No. 08–310, Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska
Argued April 1, 2009
Charles A. Rothfeld argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Andrew L. Frey and Richard A. Leavy.
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Matthew D. McGill, Amir C. Tayrani, William M. Walker, and Debra J. Fitzgerald.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Council on State Taxation by Todd A. Lard, Douglas L. Lindholm, and Frederick J. Nicely; for the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center by Karen R. Harned and Elizabeth Milito; and for the Tropical Shipping and Construction Co., Ltd., by Jonathan F. Mitchell and Paul C. Gracey, Jr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Alaska et al. by Richard Svobodny, Acting Attorney General of Alaska, Craig J. Tillery, Deputy Attorney General, Joanne M. Grace, Assistant Attorney General, David C. Frederick and Scott H. Angstreich, by Richard S. Gebelein, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Delaware, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Steve Bullock of Montana, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Richard Cordray of Ohio, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; and for the Multistate Tax Commission by Joe B. Huddleston and Shirley K. Sicilian.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Broadband Tax Institute by Jerome B. Libin, Jeffrey A. Friedman, and Marc A. Simonetti; and for the World Shipping Council et al. by Marc J. Fink, John W. Butler, Lawrence W. Kaye, and André M. Picciurro.
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No. 08–495, Nijhawan v. Holder, Attorney General
Argued April 27, 2009
Thomas E. Moseley argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Peter C. Salerno.
Curtis E. Gannon argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Solicitor General Kagan, Acting Assistant Attorney General Hertz, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Donald E. Keener, Jennifer J. Keeney, W. Manning Evans, Holly M. Smith, Andrew C. MacLachlan, Saul Greenstein, and Erica B. Miles.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Jayashri Srikantiah, Cecillia D. Wang, Lucas Guttentag, and Steven R. Shapiro; for the Asian American Justice Center et al. by Vincent A. Eng, Karen K. Narasaki, David A. Kettel, and Donald W. Yoo; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Iris E. Bennett, Michael A. Hoffman, and Joshua L. Dratel; and for Akio Kawashima et al. by Jenny Lin-Alva, Edward O. C. Ord, and Thomas J. Whalen.
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No. 08–6, District Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial District et al. v. Osborne
Argued March 2, 2009
Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General of Alaska, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Talis J. Colberg, former Attorney General, Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, Roy T. Englert, Jr., and Alan E. Untereiner.
Deputy Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. On the brief were former Solicitor General Garre, Acting Assistant Attorney General Friedrich, former Deputy Solicitor General Joseffer, and Curtis E. Gannon.
Peter J. Neufeld argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Barry C. Scheck, Nina R. Morrison, David T. Goldberg, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Anna-Rose Mathieson, Robert C. Bundy, and Randall S. Cavanaugh.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of California et al. by Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of California, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Enid A. Camps and Michael Chamberlain, Deputy Attorneys General, by John D. Seidel, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Colorado, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Steve Six of Kansas, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin,and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the City of New York by Michael A. Cardozo, Leonard J. Koerner, Edward F. X. Hart, and Drake A. Colley; for the Council of State Governments et al. by Richard Ruda; and for K. G. et al. by Paul G. Cassell.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Walter Dellinger, Irving L. Gornstein, Shannon M. Pazur, Steven R. Shapiro, John W. Whitehead, and Barbara E. Bergman; for Current and Former Prosecutors by Donald B. Ayer; for Eleven Individuals Who Have Received Clemency Through DNA Testing by Jeffrey L. Fisher, Pamela S. Karlan, Lawrence C. Marshall, Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, and Thomas C. Goldstein; for Individuals Exonerated by Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Paul A. Engelmayer; and for Jeanette Popp et al. by Kenneth W. Starr and Mark T. Cramer.
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No. 08–67, Yeager v. United States
Argued March 23, 2009
Samuel J. Buffone argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ryan M. Malone and J. A. Canales.
Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were then-Acting Solicitor General Kneedler, Acting Assistant Attorney General Glavin, Matthew D. Roberts, and Joseph C. Wyderko.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Criminal Law Professors by Jeffrey A. Lamken; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Kevin C. Newsom, Jack W. Selden, and Joshua L. Dratel; and for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association et al. by J. Craig Jett, Greg Westfall, and Susan Hays.
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No. 08–295, Travelers Indemnity Co. et al. v. Bailey et al.; and
No. 08–307, Common Law Settlement Counsel v. Bailey et al.
Argued March 30, 2009
Barry R. Ostrager argued the cause for petitioners in both cases.
