brickman, James C. Bradley, and Nina H. Fields.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Center for Audit Quality by Lawrence S. Robbins, Roy T. Englert, Jr., and Donald J. Russell; and for the Council of Institutional Investors by Gregory S. Coleman and Christian J. Ward.
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No. 10–382, United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Argued April 20, 2011
Pratik A. Shah 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 Brian C. Toth.
Steven D. Gordon argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Shenan R. Atcitty and Stephen J. McHugh.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Congress of American Indians et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Matthew D. Krueger, and Lloyd B. Miller; and for the Navajo Nation et al. by Alan R. Taradash, Daniel I. S. J. Rey-Bear, and Timothy H. McLaughlin.
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No. 09–5801, Flores-Villar v. United States
Argued November 10, 2010
Steven F. Hubachek, by appointment of the Court, 559 U. S. ____, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Elizabeth M. Barros and Vincent J. Brunkow.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorneys General West and Breuer, Sarah E. Harrington, Donald E. Keener, Carol Federighi, Robert N. Markle, and William C. Brown.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Sandra S. Park, Steven R. Shapiro, Lenora M. Lapidus, Lee Gelernt, Lucas Guttentag, Jennifer Chang Newell, and David Blair-Loy; for Equality Now et al. by Martha F. Davis; for the National Immigrant Justice Center et al. by Brian J. Murray, Charles Roth, and Stephen W. Manning; for the National Women’s Law Center et al. by Deanne E. Maynard, Brian R. Matsui, Seth M. Galanter, Marcia D. Greenberger, and Dina R. Lassow; for Professors of History et al. by Lorelie S. Masters and Lindsay C. Harrison; and for Scholars on Statelessness by Max Gitter.
Michael M. Hethmon filed a brief for the Immigration Reform Law Institute
as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–1227, Bond v. United States
Argued February 22, 2011
Paul D. Clement argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ashley C. Parrish, Candice Chiu, Robert E. Goldman, and Eric E. Reed.
Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States in support of petitioner. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorneys General Kris and Breuer, Acting Deputy Solicitor General McLeese, Nicole A. Saharsky, John F. De Pue, and Kirby A. Heller.
Stephen R. McAllister, by invitation of the Court, 562 U. S. ___, argued the cause and filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Alabama et al. by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey; for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence et al. by John C. Eastman, Anthony T. Caso, David L. Llewellyn, Jr., Edwin Meese III, and Ilya Shapiro; for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund by Andrew L. Schlafly; and for the Gun Owners Foundation et al. by William J. Olson, Herbert W. Titus, and John S. Miles.
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No. 09–11328, Davis v. United States
Argued March 21, 2011
Orin S. Kerr argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was William W. Whatley, Jr.
Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Anthony A. Yang, and John M. Pellettieri.
Rebecca Louise Pennell and Brett Sweitzer filed a brief for the National Association of Federal Defenders as amicus curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Maryland et al. by Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, and Brian S. Kleinbord, Jeremy M. McCoy, and Carrie J. Williams, Assistant Attorneys General, by William H. Ryan, Jr., Acting Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John J. Burns of Alaska, Tom Horne of Arizona, Kamala D. Harris of California, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, David M. Louie of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Jack Conway of Kentucky, William J. Schneider of Maine, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Bill Schuette of Michigan, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, 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, Robert B. McKenna of Washington, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for Wayne County, Michigan, by Kym L. Worthy and Timothy A. Baughman; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.
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No. 09–11121, J. D. B. v. North Carolina
Argued March 23, 2011
Barbara S. Blackman argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were S. Hannah Demeritt, Benjamin Dowling-Sendor, and Staples S. Hughes.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General, Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy Attorney General, and LaToya B. Powell, Assistant Attorney General.
Eric J. Feigin 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 William C. Brown.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar Association by Stephen N. Zack; for the American Civil Liberties Union by Dennis D. Parker and Steven R. Shapiro; for the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth et al. by Angela C. Vigil and Steven A. Drizin; for the Juvenile Law Center et al. by Marsha L. Levick and Jessica R. Feierman; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Jeffrey T. Green, Mark D. Hopson, and Jonathan Hacker.
