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No. 09–479, Abbott v. United States; and
No. 09–7073, Gould v. United States
Argued October 4, 2010
David L. Horan, by appointment of the Court, 559 U. S. ____,argued the cause for petitioner in No. 09–7073. With him on the briefs were David J. Schenck, Paul F. Theiss, and Gregory A. Castanias. James E. Ryan argued the cause for petitioner in No. 09–479. With him on the briefs were Mark T. Stancil, Daniel R. Ortiz, George A. Rutherglen, Elizabeth K. Ainslie, David T. Goldberg, and John P. Elwood.
Acting Deputy Solicitor General McLeese argued the cause for the United States in both cases. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, David A. O’Neil, and John M. Pellettieri.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the American Bar Association by Carolyn B. Lamm; for Families Against Mandatory Minimums by Mary Price, Peter Goldberger, Margaret Colgate Love, Stephanos Bibas, Stephen B. Kinnaird, and Sean D. Unger; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Miguel A. Estrada, David Debold, and Joshua L. Dratel.
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No. 09–350, Los Angeles County, California v. Humphries et ux.
Argued October 5, 2010
Timothy T. Coates argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Alison M. Turner and Mark D. Rutter.
Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for respondents Humphries et ux. With him on the brief were Charles A. Rothfeld, Scott L. Shuchart, and Esther G. Boynton.
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No. 08–1423, Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S. A.
Argued November 8, 2010
Roy T. Englert, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ariel N. Lavinbuk, Norman H. Levine, and Aaron J. Moss.
Aaron M. Panner argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Michael K. Kellogg and Matthew C. Wagner.
Deputy Solicitor General Stewart 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 West, and Melissa Arbus Sherry.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Library Association et al. by Jonathan Band; for eBay, Inc., et al. by David B. Salmons and Mary T. Huser; for the Entertainment Merchants Association et al. by John T. Mitchell and Kathleen Hartnett; for Intel Corp. by Theodore B. Olson, Matthew D. McGill, and Tina M. Chappell; for Public Citizen by Gregory A. Beck, Adina H. Rosenbaum, and Allison M. Zieve; for Public Knowledge et al. by Gigi B. Sohn; and for the Retail Industry Leaders Association et al. by Seth D. Greenstein.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Bar Association by Stephen N. Zack and Thomas C. Goldstein; for the American Watch Association by Ronald G. Dove, Jr.; for the Association of American Publishers by Charles S. Sims and Jon A. Baumgarten; for the Business Software Alliance by Andrew J. Pincus; for FUJIFILM Corp. et al. by Lawrence Rosenthal; for the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al. by Seth P. Waxman, Randolph D. Moss, Catherine M. A. Carroll, and Jennifer L. Pariser; and for the Software & Information Industry Association by Scott E. Bain.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Intellectual Property Law Association by Patrick J. Coyne; and for the Intellectual Property Owners Association by George L. Graff, Kevin Rhodes, Victoria A. Cundiff, Rebecca K. Myers, and Laura K. Isenberg.
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No. 09–837, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research et al. v. United States
Argued November 8, 2010
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Matthew D. McGill, Amir C. Tayrani, and John W. Windhorst, Jr.
Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Acting Assistant Attorney General DiCicco, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Teresa E. McLaughlin, and Bridget M. Rowan.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Hospital Association by F. Curt Kirschner, Jr., and Ritu K. Singh; for the Association of American Medical Colleges et al. by Jonathan S. Franklin, Robert A. Burgoyne, and Mark Emery; for BJC HealthCare et al. by Mark H. Churchill, Paul M. Thompson, Robin L. Greenhouse, and Jeffrey W. Mikoni; for the Loyola University Medical Center by Stephen B. Kinnaird, Charles E. Reiter III, and Nancy Iredale; for the University of Alabama at Birmingham et al. by Robert A. Long, Jr., Michael R. Levy, Michael A. Schlanger, and Mark W. Mosier; for the University of Texas System by John P. Elwood, Barry D. Burgdorf, Donald F. Wood, and Harry M. Reasoner; and for Carlton M. Smith by Mr. Smith, pro se.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU et al. by Thomas M. Kennedy; and for the Doctors Council SEIU by Richard M. Betheil.
Kristin E. Hickman, pro se, filed a brief as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–907, Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A., fka MBNA, American Bank, N. A.
Argued October 4, 2010
Christopher P. Burke argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Daniel Lucid.
Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Seth M. Galanter, Marc A. Hearron, Mark P. Ladner, Larren M. Nashelsky, Gilbert B. Weisman, John D. Sheehan, and William Andrew McNeal.
Nicole A. Saharsky argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondent. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Acting Assistant Attorney General Hertz, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, William Kanter, Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, Ramona D. Elliott, and P. Matthew Sutko.
