No. 08–651, Padilla v. Kentucky

Argued October 13, 2009

            Stephen B. Kinnaird argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Richard E. Neal, Timothy G. Arnold, and Stephanos Bibas.

            Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Ginger D. Anders, and William C. Brown.

            Wm. Robert Long, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Jack Conway, Attorney General, and Matthew R. Krygiel, Assistant Attorney General.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar Association by H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Gabriel J. Chin, Daniel J. Leffell, Margaret Colgate Love, and Peter S. Margulies; for the Constitutional Accountability Center by Douglas T. Kendall, Elizabeth B. Wydra, and David H. Gans; for Legal Ethics, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law Professors by Miguel A. Estrada and Richard A. Bierschbach; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. by Joshua L. Dratel, Manuel D. Vargas, Iris E. Bennett, and Matthew Hersh.

            A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of Louisiana et al. by James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General of Louisiana, Kyle Duncan, Appellate Chief, Gene C. Schaerr, and Linda T. Coberly, by Kevin T. Kane, Chief State’s Attorney of Connecticut, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Steve Six of Kansas, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Chris Koster of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, John R. Kroger 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, William C. Mims of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming.

            Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Adam Raviv, Karen K. Narasaki, Vincent A. Eng, Nina Perales, and Elise Sandra Shore filed a brief for the Asian American Justice Center et al. as amici curiae.

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No. 08–1008, Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Insurance Co.

Argued November 2, 2009

            Scott L. Nelson argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Brian Wolfman and John S. Spadaro.

            Christopher Landau argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief was Andrew T. Hahn, Sr.

            Amanda Frost, Leslie A. Brueckner, and Arthur H. Bryant filed a brief for Public Justice, P. C., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

            Douglas W. Dunham, Ellen P. Quackenbos, Allan J. Stein, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal filed a brief for the Partnership for New York City, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 08–769, United States v. Stevens

Argued October 6, 2009

            Deputy Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for the United States.  On the briefs were Solicitor General Kagan, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Nicole A. Saharsky, and Vicki S. Marani.

            Patricia A. Millett argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Thomas C. Goldstein, Kevin R. Amer, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Lisa B. Freeland, Michael J. Novara, Karen Sirianni Gerlach, and Robert Corn-Revere.

            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 Timothy D. Osterhaus and Craig D. Feiser, Deputy Solicitors General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California, John Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Steve Bullock of Montana, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Richard Cordray of Ohio, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William C. Mims of Virginia, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals by Ian C. Schaefer; for the Animal Legal Defense Fund by Karen Johnson-McKewan and Warrington S. Parker III; for the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law by Paul D. Clement, Anthony S. Barkow, and Rachel E. Barkow; for a Group of American Law Professors by Megan A. Senatori and Pamela D. Frasch, both pro se; for the Humane Society of the United States by J. Scott Ballenger, Claudia M. O’Brien, Melissa B. Arbus, Jonathan R. Lovvorn, and Kimberly D. Ockene; for the Northwest Animal Rights Network by James H. Jones, Jr.; and for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association of American Publishers, Inc., et al. by R. Bruce Rich, Jonathan Bloom, and Michael A. Bamberger; for the Cato Institute by Gene C. Schaerr, Geoffrey P. Eaton, Ilya Shapiro, and Linda T. Coberly; for Bruce Ackerman et al. by Craig Green, pro se; for the DKT Liberty Project et al. by Paul M. Smith, Katherine A. Fallow, Steven R. Shapiro, and John B. Morris, Jr.; for the Endangered Breed Association et al. by Judith A. Brecka; for the First Amendment Lawyers Association by Cathy E. Crosson, Clyde F. DeWitt III, and Lawrence G. Walters; for the National Coalition Against Censorship et al. by Andrew E. Tauber, Jeffrey P. Cunard, and Joan E. Bertin; for the National Rifle Association of America, Inc., by R. Hewitt Pate III, Ryan A. Shores, and Lewis F. Powell III; for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., by Lawrence G. Keane and Christopher P. Johnson; for the Professional Outdoor Media Association et al. by Beth Heifetz; for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al. by Lucy A. Dalglish, Gregg P. Leslie, Kevin M. Goldberg, David Ardia, Marshall W. Anstandig, Mickey H. Osterreicher, George Freeman, René P. Milam, Barbara L. Camens, William Jay Powell, and Bruce W. Sanford; for the Safari Club International et al. by Douglas S. Burdin and William J. McGrath; and for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression by J. Joshua Wheeler.

            Henry Mark Holzer and Lance J. Gotko filed a brief for the International Society for Animal Rights as amicus curiae.

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No. 08–810, Conkright et al. v. Frommert et al.

