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No. 05-7053, Dixon v. United States

Argued April 25, 2006

	J. Craig Jett, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. ___, argued the
cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Jeffrey T. Green.

	Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States.   On the
brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher,
Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Deanne E. Maynard, and Deborah Watson.

	Elliot H. Scherker, Julissa Rodriguez, Karen M. Gottlieb, Peter
Goldberger, and Pamela Harris filed a brief for the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

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No. 04-1376, Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales, Attorney General

Argued March 22, 2006

	David M. Gossett argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs was Andrew Tauber.

	Sri Srinivasan argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy
Solicitor General Kneedler, Donald E. Keener, and Alison Marie Igoe.

	Trina A. Realmuto, Matt Adams, Marc Van Der Hout, and Stacy
Tolchin filed a brief for the American Immigration Law Foundation et al. as
amici curiae urging reversal.

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No. 05-259, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White

Argued April 17, 2006

	Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Stephen B. Kinnaird, Eric A. Shumsky, James H. Gallegos,
Lawrence M. Stroik, David M. Pryor, and Bryan P. Neal.

	Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Kim, Acting Assistant Attorney General Katsas,
Irving L. Gornstein, Marleigh D. Dover, and Stephanie R. Marcus.

	Donald A. Donati argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
briefs were William B. Ryan and Eric Schnapper.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Association of
American Railroads by Maureen E. Mahoney, Jonathan C. Su, and Daniel
Saphire; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Ann Elizabeth
Reesman, Laura Anne Giantris, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, and
Ellen Dunham Bryant; for the International Municipal Lawyers Association
by Frank Waite and Elizabeth Lutton; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by
Deborah J. La Fetra; and for the Society for Human Resource Management
et al. by Allan H. Weitzman, Paul Salvatore, and Edward Cerasia II.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations et al. by
Jonathan P. Hiatt, James B. Coppess, William A. Bon, Laurence Gold, and
Mitchell M. Kraus; for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al.
by Douglas B. Huron, Stephen Z. Chertkof, Andrew S. Golub, and Marissa M.
Tirona; and for the National Women's Law Center et al. by Thomas C.
Goldstein, Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Pamela S. Karlan, Marcia D.
Greenberger, Jocelyn Samuels, Dina R. Lassow, and Charlotte Fishman.

	Michael Foreman, Sarah Crawford, and Dennis Courtland Hayes filed
a brief for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. as amici
curiae.

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No. 05-416, Woodford et al. v. Ngo

Argued March 22, 2006

	Jennifer G. Perkell, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the
cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney
General, Manuel M. Madeiros, State Solicitor General, James M. Humes,
Chief Assistant Attorney General, Frances T. Grunder, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, and Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney
General.

	Dan Himmelfarb argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Garre, and
Barbara L. Herwig.

	Meir Feder argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were Charles R. A. Morse and Donald B. Ayer.

		A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of
New York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J.
Halligan, Solicitor General, Robert H. Easton, Deputy Solicitor General, and
Richard Dearing, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General
for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Terry
Goddard of Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado,
Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of
Columbia, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii,
Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of
Iowa, Phill Kline of Kansas, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Michael A.
Cox of Michigan, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of
Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, George J. Chanos of Nevada, Wayne
Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of
Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff
of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Judith Williams Jagdmann of
Virginia, Kerry E. Drue of the Virgin Islands, and Rob McKenna of
Washington.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Bar Association by Michael S. Greco; for the American Civil Liberties Union
et al. by Margo Schlanger, David C. Fathi, Elizabeth Alexander, Steven R.
Shapiro, Steven Banks, and John Boston; for the Jerome N. Frank Legal
Services Organization of the Yale Law School by Giovanna Shay; for Law
Professors by Kermit Roosevelt III, Erwin Chemerinsky, David L. Franklin,
Amanda Frost, Seth Kreimer, Daniel Manville, John Oakley, Malla Pollack,
and David Rudovsky, all pro se.

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No. 04-607, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba LabCorp v.
Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., et al.

Argued March 21, 2006

	Jonathan S. Franklin argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Catherine E. Stetson and Jessica L. Ellsworth.

	Deputy Solicitor General Hungar argued the cause for the United
States as amicus curiae.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General
Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Daryl Joseffer, Anthony J.
Steinmeyer, Jeffrey Clair, John M. Whealan, and Stephen Walsh.

