No. 05–381, Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., Inc.

 

Argued November 28, 2006

 

            Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Charles A. Rothfeld, Guy C. Stephenson, Stephen V. Bomse, M. Laurence Popofsky, Kevin J. Arquit, and Joseph F. Tringali.

 

            Kannon K. Shanmugam argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Barnett, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Masoudi, Catherine G. O’Sullivan, and Adam D. Hirsh.

 

            Michael E. Haglund argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Michael K. Kelley and Roy Pulvers.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for AT&T Inc. et al. by A. Douglas Melamed, Jonathan Nuechterlein, William M. Schur, Ronald A. Stern, John Thorne, and Paul J. Larkin, Jr.; for the Business Roundtable et al. by Janet L. McDavid, Catherine E. Stetson, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Jan S. Amundson, and Quentin Riegel; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Donald J. Russell, Mark T. Stancil, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, and Richard S. Wasserstrom; for Economists by Joe Sims and Beth Heifetz; for Law Professors by Joseph J. Simons and Moses Silverman; and for Timberland Owners and Managers by Jeffrey A. Lamken and Barnes H. Ellis.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of California et al. by Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon, and Tim D. Nord, Senior Assistant Attorney General, by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Thomas Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen E. Foote, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Emilio E. Varanini IV, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Charles C. Forti, Jr., of Louisiana, Mike McGrath of Montana, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for the American Antitrust Institute by Jonathan L. Rubin, Jonathan W. Cuneo, and Robert H. Lande; and for Forest Industry Participants by R. Daniel Lindahl.

 

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No. 05–8820, Lawrence v. Florida

 

Argued October 31, 2006

 

            Mary Catherine Bonner, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. 1146, argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Wanda Raiford, Jeffrey T. Green, William M. Norris, and Diane E. Courselle.

 

            Christopher M. Kise argued the cause for respondent.  With him the brief were Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General of Florida, and James A. McKee, Deputy Solicitor General.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by John Holdridge, Steven R. Shapiro, and Larry W. Yackle; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Matthew M. Shors and Pamela Harris.

 

            A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, Kevin C. Newsom, Solicitor General, and James R. Houts, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of California, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Phill Kline of Kansas, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, George J. Chanos of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia.

 

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No. 05–1256, Philip Morris USA v. Williams

 

Argued October 31, 2006

 

            Andrew L. Frey argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Andrew H. Schapiro, Lauren R. Goldman, Murray R. Garnick, Kenneth S. Geller, Evan M. Tager, William F. Gary, and Sharon A. Rudnick.

 

            Robert S. Peck argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ned Miltenberg, Charles S. Tauman, James S. Coon, Raymond F. Thomas, William A. Gaylord, Maureen Leonard, and Kathryn H. Clarke.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers by H. Christopher Bartolomucci and John T. Whatley; for the American Tort Reform Association by Roy T. Englert, Jr., and Alan E. Untereiner; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Jonathan D. Hacker, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the National Association of Manufacturers et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, Linda T. Coberly, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, and Donald D. Evans; for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Cos. et al. by Sheila L. Birnbaum, Barbara Wrubel, Douglas W. Dunham, Ellen P. Quackenbos, J. Stephen Zielezienski, David F. Snyder, and Allan J. Stein; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur; for the Product Liability Advisory Council by Theodore B. Olson, Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., and Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr.; for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al. by Meir Feder, Charles R. A. Morse, James T. Newsom, Donald B. Ayer, and Robert H. Klonoff; for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Arvin Maskin, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar; and for Steven L. Chanenson et al. by Robert D. Fox and John F. Gullace.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Oregon et al. by Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon, Peter Shepherd, Deputy Attorney General, Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General, and Janet A. Metcalf and Kaye E. McDonald, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Bill Lockyer of California, 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, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Peg Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for AARP et al. by Elizabeth J. Cabraser and Deborah Zuckerman; for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America by Gerson H. Smoger and Brent M. Rosenthal; for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids et al. by William B. Schultz; for the Center for a Just Society by Brian G. Brooks; for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice by Michael V. Ciresi, Roberta B. Walburn, Arthur H. Bryant, and Leslie A. Brueckner; for Henry H. Drummonds et al. by Steven C. Berman; for Keith N. Hylton et al. by Ronald Simon, Ed Bell, Patrick Carr, Richard L. Denney, Charles Siegel, and Gerry L. Spence; and for Neil Vidmar et al. by Frederick M. Baron.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Oregon Forest Industries Council et al. by Thomas W. Brown; for the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium et al. by Edward L. Sweda, Jr.; for Akhil Reed Amar et al. by Kenneth Chesebro, Michael J. Piuze, and Arthur McEvoy; and for A. Mitchell Polinsky et al. by Timothy Lynch.