A brief of amici 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, Stephen R. Creason, Andrew A. Kobe, and Ellen H. Meilaender, Deputy Attorney General, Kevin T. Kane, Chief State’s Attorney of Connecticut, William H. Ryan, Jr., Acting Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Leonardo M. Rapadas, Attorney General of Guam, Guillermo A. Somoza-Colombani, Attorney General of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Luther Strange of Alabama, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, Samuel S. Olens of Georgia, David M. Louie of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, William J. Schneider of Maine, Bill Schuette of Michigan, Steve Bullock of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, E. Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, Michael DeWine of Ohio, Peter F. Kilmartin of Rhode Island, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington,and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming.
John Charles Thomas and Megan Miller filed a brief for the National District Attorneys Association as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–1205, Smith et al. v. Bayer Corp.
Argued January 18, 2011
Richard A. Monahan argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Marvin W. Masters, Charles M. Love IV, Scott L. Nelson, and Allison M. Zieve.
Philip S. Beck argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Adam L. Hoeflich, Andrew C. Baak, Carter G. Phillips, and Eric D. McArthur.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Association for Justice by Jeffrey R. White; and for Steven J. Thorogood et al. by Clinton A. Krislov and Mark A. Boling.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by E. Joshua Rosenkranz, James L. Stengel, Robin S. Conrad, Daniel J. Tyukody, and Jason L. Krajcer; and for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Kenneth S. Geller, David M. Gossett, and Archis A. Parasharami.
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No. 10–5400, Tapia v. United States
Argued April 18, 2011
Reuben Camper Cahn argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Shereen J. Charlick, Steven F. Hubachek, and James Fife.
Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Sangita K. Rao.
Stephanos Bibas, by invitation of the Court, 562 U. S. ___, argued the cause and filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of the judgment. With him on the brief were James A. Feldman, Amy L. Wax, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Sean D. Unger, and Douglas A. Berman.
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No. 10–277, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes et al.
Argued March 29, 2011
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Rachel S. Brass, Theane Evangelis Kapur, Theodore B. Olson, Mark A. Perry, and Amir C. Tayrani.
Joseph M. Sellers argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Brad Seligman, Jocelyn D. Larkin, Christine E. Webber, Jenny R. Yang, Kalpana Kotagal, Steven Stemerman, Elizabeth A. Lawrence, Arcelia Hurtado, Sheila Y. Thomas, Stephen Tinkler, and Merit Bennett.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Altria Group, Inc., et al. by Jeffrey A. Lamken, Robert K. Kry, and Martin V. Totaro; for the Association of Global Automakers, Inc., by Donald M. Falk, Dan Himmelfarb, Archis A. Parasharami, and Kevin Ranlett; for the Atlantic Legal Foundation et al. by Martin S. Kaufman, Martin J. Newhouse, and John Pagliaro; for the California Employment Law Council by Paul Grossman; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by John H. Beisner, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane B. Kawka; for Costco Wholesale Corp. by David B. Ross, Kenwood C. Youmans, David D. Kadue, Thomas J. Wybenga, and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.; for DRI–The Voice of the Defense Bar by R. Matthew Cairns, Carter G. Phillips, Jonathan F. Cohn, and Matthew D. Krueger; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Rae T. Vann; for Intel Corp. by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Mark T. Stancil, and A. Douglas Melamed; for the International Association of Defense Counsel by Mary-Christine Sungaila and Troy L. Booher; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Timothy Sandefur; for the Retail Litigation Center, Inc., by Lisa S. Blatt; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association by E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Michael Delikat, Jill L. Rosenberg, John D. Giansello, Gary R. Siniscalco, and Patricia K. Gillette; for the Society for Human Resource Management et al. by Camille A. Olson and James M. Harris; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Association for Justice by John Vail; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Lenora M. Lapidus, Steven R. Shapiro, Marcia D. Greenberger, Dina R. Lassow, and Linda Lye; for the American Sociological Association et al. by Michael B. Trister; for Civil Procedure Professors by Melissa Hart, Arthur R. Miller, and Paul M. Secunda, all pro se; for the Consumers Union of United States, Inc., et al. by Kevin K. Green and Mark R. Savage; for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research by Linda M. Dardarian; for Law and Economics Professors by Robert S. Libman and Benjamin Blustein; for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. by John Payton and Debo P. Adegbile; for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Cyrus Mehri, Pamela Coukos, Janelle M. Carter, Rebecca M. Hamburg, Michael L. Foreman, James M. Finberg, Paul W. Mollica, Reginald T. Shuford, and William C. McNeil III; for Public Citizen, Inc., by Scott L. Nelson, Allison M. Zieve, and Brian Wolfman; for Public Justice, P. C., et al. by Monique Olivier, James C. Sturdevant, Arthur H. Bryant, F. Paul Bland, Jr., Victoria W. Ni, and Tracy D. Rezvani; for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union et al. by Robert M. Weinberg, Andrew D. Roth, Laurence Gold, Patrick J. Szymanski, Edward P. Wendel, and Lynn K. Rhinehart; and for the U. S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce et al. by Judith L. Lichtman and Sarah Crawford.