	Miguel A. Estrada argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Glenn K. Beaton, Mark A. Perry, Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, and Mark
A. Lemley.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Affymetrix, Inc.,
et al. by Kathleen M. Sullivan and Barbara A. Caulfield; for the American
Clinical Laboratory Association by Roy T. Englert, Jr.; for the American
Heart Association by Gregory A. Castanias; for the American Medical
Association et al. by Jack R. Bierig; for the Computer & Communications
Industry Association by Jonathan Band; for the Financial Services Industry
by Donald M. Falk and Jeremy Gaston; and for the People's Medical Society
by Lori B. Andrews and Francis C. J. Pizzulli.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Franklin
Pierce Law Center by Craig Steven Jepson; and for Perlegen Sciences, Inc.
et al. by Gideon A. Schor and Meredith E. Kotler.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the AARP by Joshua D. Sarnoff,
Sarah Lock, Bruce Vignery, and Michael Schuster; for the American Express
Co. by Abbe David Lowell, Joseph A. Calvaruso, Walter G. Hanchuk, Richard
Martinelli, and Raymond Millien; for the American Intellectual Property Law
Association by Denise M. Kettelberger and Melvin C. Garner; for the
Association of the Bar of the City of New York by Peter A. Sullivan and
Catriona M. Collins; for the Boston Patent Law Association by Mark B.
Solomon and Doreen M. Hogle; for the Federal Circuit Bar Association by
Mark P. Walters, Martha B. Schneider, Peter B. Ellis, and Claire Laporte; for
the Intellectual Property Owners Association by Paul H. Berghoff and
Douglas K. Norman; for International Business Machines Corp. by
Christopher A. Hughes; for Patients not Patents, Inc. by Edward J. Elder;
and for the Public Patent Foundation by Justin Hughes.

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No. 05-352, United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez

Argued April 18, 2006

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United
States.   With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant
Attorney General Fisher, Lisa S. Blatt, and Daniel S. Goodman.

	Jeffrey L. Fisher argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
brief were J. Richard McEachern, Pamela S. Karlan, Joseph H. Low IV,
Thomas C. Goldstein, Amy Howe, and Kevin K. Russell.

	Quin Denvir, Joshua L. Dratel, and David M. Porter filed a brief for the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging
affirmance.

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No. 04-1170, Kansas v. Marsh

Argued April 25, 2006

	Phill Kline, Attorney General of Kansas, argued and reargued the
cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Nola Tedesco Foulston,
Jared S. Maag, Deputy Attorney General, Kristafer Ailslieger, Assistant
Attorney General, Theodore B. Olson, Mark A. Perry, Matthew D. McGill,
Chad A. Readler, and Mary Beth Young.

	Rebecca E. Woodman argued and reargued the cause and filed a brief
for respondent.

		Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson filed a brief for the
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging reversal.

	Sean D. O'Brien, David Gottlieb, and Nathan B. Webb, all pro se, filed
a brief for Kansas Law Professors as amici curiae urging affirmance.

	A brief of amici curiae was filed for the State of Arizona et al. by Terry
Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Mary O'Grady, Solicitor General,
Kent Cattani, and Gene C. Schaerr, by William E. Thro, State Solicitor
General of Virginia, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States
as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Thurbert E.
Baker of Georgia, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Charles C. Foti, Jr., of
Louisiana, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike McGrath of Montana, Brian
Sandoval of Nevada, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of
South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Rob
McKenna of Washington.

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No. 05-83, Washington v. Recuenco

Argued April 17, 2006

	James M. Whisman argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Norm Maleng and Brian M. McDonald.

	Patricia A. Millett argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  On the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and
Kannon K. Shanmugam.

	Gregory C. Link, by appointment of the Court, 546 U. S. ___, argued
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Thomas M. Kummerow
and Jeffrey L. Fisher.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of
Alabama et al. by John W. Suthers, Attorney General of Colorado, Allison H.
Eid, Solicitor General, and John D. Seidel, Assistant Attorney General, by
Christopher L. Morano, Chief State's Attorney of Connecticut, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of
Alabama, David W. M rquez of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Mike
Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of California, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware,
Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Thomas J. Miller
of Iowa, Phill Kline of Kansas, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Michael A. Cox of
Michigan, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew
Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Lawrence E. Long of South
Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and
William Sorrell of Vermont; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
by Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson.