A brief of amicus curiae urging reversal was filed for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys by Jonathan S. Massey and Tara Twomey.
A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed for G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., by Mr. Brunstad, pro se, and Collin O’Connor Udell.
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No. 09–587, Harrington, Warden v. Richter
Argued October 12, 2010
Harry Joseph Colombo, 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, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy State Solicitor General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General.
Clifford Gardner argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Catherine White and Edward Swanson.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, C. Andrew Weber, First Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. R. Nichols, Deputy Attorney General, Edward L. Marshall, James C. Ho, Solicitor General, James P. Sullivan, Assistant Solicitor General, and Jessica Hartsell, Assistant Attorney General, 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, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, 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, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Chris Koster of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Richard Cordray of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, 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 the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Law Professors et al. by Jeffrey T. Green; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by John H. Blume, Keir M. Weyble, and Jeffrey L. Fisher.
Charles D. Weisselberg, Nina Rivkind, and John T. Philipsborn filed a brief for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice et al. as amici curiae.
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No. 09–658, Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Moore
Argued October 12, 2010
John R. Kroger, Attorney General of Oregon, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Mary H. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, David B. Thompson, Acting Solicitor General, and Rolf C. Moan, Assistant Attorney General.
Steven T. Wax argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Anthony D. Bornstein.
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, John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and Melody J. Brown, Assistant Attorney 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, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Steve Six of Kansas, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Steve Bullock of Montana, Gary King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, 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, Kenneth T. Cuccinnelli II of Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.
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No. 09–530, National Aeronautics and Space Administration et al. v. Nelson et al.
Argued October 5, 2010
Acting Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General West, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Nicole A. Saharsky, Mark B. Stern, and Benjamin M. Shultz.
Dan Stormer argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Virginia Keeny, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, and Shirley Cassin Woodward.
Christopher A. Mohr and Michael R. Klipper filed a brief for the Consumer Data Industry Association et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Astronomical Society by Jeffrey F. Pryce and Alice E. Loughran; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Aden J. Fine, Steven R. Shapiro, Jameel Jaffer, David Blair-Loy, Peter J. Eliasberg, and Alan L. Schlosser; for the California Employment Lawyers Association by Marc A. Coleman; for the Drug Policy Alliance by David T. Goldberg, Sean H. Donahue, and Daniel N. Abrahamson; for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Jennifer Stisa Granick; and for the Electronic Privacy Information Center et al. by Marc Rotenberg.
Diane J. Curran filed a brief for the Union of Concerned Scientists as amicus curiae.
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No. 09–291, Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP
Argued December 7, 2010
Eric Schnapper argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were David O’Brien Suetholz, Lisa S. Blatt, and Anthony Franze.
Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General Kruger argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General Perez, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bagenstos, Joseph R. Palmore, P. David Lopez, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and Gail S. Coleman.
Leigh Gross Latherow argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were William H. Jones, Jr., Gregory L. Monge, and Nathaniel K. Adams.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Michael L. Foreman, Rebecca M. Hamburg, Jeffrey R. White, Daniel B. Kohrman, Linda D. Kilb, Sarah C. Crawford, and Claudia Center; and for the National Women’s Law Center et al. by Helen Norton, Marcia D. Greenberger, and Dina R. Lassow.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Patricia A. Millett, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane B. Kawka; and for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Rae T. Vann, Quentin Riegel, Karen R. Harned, and Elizabeth Milito.
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No. 09–737, Ortiz v. Jordan et al.
Argued November 1, 2010
David E. Mills argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner. With him on the reply brief were Andrew S. Pollis and Christian J. Grostic.
Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General of Ohio,argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Stephen P. Carney and Emily S. Schlesinger, Deputy Solicitors, and Lori Weisman, Assistant Solicitor.
A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, James C. Ho, Solicitor General, Daniel T. Hodge, First Assistant Attorney General, Bill Cobb, Deputy Attorney General, and James P. Sullivan, Assistant Solicitor General, by Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Solicitor General of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Peter J. Nickles of the District of Columbia, Bill McCollum of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Steve Six of Kansas, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, 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, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming.
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No. 09–329, Chase Bank USA, N. A. v. McCoy, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Argued December 8, 2010
Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Daniel S. Volchok, Christopher R. Lipsett, and Noah A. Levine.
Joseph R. Palmore argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorney General West, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Acting Deputy Solicitor General Kruger, Michael S. Raab, Matthew M. Collette, and Katherine H. Wheatley.
Gregory A. Beck argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Deepak Gupta and Allison M. Zieve.
Gregory F. Taylor filed a brief for the American Bankers Association as amicus curiae urging reversal.