Daniel B. Edelman filed a brief for Labor Economists and Statisticians as amici curiae.
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No. 09–1476, Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Guarnieri
Argued March 22, 2011
Daniel R. Ortiz argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James E. Ryan, Toby J. Heytens, David T. Goldberg, John P. Elwood, Karoline Mehalchick, and Mark T. Stancil.
Joseph R. Palmore argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioners. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General West, Acting Deputy Solicitor General Kruger, Ann O’Connell, William Kanter, and Michael E. Robinson.
Eric Schnapper argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Cynthia L. Pollick.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Florida et al. by Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, and Ronald A. Lathan, Deputy Solicitor General, by Russell A. Suzuki, Acting Attorney General of Hawaii, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Paula T. Dow of New Jersey, Richard Cordray of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the National Conference of State Legislatures et al. by L. Rachel Helyar; and for the National School Boards Association by Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Naomi E. Gittins, and Sonja H. Trainor.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Rebecca K. Troth, Witold J. Walczak, Steven R. Shapiro, and Seth F. Kreimer; for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Lynn K. Rhinehart, James B. Coppess, Angelia D. Wade, and Laurence Gold; for the Justice and Freedom Fund by James L. Hirsen and Deborah J. Dewart; and for the National Fraternal Order of Police et al. by Larry H. James and Christina L. Corl.
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No. 10–174, American Electric Power Co. Inc. et al. v. Connecticut et al.
Argued April 19, 2011
Peter D. Keisler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Carter G. Phillips, Quin M. Sorenson, F. William Brownell, Norman W. Fichthorn, Allison D. Wood, Shawn Patrick Regan, Martin H. Redish, Donald B. Ayer, Kevin P. Holewinski, Thomas E. Fennell, and Michael L. Rice.
Acting Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for respondent Tennessee Valley Authority in support of petitioners under this Court’s Rule 12.6. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Moreno, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Shenkman, Curtis E. Gannon, Douglas N. Letter, Lisa E. Jones, H. Thomas Byron, Justin R. Pidot, Ralph E. Rodgers, Harriet A. Cooper, and Maria V. Gillen.
Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General of New York, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief for respondents State of Connecticut et al. were Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of New York, Benjamin N. Gutman, Deputy Solicitor General, Monica Wagner, Assistant Solicitor General, and Michael J. Myers, Morgan A. Costello, and Robert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorneys General, as well as Attorneys General George Jepsen of Connecticut, Kamala D. Harris of California, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Peter F. Kilmartin of Rhode Island, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, and Michael A. Cardozo. Matthew F. Pawa, David D. Doniger, Gerald Goldman, Michael K. Kellogg, and Gregory G. Rapawy filed a brief for respondents Open Space Institute, Inc., et al.