	Robert N. Hochman, Pamela Harris, and Sheryl Gordon McCloud filed
a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as
amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 04-1528, Randall et al. v.  Sorrell et al.;
No. 04-1530, Vermont Republican State Committee et al. v. Sorrell et al.; and
No. 04-1697, Sorrell et al. v. Randall et al.

Argued February 28, 2006

	James Bopp, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners in Nos. 04-1528 and
04-1530.  On the briefs for petitioners in No. 04-1528 were Peter F.
Langrock, Mitchell L. Pearl, Mark J. Lopez, Steven R. Shapiro, and Joel M.
Gora.  Mr. Bopp filed briefs for the Vermont Republican State Committee
et al., petitioners in No. 04-1530.

	William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, pro se, argued the
cause for respondents in Nos. 04-1528 and 04-1530 and cross-petitioners in
No. 04-1697.  With him on the brief were Timothy B. Tomasi, Eve Jacobs-
Carnahan, and Bridget C. Asay, Assistant Attorneys General, and Carter G.
Phillips.

	Brenda Wright argued the cause for respondents/cross-petitioners
Vermont Public Interest Research Group et al.  With her on the brief were
Lisa J. Danetz, John C. Bonifaz, Thomas C. Goldstein, and Scott P. Lewis.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 04-1528 were filed for the
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by
Jonathan P. Hiatt, Laurence E. Gold, and Michael B. Trister.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Heidi Behrens-
Benedict by  Scott N. Auby in No. 04-1528; and for Senator John F. Reed by
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., in Nos. 04-1528 and 04-1530.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed in all cases for the State of
Connecticut et al. by Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut,
and Jane R. Rosenberg, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys
General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona,
Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of California, Lisa Madigan of Illinois,
Tom Miller of Iowa, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of
Maryland, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W.
(Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Patricia A. Madrid of
New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma,
Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and
Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the Secretary of State of New Hampshire
et al. by Philip Allen Lacovara, Charles A. Rothfeld, and Daniel T. Brown; for
the Center for Competitive Politics et al. by Erik S. Jaffe; for the Center for
Democracy and Election Management of American University by Ilann M.
Maazel; for the Democratic National Committee by Joseph E. Sandler; for the
Equal Justice Society et al. by Martin R. Glick; for the Republican National
Committee by Bobby R. Burchfield, M. Miller Baker, and Thomas J. Josefiak;
for ReclaimDemocracy.org by Daniel J. H. Greenwood; for TheRestofUs.org
et al. by Douglas R. M. Nazarian, Patricia A. Brannan, and Martha M.
Tierney; for Current and Former State Court Justices and Judges by Deborah
Goldberg; for Bill Bradley et al. by Mark C. Alexander, John J. Gibbons, and
Lawrence S. Lustberg; for Norman Dorsen et al. by Burt Neuborne and Mr.
Dorsen, pro se; for Senator John McCain et al. by Seth P. Waxman, Roger M.
Witten, Randolph D. Moss, Bradley S. Phillips, Donald J. Simon, Alan
Morrison, J. Gerald Hebert, Trevor Potter, Paul Ryan, Charles G. Curtis, Jr.,
Fred Wertheimer, and Scott L. Nelson; and for Senator Mitch McConnell by
Theodore B. Olson and Douglas R. Cox.
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No. 05-18, Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy et
vir.

Argued April 19, 2006

	Raymond G. Kuntz argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Jeffrey J. Schiro and Mario L. Spagnuolo.

	David B. Salmons argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Kim, Deputy Solicitor General Garre, David K.
Flynn, Dennis J. Dimsey, and Kent D. Talbert.

	David C. Vladeck argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Peter L. Strauss, Brian Wolfman, and Scott L. Nelson.

	A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the National School
Boards Association et al. by Darcy L. Kriha, Julie Heuberger Yura, Patricia
Whitten, Francisco M. Negr¢n, Jr., Naomi Gittins, Thomas Hutton, and Lisa
Soronen.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Council of
Parent Attorneys and Advocates by Susan Jaffe Roberts; and for the National
Disability Rights Network et al. by Drew S. Days III, Seth M. Galanter, and
Linda A. Arnsbarger.
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