 

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No. 05–996, Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts et al.

 

Argued November 6, 2006

 

            David G. Baker argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Jeffrey A. Kitaeff.

 

            G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief for respondent Citizens Bank of Massachusetts were Rheba Rutkowski and William C. Heuer.  Respondent Mark G. DeGiacomo filed a brief pro se.  With him on the brief were Olga L. Bogdanov and Taruna Garg.

 

            Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With her on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, P. Matthew Sutko, and Knight Elsberry.

 

                Seth P. Waxman and Craig Goldblatt filed a brief for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys as amicus curiae urging reversal.

 

            Lynne F. Riley filed a brief for the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

 

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No. 05–1240, Wallace v. Kato et al.

 

Argued November 6, 2006

 

            Kenneth N. Flaxman argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was John J. Bursch.

 

             Benna Ruth Solomon, Deputy Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the brief were Myriam Zreczny Kasper, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, Jane Elinor Notz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Lawrence Rosenthal.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Michael Scodro, Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia, Tom Miller of Iowa, Mike McGrath of Montana, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for Cook County, Illinois, by Richard A. Devine, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Louis R. Hegeman, Paul Castiglione, and Veronica Calderon Malavia; and for the National League of Cities et al. by Richard Ruda and D. Bruce La Pierre.

 

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No. 05–595, Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections v. Bockting

 

Argued November 1, 2006

 

            George J. Chanos, Attorney General of Nevada, argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Gerald Gardner, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Victor-Hugo Schulze II and Rene L. Hulse, Senior Deputy Attorneys General.

 

            Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Kathleen A. Felton.

 

            Frances A. Forsman argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief was Michael Pescetta.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Kristofer S. Monson, Assistant Solicitor General, and Fredericka Sargent, Assistant Attorney General, by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, and Brian Means, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, David W. Márquez of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Phill Kline of Kansas, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, Charles C. Foti, Jr., of Louisiana, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Tom Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Larry Long of South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Mark Shurtleff of Utah, Bob McDonnell of Virginia, Rob McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.

 

            A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Jeffrey T. Green and Marianne T. Caulfield.

 

            A brief of amici curiae was filed for former District Judge Edward N. Cahn et al. by Timothy P. O’Toole, Catharine F. Easterly, and former Judges John J. Gibbons, Timothy K. Lewis, H. Curtis Meanor, Stephen M. Orlofsky, and Patricia M. Wald, all pro se.

 

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No. 06–102, Sinochem International Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.

 

Argued January 9, 2007

 

            Gregory A. Castanias argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Stephen M. Hudspeth.

 

            Douglas H. Hallward-Driemeier 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 Kneedler, Michael S. Raab, and Stephanie R. Marcus.

 

            Ann-Michele G. Higgins argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Joshua Bachrach and Kevin L. McGee.

 

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No. 05–1429, Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

 

Argued January 16, 2007

 

            G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Rheba Rutkowski, Robert A. Brundage, and William C. Heuer.

 

            E. Joshua Rosenkranz argued the cause for resondent.  With him on the brief were David B. Goodwin, Carren Shulman, Timothy S. Mehok, Gary M. Kaplan, and Thomas C. Goldstein.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Surety & Fidelity Association of America by Edward G. Gallagher; and for the American Insurance Association by Craig Goldblatt and Caroline Rogus.

 

            Robert M. Zinman filed a brief for Richard Aaron et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

 

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No. 05–1272, Rockwell International Corp. et al.  v. United States et al.

 

Argued December 5, 2006

 

            Maureen E. Mahoney argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs were J. Scott Ballenger, Barry J. Blonien, Christopher J. Koenigs, and Michael B. Carroll.

 

            Maria T. Vullo argued the cause for respondent Stone.  With her on the brief were Evan Norris and Hartley David Alley.

 

            Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for respondent United States.  With him on the brief  were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Douglas N. Letter, and Peter R. Maier.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Hospital Association et al. by Jonathan L. Diesenhaus and Catherine E. Stetson; for BP America Production Co. et al. by Donald B. Ayer, Michael P. Graham, and Daniel M. McClure; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. by Herbert L. Fenster, Lawrence S. Ebner, Mark R. Troy, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the National Defense Industrial Association by Alan A. Pemberton and Sarah L. Wilson; and for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Alan I. Horowitz, Robert K. Huffman, Peter B. Hutt II, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund et al. by David C. Frederick, James W. Moorman, and Marissa M. Tirona; and for Patricia Haight et al. by Jeremy L. Friedman.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for Comstock Resources, Inc., by William Scott Hastings and John Robert Beatty; and for Senator Charles E. Grassley by John E. Clark.

 

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No. 06–116, Limtiaco, Attorney General of Guam v. Camacho, Governor of Guam

 

Argued January 8, 2007

 

            Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Randolph D. Moss and Jonathan G. Cedarbaum.

 

            Beth S. Brinkmann argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Seth M. Galanter, Seth M. Hufstedler, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Arthur B. Clark, Rodney J. Jacob, Daniel M. Benjamin, Kathleen V. Fisher, and Arne D. Wagner.

 

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No. 05–1120, Massachusetts et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.

 

Argued November 29, 2006

 

            James R. Milkey, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Lisa Heinzerling, Special Assistant Attorney General, and William L. Pardee and Carol Iancu, Assistant Attorneys General, Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General of New Jersey, Michael Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, and Scott Pasternack, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Ralph S. Tyler, City Solicitor of Baltimore, and William Phelan, Jr., Joseph Mendelson III, John M. Stanton, David Doniger, David Bookbinder, and Howard Fox, and by the Attorneys General and other officials for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Marc N. Melnick and Nicholas Stern, Deputy Attorneys General, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, Kimberly Massicotte and Matthew Levin, Assistant Attorneys General, Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna Murasky, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Matthew J. Dunn and Gerald T. Karr, Assistant Attorneys General, G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General of Maine, Gerald D. Reid, Assistant Attorney General, Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, Stefanie A. Brand, Kevin P. Auerbacher, and Lisa Morelli, Deputy Attorneys General, Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General of New Mexico, Stuart M. Bluestone, Deputy Attorney General, Stephen R. Ferris and Judith Ann Moore, Assistant Attorneys General, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, Peter Lehner and J. Jared Snyder, Assistant Attorneys General, Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon, Philip Schradle, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, Richard Whitman, Assistant Attorney General, Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Tricia K. Jedele, Special Assistant Attorney General, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, Kevin O. Leske, Assistant Attorney General, Rob McKenna, Attorney General of Washington, Leslie R. Seffern, Assistant Attorney General, Jay D. Geck, Deputy Solicitor General, and Malaetasi M. Togafau, Attorney General of American Samoa.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief for the federal respondent were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wooldridge, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Malcolm L. Stewart, Jon M. Lipshultz, and Carol S. Holmes. Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, filed a brief for respondent State of Michigan.  With him on the brief were Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Alan F. Hoffman and Neil D. Gordon, Assistant Attorneys General, and the Attorneys General and other officials for their respective States as follows: David W. Márquez, Attorney General of Alaska, Phil Kline, Attorney General of Kansas, David W. Davies, Deputy Attorney General, Jon C. Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska, David D. Cookson, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, and Natalee J. Hart, Assistant Attorney General, Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General of North Dakota, Lyle Witham, Assistant Attorney General, Jim Petro, Attorney General of Ohio, Dale T. Vitale, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General of South Dakota, Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Karen W. Kornell and Jane Atwood, Assistant Attorneys General, and Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, and Fred G. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General.  Theodore B. Olson, Miguel A. Estrada, David Debold, Matthew D. McGill, Kenneth W. Starr, Stuart A. C. Drake, Andrew B. Clubok, and Ashley C. Parrish filed a brief for respondent Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers et al.  Russell S. Frye, Leslie A. Hulse, Richard Wasserstrom, Harry M. Ng, Ralph J. Colleli, Jr., Nick Goldstein, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, and John L. Wittenborn filed a brief for respondent CO₂ Litigation Group.  Norman W. Fichthorn and Allison D. Wood filed a brief for respondent Utility Air Regulatory Group.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Arizona et al. by Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel, Joseph P. Mikitish, Assistant Attorney General, and Amy J. Wildermuth, and by Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Mike Hatch, Attorney General of Minnesota, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Thomas J. Dawson, Assistant Attorney General; for the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council et al. by Frances M. Raskin; for Aspen Skiing Co. by Edward T. Ramey and Blain D. Myhre; for Calpine Corp. by Richard E. Ayres; for the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. et al. by Fran M. Layton; for Ocean and Coastal Conservation Interests by Patrick A. Parenteau; for the U. S. Conference of Mayors et al. by Timothy J. Dowling; for Wildlife Conservation Interests by John F. Kostyack; for Madeleine K. Albright by Kathleen M. Sullivan; for Climate Scientist David Battisti et al. by Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Stephanie Tai, and John C. Dernbach; and for Former EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner et al. by Deborah A. Sivas, Michael C. Davis, and Barry S. Neuman.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo, Paul D. Kamenar, and Peter S. Glaser; for Climatologist and Scientist Sallie Baliunas et al. by Sam Kazman, Hans Bader, and Christopher C. Horner; for William J. Baumol et al. by Timothy S. Bishop, Russell R. Eggert, and Erika Z. Jones; for Ernest L. Daman et al. by Martin S. Kaufman; and for William H. Taft IV by Arnold W. Reitze, Jr.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of Delaware by Carl C. Danberg, Attorney General, Lawrence Lewis, State Solicitor, and Kevin Maloney, Robert Phillips, and Valerie Csizmadia, Deputy Attorneys General; for the Cato Institute et al. by Timothy Lynch; for Entergy Corp. by Elise N. Zoli, U. Gwyn Williams, Kevin P. Martin, and Chuck D. Barlow; for the North Coast Rivers Alliance et al. by Stephan C. Volker; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by M. Reed Hopper; for the Union for Jobs and the Environment by Scott H. Segal, Jason B. Hutt, and Shelby J. Kelley; for Robert H. Bork et al. by David B. Rivkin, Jr., Lee A. Casey, and Darin R. Bartram; and for Jerome B. Carr by Albert Auburn.