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 Hagan McVeigh and Ashley Tatman Harwel, Deputy Attorneys 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, Thomas C. Horne of Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, Samuel S. Olens of Georgia, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Derek Schmidt of Kansas, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Chris Koster of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Michael DeWine of Ohio, E. Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Marty Jackley of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the American Chemistry Council et al. by Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray; for the Association of Global Automakers et al. by Raymond B. Ludwiszewski; for the Business Roundtable by Robert P. Charrow, Laura Metcoff Klaus, and David G. Mandelbaum; for the Cato Institute by Megan L. Brown and Ilya Shapiro; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Gregory G. Garre, Richard P. Bress, Gabriel K. Bell, and Robin S. Conrad; for Chevron U. S. A., Inc., et al. by Paul D. Clement, Ashley C. Parrish, Daniel P. Collins, Raymond Michael Ripple, Donna L. Goodman, Russell C. Swartz, Tracie J. Renfroe, Andrew B. Clubok, and Susan E. Engel; for the Consumer Energy Alliance et al. by Tristan L. Duncan and Jonathan S. Massey; for DRI—The Voice of the Defense Bar by R. Matthew Cairns, John Parker Sweeney, T. Sky Woodward, Michael T. Nilan, Peter Gray, Cynthia P. Arends, and Benjamin J. Rolf; for the Edison Electric Institute et al. by Christopher T. Handman, Dominic F. Perella, Edward H. Comer, William L. Fang, Susan N. Kelly, and Rae E. Cronmiller; for Law Professors in support of petitioners by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by Steven J. Lechner; for the National Black Chamber of Commerce et al. by Peter S. Glaser, Mark E. Nagle, and Douglas A. Henderson; for the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center et al. Victor E. Schwartz, Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Karen R. Harned, Elizabeth Milito, and Douglas T. Nelson; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by R. S. Radford and Damien M. Schiff; for the Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., et al. by Shannon Lee Goessling, Harry W. MacDougald, and Edward A. Kazmarek; for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Cory L. Andrews; for Nicholas Johnson by John P. Krill, Jr., and Christopher D. Kratovil; and for Representative Fred Upton et al. by Mary B. Neumayr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of North Carolina et al. by Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General, James C. Gulick, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Marc D. Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, and Martha Coakley of Massachusetts; for AllEarth Renewables, Inc., et al. by Lori Potter; for Law Professors in support of respondents by James R. May and Stuart Banner; for the North Coast Rivers Alliance et al. by Stephan C. Volker; for Tort Law Scholars by Douglas A. Kysar, pro se, and for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth et al. by Ned Miltenberg.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Farm Bureau Federation et al. by Peter S. Glaser, Mark E. Nagle, Douglas A. Henderson, and Ellen Steen; for the American Petroleum Institute et al. by Charles Fried and Jeffrey Bates; for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence by John Eastman, Anthony T. Caso, and Edwin Meese III; for Defenders of Wildlife et al. by Eric R. Glitzenstein, William S. Eubanks II, Jason C. Rylander, and Sean H. Donahue; for Environmental Law Professors by Amanda C. Leiter, pro se; for the National Association of Home Builders by Amy C. Chai and Thomas J. Ward; and for James G. Anderson, Ph.D., et al. by Richard Webster, James M. Hecker, Matthew W. H. Wessler, and Arthur H. Bryant.
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No. 10–10, Turner v. Rogers et al.
Argued March 23, 2011
Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Catherine M. A. Carroll, Derek J. Enderlin, and Kathrine Haggard Hudgins.
Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General Kruger 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 West, Joseph R. Palmore, Leonard Schaitman, Edward Himmelfarb, and Robert E. Keith.
Stephanos Bibas argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were James A. Feldman, Amy Wax, Stephen B. Kinnaird, and Panteha Abdollahi.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar Association by Stephen N. Zack and Nicholas P. Gellert; for the Center for Family Policy and Practice by Michael D. Leffel; for the Constitution Project by David M. Raim, Kate McSweeny, and Virginia E. Sloan; for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia et al. by Peter D. Keisler, Edward R. McNicholas, Rebecca K. Troth, and David A. Reiser; and for Elizabeth G. Patterson et al. by Lisa S. Blatt, Anthony J. Franze, and Sheila B. Scheuerman.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Jonathan F. Mitchell, Solicitor General, Daniel T. Hodge, First Assistant Attorney General, Bill Cobb, Deputy Attorney General, and David C. Mattax, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Luther Strange of Alabama, Thomas C. Horne of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, David M. Louie of Hawaii, William J. Schneider of Maine, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Michael A. Delaney of New Hampshire, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for Benjamin Barton et al. by Adam K. Mortara and Mr. Barton, pro se; and for Senator Jim DeMint et al. by Noel J. Francisco.
Stephen J. McConnell, Malia N. Brink, Jeffrey T. Green, Edwin A. Burnette, Sarah Geraghty, and Steven R. Shapiro filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae.