No. 06–278, Morse et al. v. Frederick

 

Argued March 19, 2007

 

            Kenneth W. Starr argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Rick Richmond and Eric W. Hagen.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler 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, Daryl Joseffer, Robert D. Kamenshine, Kent D. Talbert, Stephen H. Freid, Edward H. Jurith, and Linda V. Priebe.

 

            Douglas K. Mertz argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Jason Brandeis and Steven R. Shapiro.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for D. A. R. E. America et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, and Linda T. Coberly; and for the National School Boards Association et al. by Michael E. Smith, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Naomi E. Gittins, Thomas E. M. Hutton, and Lisa E. Soronen.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Colby M. May, Stuart J. Roth, James M. Henderson, Sr., and Walter M. Weber; for the Center for Individual Rights by Michael E. Rosman; for the Christian Legal Society by Gregory S. Baylor, Kimberlee Wood Colby, and Steven H. Aden; for the Drug Policy Alliance et al. by David T. Goldberg and Daniel N. Abrahamson; for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., by Jon W. Davidson, Gregory R. Nevins, F. Brian Chase, and James P. Madigan; for the National Coalition Against Censorship et al. by Preeta D. Bansal, Joan E. Bertin, and Marjorie Heins; for the Rutherford Institute by James J. Knicely and John W. Whitehead; for Students for Sensible Drug Policy by Brooks M. Beard; and for the Student Press Law Center et al. by Sonja R. West, Michele L. Earl-Hubbard, S. Mark Goodman, and Michael C. Hiestand.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Alliance Defense Fund by Kevin H. Theriot, Benjamin W. Bull, and Jordan W. Lorence; for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver, Anita L. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, and Mary E. McAlister; and for the Liberty Legal Institute by Kelly J. Shackelford, Douglas Laycock, and Robert A. Destro.

 

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No. 06–969, Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.; and

No. 06–970, McCain, United States Senator, et al. v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

 

Argued April 25, 2007

 

            Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for appellant in No. 06–969.  With him on the briefs were Deputy Solicitor General Garre, Malcolm L. Stewart, Richard B. Bader, David Kolker, Harry J. Summers, and Kevin Deeley.  Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for appellants in No. 06–970.  With him on the briefs were Randolph D. Moss, Danielle Spinelli, Roger M. Witten, Donald J. Simon, Scott L. Nelson, Trevor Potter, J. Gerald Hebert, Paul S. Ryan, Charles G. Curtis, Jr., Fred Wertheimer, Alan B. Morrison, and Bradley S. Phillips.

 

            James Bopp, Jr., argued the cause for appellee in both cases.  With him on the brief were Richard E. Coleson, Jeffrey P. Gallant, Raeanna S. Moore, and M. Miller Baker.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the Committee for Economic Development et al. by H. Christopher Bartolomucci; for the League of Women Voters of the United States et al. by Daniel R. Ortiz; for Richard Briffault et al. by Richard L. Hasen, Martin S. Lederman, Mr. Briffault, and David S. Ettinger; and for Norman Dorsen et al. by Burt Neuborne and Deborah Goldberg.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the Alliance for Justice by Michael B. Trister and B. Holly Schadler; for the American Civil Liberties Union by Steven R. Shapiro, Mark J. Lopez, and Joel M. Gora; for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Jonathan P. Hiatt and Laurence E. Gold; for the Center for Competitive Politics et al. by Erik S. Jaffe; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Jan Witold Baran, Thomas W. Kirby, Caleb P. Burns, Steven J. Law, Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, and Judith K. Richmond; for Citizens United et al. by Herbert W. Titus, William J. Olson, John S. Miles, and Mark B. Weinberg; for the Family Research Council et al. by Kathleen M. Sullivan and Stephen W. Reed; for the National Association of Realtors by David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Laurene K. Janik, and Ralph W. Holmen; for the Republican National Committee by Thomas J. Josefiak; and for United States Senator Mitch McConnell by Theodore B. Olson, Douglas R. Cox, and Amir C. Tayrani.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed in both cases for the American Center for Law and Justice et al. by Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, James M. Henderson, Sr., and Stephen W. Reed; for a Coalition of Public Charities by Robert F. Bauer; and for the National Rifle Association by Charles J. Cooper, Brian S. Koukoutchos, and David H. Thompson.

 

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No. 06–219, Wilkie et al. v. Robbins

 

Argued March 19, 2007

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, David B. Salmons, Barbara L. Herwig, and Edward Himmelfarb.

 

            Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Karen Budd-Falen, Marc Stimpert, Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Pamela S. Karlan, and Thomas C. Goldstein.

 

            Amber H. Rovner and Larry D. Thompson, Jr., filed a brief for the National Wildlife Federation et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Brooks Realty et al. by Nancie G. Marzulla and Roger J. Marzulla; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by Steven J. Lechner and William Perry Pendley; for the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association et al. by Lee E. Peters; for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association et al. by Paul A. Turcke; for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by R. S. Radford; for the Paragon Foundation, Inc., by Paul M. Kienzle III; and for the Public Lands Council et al. by Mark B. Wiletsky.