With him on the briefs in No. 08–295 were Myer O. Sigal, Jr., Andrew T. Frankel, Robert J. Pfister, and Elizabeth A. Warren. Ronald Barliant, Kathryn A. Pamenter, and Kenneth S. Ulrich filed briefs for petitioners in
No. 08–307.
Samuel Issacharoff argued the cause for respondents Bailey et al.
With him on the briefs were Samuel Estreicher, Sander L. Esserman, and Jason R. Searcy. Jacob C. Cohn argued the cause for respondent Chubb Indemnity Insurance Company. With him on the brief was William P. Shelley.
Paul J. Watford filed a brief for Resolute Management, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal in No. 08–295.
Richard Lieb filed a brief for Jagdeep S. Bhandari et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases.
James L. Patton, Jr., and Rolin P. Bissell filed a brief for Future Claimants Representatives as amici curiae in both cases.
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No. 08–441, Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Argued March 31, 2009
Eric Schnapper argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Beth A. Townsend and Michael J. Carroll.
Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were then-Acting Solicitor General Kneedler, Acting Assistant Attorney General King, Deputy Solicitor General Katyal, Dennis J. Dimsey, Angela M. Miller, James L. Lee, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and Jennifer S. Goldstein.
Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Frank Harty, Debra L. Hulett, and Jordan B. Hansell.
Michael L. Foreman, Audrey Wiggins, Sarah Crawford, Joseph M. Sellers, Christine E. Webber, Jenny R. Yang, Vincent A. Eng, John Trasvina, Nina Perales, Elise Sandra Shore, Judith L. Lichtman, Dina Lassow, and Jocelyn Samuels filed a brief for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Glen D. Nager, Shay Dvoretzky, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane B. Kawka; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Rae T. Vann; and for the National School Boards Association by Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Lisa E. Soronen, and Amy M. Steketee.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for AARP by Thomas W. Osborne, Laurie A. McCann, Daniel B. Kohrman, and Melvin R. Radowitz; for the American Association for Justice by Jeffrey L. Needle and Les Weisbrod; for the National Employment Lawyers Association by Douglas B. Huron, Stephen Z. Chertkof, and Paul W. Mollica; and for the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center et al. by Alan D. Berkowitz, Jeffrey W. Rubin, Karen R. Harned, and Elizabeth Milito.
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No. 08–322, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, Attorney General, et al.
Argued April 29, 2009
Gregory S. Coleman argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Christian J. Ward.
Deputy Solicitor General Katyal argued the cause for the federal appellee. With him on the brief were then-Acting Solicitor General Kneedler, Acting Assistant Attorney General King, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Steven H. Rosenbaum, Diana K. Flynn, Sarah E. Harrington, and T. Christian Herren, Jr.
Debo P. Adegbile argued the cause for the intervenor-appellees. With him on the brief for intervenor-appellee Rodney Louis et al. were John Payton, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Ryan P. Haygood, Kristen M. Clarke, Joshua Civin, Samuel Spital, Kathryn Kolbert, Nina Perales, Jose Garza, George Korbel, and Judith A. Sanders-Castro. Seth P. Waxman, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Ariel B. Waldman, Rebecca G. Deutsch, Micah S. Myers, Jon M. Greenbaum, Mark A. Posner, Laughlin McDonald, Steven R. Shapiro, Michael Kator, Jeremy Wright, Arthur B. Spitzer, and Angela Ciccolo filed a brief for intervenor-appellee Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches et al. Renea Hicks filed a brief for appellee Travis County.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by J. Scott Detamore; for the Southeastern Legal Foundation by Shannon Lee Goessling and Bert W. Rein; for Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue by Anne W. Lewis, Special Attorney General of Georgia; and for Dr. Abigail Thernstrom et al. by Michael A. Carvin.