Argued January 20, 2010

            Robert A. Long, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Robert D. Wick, Jonathan L. Marcus, Christian J. Pistilli, Michael D. Ryan, and Margaret A. Clemens.

            Peter K. Stris argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Brendan S. Maher, Shaun P. Martin, and John A. Strain.

            Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Deborah Greenfield, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Edward D. Sieger.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Business Roundtable et al. by Jeffrey A. Lamken, Michael G. Patillo, Jr., Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane B. Kawka; and for the ERISA Industry Committee et al. by Christopher Landau, Howard Shapiro, and Amy Covert.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP by Mary Ellen Signorille and Melvin R. Radowitz; for Law Professors by Paul M. Secunda and Donald T. Bogan, both pro se; for the National Employment Lawyers Association by Jeffrey Greg Lewis, Teresa S. Renaker, Lynn L. Sarko, and Karin Bornstein Swope; for Janice C. Amara et al. by Stephen R. Bruce; and for Richard C. Capone by Rishi Bhandari.

            Sri Srinivasan and Irving L. Gornstein filed a brief for Chief Actuaries as amici curiae.

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No. 08–970, Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al. v. Kenny A., by His Next Friend Winn, et al.

Argued October 14, 2009

            Mark H. Cohen argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General.

            Pratik A. Shah argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioners.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Assistant Attorney General West, Deputy Solicitor General Katyal, Michael Jay Singer, and Jeffrica Jenkins Lee.

            Paul D. Clement argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Marcia Robinson Lowry, Ira P. Lustbader, and Jeffrey O. Bramlett.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and Corey L. Maze, Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Daniel S. Sullivan of Alaska, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Peter J. Nickles of the District of Columbia, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Greg Zoeller of Indiana, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine C. Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, 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, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, William C. Mims of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the Association County Commissioners of Georgia by James F. Grubiak; for the National Governors Association et al. by Richard Ruda; for the National Sheriffs’ Association et al. by Travis Wisdom and Robert Spence; for the Old Republic Insurance Co. et al. by Mark E. Solomons, Laura Metcoff Klaus, and Francis Edwin Froelich; 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 et al. by Jeffrey Robert White; for the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law by Aderson Bellegarde François; for Law and Economics Scholar Lucian A. Bebchuk et al. by Deanne E. Maynard and W. Stephen Smith; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Michael B. de Leeuw, Sarah Crawford, Susan Silverstein, Kenneth W. Zeller, Steven R. Shapiro, Judith G. Storandt, Judith L. Lichtman, Marc H. Morial, Dina Lassow, and Allison M. Zieve; for the Liberty Legal Institute et al. by Kelly J. Shackelford, Hiram S. Sasser III, Ilya Shapiro, William H. Mellor, Scott Bullock, Jay Alan Sekulow, Mathew Staver, and James Bopp, Jr.; for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., by John Payton, Debo P. Adegbile, Matthew Colangelo, Joshua Civin, and Kristen Clarke; and for the New York State Bar Association et al. by Lisa E. Cleary.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the National School Boards Association by Thomas E. Wheeler II, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Naomi E. Gittins, Thomas E. M. Hutton, and Lisa E. Soronen; and for Small Private Law Firms That Rely on Statutory Fee Awards in Public Interest Litigation by Sanford Jay Rosen.

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No. 08–1200, Jerman  v.  Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA, et al.

Argued January 13, 2010

            Kevin K. Russell argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Amy Howe, Pamela S. Karlan, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stephen R. Felson, and Edward Icove.

            William M. Jay argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Willard K. Tom, John F. Daly, and Lawrence DeMille-Wagman.

            George S. Coakley argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Clifford C. Masch, Brian D. Sullivan, Martin T. Galvin, and James O’Connor.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal 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 Cecelia C. Chang, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John W. Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Michael A. Delaney of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Richard Cordray of Ohio, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for Public Citizen, Inc., et al. by Deepak Gupta.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for ACA International by Michael A. Klutho and Charles E. Lundberg; for the American Legal and Financial Network by Andrew Morganstern; for the California Association of Collectors by Ronald A. Zumbrun and Mark E. Ellis; for the Commercial Law League of America et al. by Manuel H. Newburger and Barbara M. Barron; for DRI–The Voice of the Defense Bar by Linda T. Coberly and Gene C. Schaerr; for the Mississippi Creditors’ Attorneys Association by Lester F. Smith; for the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys by Seth P. Waxman, Daniel S. Volchok, and Noah A. Levine; for the Ohio Creditor’s Attorneys Association et al. by Michael D. Slodov and Tomio B. Narita; and for USFN–America’s Mortgage Banking Attorneys by Rick D. DeBlasis and Cynthia M. Fischer.

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No. 08–905, Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Reynolds et al.