 

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No. 05–848, Environmental Defense et al. v. Duke Energy Corp.

 

Argued November 1, 2006

 

            Sean H. Donahue argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were David T. Goldberg, Jeffrey M. Gleason, J. Blanding Holman IV, and Caleb Jaffe.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Hungar argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wooldridge, James A. Feldman, Katherine J. Barton, Ann R. Klee, Chet M. Thompson, Granta Y. Nakayama, Thomas W. Swegle, Carol S. Holmes, David W. Schnare, and Alan Dion.

 

            Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Mark D. Hopson, Kathryn B. Thomson, Stephen M. Nickelsburg, Henry V. Nickel, F. William Brownell, Makram Jaber, Marc E. Manly, Catherine S. Stempien, Garry S. Rice, T. Thomas Cottingham III, and Nash E. Long III.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of New Jersey et al. by Zulima V. Farber, former Attorney General of New Jersey, Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, and Kevin P. Auerbacher and Jung W. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General, and other officials for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Joseph P. Mikitish, Assistant Attorney General, Robert J. Spagnoletti, former Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General of Kentucky, Douglas Scott Porter, Assistant Attorney General, Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Alan F. Hoffman and Neil D. Gordon, Assistant Attorneys General, Rob McKenna, Attorney General of Washington, and Leslie R. Seffern, Assistant Attorney General; for the State of New York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, former Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, Andrew Bing and Daniel J. Chepaitis, Assistant Solicitors General, Peter H. Lehner, Robert Rosenthal, J. Jared Snyder, and Michael J. Myers, Assistant Attorneys General, by Susan Shinkman and Robert A. Reiley, and by the Attorneys General, and former Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Bill Lockyer of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, and William H. Sorrell of Vermont; for the American Lung Association et al. by Hope M. Babcock; for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation et al. by Michael D. Goodstein and Julie Kaplan; for Law Professors by Jared A. Goldstein; for the National Parks Conservation Association et al. by George E. Hays and Michael A. Costa; for STAPPA et al. by Richard E. Ayres; for Current and Former Members of Congress by Stephanie Tai; and for Former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Carol M. Browner et al. by Holly D. Gordon and Deborah A. Sivas.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, Kevin C. Newsom, Solicitor General, and Robert D. Tambling, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General and former Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: David W. Márquez of Alaska, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Steve Carter of Indiana, Phill Kline of Kansas, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for APA Watch by Lawrence J. Joseph; for the American Public Power Association et al. by Janet Pitterle Holt, Rae E. Cronmiller, and Richard H. Robinson; for the Electric Utility Industry by Steven G. McKinney, Michael D. Freeman, and P. Stephen Gidiere III; for Law Professors by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey; for the Manufacturers Association Work Group by Charles H. Knauss, Robert V. Zener, Julie C. Becker, Richard S. Wasserstrom, Kevin B. Belford, M. Elizabeth Cox, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project by Leslie Sue Ritts and Lorane F. Hebert; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Paul D. Kamenar.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL–CIO, et al. by Scott H. Segal and Jason B. Hutt; for Walter C. Barber by Robert L. Brubaker; and for U. S. Representative Joe L. Barton by George C. Landrith and Christopher C. Horner.