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., Tiare B. Smiley, Alexander McC. Peters, and Susan K. Nichols, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, Jim Hood of Mississippi, and Andrew Cuomo of New York; for Alaska Native Voters et al. by James Thomas Tucker; for the American Bar Association by H. Thomas Wells, Jr., and Christopher T. Handman; for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund et al. by Theodore K. Cheng; for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law by Paul M. Smith, Marc A. Goldman, Wendy Weiser, and Sidney S. Rosdeitcher; for the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law by Aderson Bellegarde François; for the Constitutional Accountability Center by Clifford M. Sloan, Douglas T. Kendall, and Elizabeth B. Wydra; for Former Republican Officeholders by Trevor Potter, Tara Malloy, and Paul S. Ryan; for Jurisdictions That Have Bailed Out Under the Voting Rights Act by J. Gerald Hebert and George Warren Shanks; for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights et al. by Matthew M. Hoffman, Stephen J. Pollak, John Townsend Rich, and William L. Taylor; for Members of the Texas House of Representatives by Lynn E. Blais, Michael F. Sturley, and David C. Frederick; for the Navajo Nation et al. by Marvin S. Cohen and Louis Denetsosie; for Julius Chambers et al. by William D. Kissinger; for Congressman John Conyers, Jr., et al. by Pamela S. Karlan, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, and Thomas C. Goldstein; for Nicholas deB. Katzenbach et al. by Samuel R. Bagenstos; for Congresswoman Barbara Lee et al. by Juan Cartagena; and for Congressman John Lewis by Mr. François.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Asian American Justice Center et al. by Allegra R. Rich, David M. Burns, Taron K. Murakami, Karen K. Narasaki, and Vincent A. Eng; for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by Sharon L. Browne; for the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, Goldwater Institute, by Clint Bolick and Nicholas C. Dranias; for Nathaniel Persily et al. by Mr. Persily, pro se; and for Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, by Corey L. Maze, Solicitor General of Alabama, and Misty S. Fairbanks, Assistant Attorney General.
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No. 08–305, Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
Argued April 28, 2009
Gary Feinerman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Richard Cohn-Lee, Andrea L. Hungerford, and Eamon P. Joyce.
David B. Salmons argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jason R. Scherr, Goutam Patnaik, and Mary E. Broadhurst.
Eric D. Miller argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Kagan, Acting Assistant Attorney General King, Deputy Solicitor General Katyal, Mark L. Gross, Karl N. Gellert, and Philip H. Rosenfelt.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the City of New York by Michael A. Cardozo, Leonard J. Koerner, Michael Best, Edward F. X. Hart, and Drake A. Colley; for the Council of the Great City Schools by Julie Wright Halbert, Pamela A. Harris, and Shannon M. Pazur; for the National Education Association by John M. West, Robert H. Chanin, and Michael D. Simpson; for the National School Boards Association et al. by Maree F. Sneed, John W. Borkowski, Audrey J. Anderson, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., and Naomi Gittins; for the New York State School Boards Association by Jay Worona and Pilar Sokol; and for the U. S. Conference of Mayors et al. by Richard Ruda and Donald B. Ayer.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Autism Speaks by Robert H. Pees and Gary S. Mayerson; for the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates by Ankur J. Goel and Tamu K. Floyd; for the Disability Rights Legal Center et al. by Terri D. Keville and Deborah A. Dorfman; and for the National Disability Rights Network et al. by Brian R. Matsui, Seth M. Galanter, and Linda A. Arnsbarger.
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No. 07–984, Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al.; and
No. 07–990, Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al.
Argued January 12, 2009
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With him on the briefs for petitioner Coeur Alaska, Inc., were Matthew D. McGill, Aaron D. Lindstrom, and Robert A. Maynard. Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General of Alaska, Cameron M. Leonard, Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan S. Franklin, and Tillman J. Breckenridge filed briefs for petitioner State of Alaska.
Former Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for the federal respondents urging reversal in both cases. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Tenpas, Deputy Solicitor General Stewart, Pratik A. Shah, Lane McFadden, Earl H. Stockdale, and Marc L. Kesselman. David C. Crosby filed briefs for respondent Goldbelt, Inc., under this Court’s Rule 12.6 urging reversal in both cases.
Thomas S. Waldo argued the cause for respondent Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al. With him on the brief was Scott L. Nelson.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the Council of Alaska Producers by Paul Lawrence and Wilson L. Condon; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; for the National Association of Home Builders by Duane J. Desiderio, Thomas J. Ward, and Amy C. Chai; for the National Mining Association et al. by Christopher T. Handman and Harold P. Quinn, Jr.; for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by James S. Burling; and for the Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc., by Michael Jungreis.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for American Rivers et al. by Deborah A. Sivas and Leah J. Russin; for the Nondalton Tribal Council et al. by Seth P. Waxman, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Ethan G. Shenkman, Brian Litmans, and Victoria Clark; for Members of Congress by David C. Vladeck; and for the Honorable G. Tracy Mehan III by Amy J. Wildermuth.
Jeffrey C. Parsons and Roger Flynn filed a brief for David M. Chambers et al. as amici curiae in both cases.