Argued November 30, 2009

            Kannon K. Shanmugam argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Richard A. Olderman, Thomas J. Roberts, Samuel Bryant Davidoff, Christopher R. Hart, William R. Stein, Eric S. Parnes, Evan R. Chesler, Robert H. Baron, Karin A. DeMasi, Martin L. Perschetz, Sung-Hee Suh, and William H. Gussman, Jr.

            David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Max W. Berger, William C. Fredericks, Elliott J. Weiss, Bruce D. Bernstein, Boaz A. Weinstein, Adam H. Wierzbowski, David A. P. Brower, Richard H. Weiss, and Roland W. Riggs.

            Deputy Solicitor General Stewart argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Mark D. Cahn, Michael A. Conley, and Mark Pennington.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Deanne E. Maynard, Brian R. Matsui, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for DRI–The Voice of the Defense Bar by Kevin C. Newsom and F. M. Haston III; for the Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America by Carter G. Phillips and Jonathan F. Cohn; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association by Richard D. Bernstein, Michael R. Young, Mary Eaton, and Kevin M. Carroll; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Steven G. Bradbury, Steven A. Engel, Steven B. Fierson, Michael L. Kichline, Daniel J. Popeo, Richard Samp, and Andrew J. Levander.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Ohio et al. by Richard Cordray, Attorney General of Ohio, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, Albert G. Lin, General Counsel, Emily S. Schlesinger, Deputy Solicitor, and Jason P. Small and Alyson Terrell, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Steve Six of Kansas, Jack Conway of Kentucky, Janet Mills of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Mike Cox of Michigan, Steve Bullock of Montana, Michael E. Delaney of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, John R. Kroger of Oregon, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark Shurtleff of Utah, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds et al. by Jay W. Eisenhofer, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, John C. Kairis, James R. Banko, Michele S. Carino, Luke Bierman, and Robert L. Pratter; for Change to Win et al. by Eric Alan Isaacson, Joseph D. Daley, and Patrick J. Szymanski; for the Faculty at Law and Business Schools by Lisa L. Casey, J. Robert Brown, Jr., and Lyman Johnson; for the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys by Frederic S. Fox, Donald R. Hall, Aviah Cohen Pierson, and Kevin P. Roddy; and for the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans by Donald J. Capuano and Sally M. Tedrow.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for AARP et al. by Stanley D. Bernstein, Jay E. Sushelsky, and Michael Schuster; for the Council of Institutional Investors by Gregory S. Coleman, Christian J. Ward, and Marc S. Tabolsky; and for Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz et al. by James A. Feldman and W. Mark Lanier.

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No. 08–1198, Stolt-Nielsen S. A. et al. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.

Argued December 9, 2009

            Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Edward C. DuMont, Steven F. Cherry, Christopher E. Babbitt, Daniel S. Volchok, Christopher M. Curran, J. Mark Gidley, Peter J. Carney, Eric Grannon, Charles C. Moore, Richard J. Rappaport, Amy B. Manning, Tammy L. Adkins, Angelo M. Russo, Richard C. Siefert, Richard Gluck, and Paul S. Hoff.

            Cornelia T. L. Pillard argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Bernard Persky, J. Douglas Richards, Benjamin D. Brown, Christopher J. Cormier, Michael J. Freed, Steven A. Kanner, Michael D. Hausfeld, Hilary K. Ratway, Solomon B. Cera, W. Joseph Bruckner, and Aaron F. Biber.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents et al. by William J. Honan, Samuel Spital, and Patrick V. Martin; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Carter G. Phillips, Paul J. Zidlicky, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for CTIA–The Wireless Association by Evan M. Tager and Michael F. Altschul; for DRI–The Voice of the Defense Bar by Jerrold J. Ganzfried and Jennifer R. Bagosy; and for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Rae T. Vann and Judith A. Lampley.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Antitrust Institute et al. by Dan E. Gustafson, Albert A. Foer, and Richard M. Brunell; for the American Association for Justice et al. by Jeffrey R. White, Julie Nepveu, and Michael Schuster; for Dub Herring Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., by Richard D. Faulkner, James D. Blume, and Shelly L. Skeen; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Sarah Crawford, Adam Klein, Lewis M. Steel, Vincent A. Eng, and Dina Lassow; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur; and for Public Justice, P. C., et al. by F. Paul Bland, Jr., Seth E. Mermin, Arthur H. Bryant, and Michael J. Quirk.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Arbitration Association by Eric P. Tuchmann, William K. Slate II, Patricia A. Millett, and Michael C. Small; and for Public Citizen, Inc., by Scott L. Nelson and Deepak Gupta.

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No. 08–472, Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Buono

Argued October 7, 2009

            Solicitor General Kagan argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs were Acting Assistant Attorney General Cruden, Deputy Solicitor General Katyal, Jeffrey B. Wall, Andrew C. Mergen, Charles R. Shockey, and Kathryn E. Kovacs.

            Peter J. Eliasberg argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Steven R. Shapiro, Michael C. Small, Daniel Mach, and William B. Rubenstein.

            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 E. Tatman, Deputy Attorneys General, by Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General of Alaska, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas,and Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah; for the American Center for Law and Justice et al. by Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, James M. Henderson, Sr., Walter M. Weber, John P. Tuskey, and Laura B. Hernandez; for the American Legion Department of California by Benjamin W. Bull, Joseph P. Infranco, and Robert H. Tyler; for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty by Kevin J. Hasson, Eric C. Rassbach, and Hannah C. Smith; for the Boy Scouts of America by George A. Davidson, Carla A. Kerr, Scott H. Christensen, and David K. Park; for the Christian Legal Society et al. by Carl H. Esbeck; for Citizens United et al. by Darrin R. Toney, John N. Childs, and Michael Boos; for the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund by Douglas G. Smith; for Faith and Action et al. by Bernard P. Reese, Jr.; for the Foundation for Free Expression by James L. Hirsen and Deborah J. Dewart; for the Foundation for Moral Law by John A. Eidsmoe and Benjamin D. DuPré; for the International Municipal Lawyers Association by Robert N. Driscoll; for the National Legal Foundation by Steven W. Fitschen; for the Thomas More Law Center et al. by Robert Joseph Muise, Charles S. LiMandri, and Manuel S. Klausner; for the Utah Highway Patrol Association et al. by Michael A. Sink and Frank D. Mylar, Jr.; and for Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States et al. by Kelly J. Shackelford, Hiram S. Sasser III, R. Ted Cruz, Allyson N. Ho, Aaron Streett, Samuel Burk, Philip B. Onderdonk, Jr., Daniel J. Murphy, Chad M. Pinson, and James A. Clark.  A brief of amici curiae urging vacation was filed for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility et al. by Sri Srinivasan and Irving L. Gornstein.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Humanist Association et al. by Robert V. Ritter and Elizabeth L. Hileman; for the American Jewish Congress et al. by Andrew J. Pincus, Marc D. Stern, and Kara H. Stein; for the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council et al. by Douglas Laycock; for Americans United for Separation of Church and State et al. by Ayesha N. Khan, Richard B. Katskee, Steven M. Freeman, Steven C. Sheinberg, Pedro L. Irigonegaray, Margery F. Baker, and Mark J. Pelavin; for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty et al. by Stephen B. Kinnaird, James W. Gilliam, and K. Hollyn Hollman; for the Center for Inquiry by Daniel S. Pariser, Ronald A. Lindsay, and Derek C. Araujo; for Former High-Ranking Military Official Colonel David Antoon et al. by Elaine J. Goldenberg; for the Freedom from Religion Foundation by Richard L. Bolton; and for Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc., by A. Stephen Hut, Jr.

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Civil Rights Union by Peter J. Ferrara; for the Fidelis Center for Law & Policy et al. by Patrick T. Gillen; for the Jewish Social Policy Action Network by Theodore R. Mann, Judah I. Labovitz, and Jeffrey I. Pasek; and for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver, Anita L. Staver, Stephen M. Crampton, and Mary E. McAlister.

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No. 09–338, Renico, Warden v. Lett

Argued March 29, 2010

            Joel D. McGormley argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General,and Laura L. Moody, First Assistant Attorney General.

            Marla Rose McCowan, by appointment of the Court, 556 U. S. ____, argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Michael Mittlestat, Jeffrey T. Green, and Sarah O’Rourke Schrup.

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No. 08–1529, Hui et al. v. Castaneda, Personal Representative of the Estate of Castaneda, et al.

Argued March 2, 2010

            Elaine J. Goldenberg argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs for Commander Stephen Gonsalves were Paul M. Smith, William M. Hohengarten, Matthew S. Hellman, and David P. Sheldon.  Steven J. Renick and Patrick L. Hurley filed briefs for petitioner Esther Hui.

            Pratik A. Shah argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Assistant Attorney General West, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Barbara L. Herwig, Howard S. Scher, and David S. Cade.

            Conal Doyle argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Adele P. Kimmel, Amy Radon, Arthur H. Bryant, Leslie A. Brueckner, and Thomas M. Dempsey.

            Timothy B. Hyland filed a brief for the Commissioned Officers Association of the United States Public Health Service, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union by Jeffrey W. Sarles and Steven R. Shapiro; for National Experts on Health Services for Detained Persons by Jonathan S. Franklin and Tillman J. Breckenridge; for the National Immigrant Justice Center by Suzanne Sahakian and Charles Roth; and for Representative John Conyers, Jr., et al. by Jonathan S. Massey.