 

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No. 06–157, Hein, Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, et al. v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., et al.

 

Argued February 28, 2007

 

            Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Garre, Patricia A. Millett, Robert M. Loeb, and Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr.

 

            Andrew J. Pincus argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Charles A. Rothfeld, Richard L. Bolton, and Giovanna Shay.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Walter M. Weber, Colby M. May, Stuart J. Roth, John P. Tuskey, and Laura B. Hernandez; for the Christian Legal Society by Gregory S. Baylor and Steven H. Aden; for the Foundation for Moral Law, Inc., by Roy S. Moore, Gregory M. Jones, and Benjamin D. DuPré; for We Care America by Benjamin W. Bull and Jordan Lorence; and for the State of Indiana et al. by Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Julie A. Hoffman, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, George J. Chanos of Nevada, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, and Rob McKenna of Washington.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for American Atheists, Inc., by Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald G. London, David M. Shapiro, and Edwin F. Kagin; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Anne Harkavy, Caroline Rogus, Judith E. Schaeffer, Howard W. Goldstein, Steven M. Freeman, Steven C. Sheinberg, Steven R. Shapiro, Daniel Mach, Ayesha N. Khan, Richard B. Katskee, and K. Hollyn Hollman; for the American Jewish Congress et al. by Marc D. Stern and Jeffrey Sinensky; for the Center for Inquiry et al. by Irvin B. Nathan, Daniel S. Pariser, and Ronald A. Lindsay; and for Legal and Religious Historians and Law Scholars by Matthew M. Shors and Steven K. Green.

 

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No. 06–340, National Association of Home Builders et al. v. Defenders of Wildlife et al.; and

No. 06–549, Environmental Protection Agency v. Defenders of Wildlife et al.

 

Argued April 17, 2007

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners in both cases.  With him on the briefs for petitioner Environmental Protection Agency were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General McKeown, Malcolm L. Stewart, Andrew C. Mergen, and David C. Shilton.  Norman D. James, Duane J. Desiderio, Thomas J. Ward, and Russell S. Frye filed briefs for petitioners National Association of Home Builders et al. in No. 06–340.  Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Mary O’Grady, Solicitor General, Paula Bickett, Chief Counsel, and James T. Skardon, Assistant Attorney General, filed briefs for the State of Arizona as respondent under this Court’s Rule 12.6, in support of petitioners.

 

            Eric R. Glitzenstein argued the cause for respondents in both cases.  With him on the brief were Katherine A. Meyer and Michael P. Senatore.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the State of Nebraska et al. by Jon C. Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska, David D. Cookson, Assistant Attorney General, and Donald G. Blankenau and Thomas R. Wilmoth, Special Assistant Attorneys General, by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General and other officials for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Lawrence Wasdin of Idaho, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Gary K. King of New Mexico, and Stephen R. Farris and Frances C. Bassett, Assistant Attorneys General of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the American Farm Bureau Federation by Ellen Steen and Thomas R. Lundquist; for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association et al. by Lawrence R. Liebesman and Nick Goldstein; for the Arizona Power Authority et al. by Virginia S. Albrecht, Karma B. Brown, and Kathy Robb; for the Association of California Water Agencies et al. by Roderick E. Walston, Karen L. Tachiki, John C. Clairday, Linus Masouredis, Daniel O’Hanlon, Christopher Onstott, Daniel S. Hentschke, Peter D. Nichols, Robert V. Trout, and Peggy E. Montano; for CropLife America by Douglas T. Nelson, Steven P. Quarles, and J. Michael Klise; for the Federal Water Quality Coalition by Daniel P. Albers; for High Production Homebuilders by Carter G. Phillips, Stephen M. Nickelsburg, and Eric A. Shumsky; for the National Hydropower Association et al. by Sam Kalen and Michael A. Swiger; for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp; and for the Western Urban Water Coalition by Benjamin S. Sharp and Guy R. Martin.

 

            M. Reed Hopper filed a brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging reversal in No. 06–340.

 

            Roger J. Marzulla and Nancie G. Marzulla filed a brief for the Kern County Water Agency et al. as amici curiae urging reversal in No. 06–549.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the American Bird Conservancy et al. by Michael J. Bean; and for Jared M. Diamond et al. by Daniel J. Rohlf.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed in both cases for the American Fisheries Society et al. by Jan E. Hasselman, Patti A. Goldman, John F. Kostyack, and Mary Randolph Sargent; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; and for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies by William A. Anderson II, Sean M. Sullivan, D. Cameron Prell, and Alexandra D. Dunn.

 

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No. 05–908, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 et al.; and

No. 05–915, Meredith, Custodial Parent and Next Friend of McDonald v. Jefferson County Board of Education et al.

 

Argued December 4, 2006

 

            Harry J. F. Korrell argued the cause for petitioner in No. 05–908.  With him on the briefs were Daniel B. Ritter and Eric B. Martin.  Teddy B. Gordon argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner in No. 05–915.

 

            Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal in both cases.  With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Kim, Deputy Solicitor General Garre, David B. Salmons, David K. Flynn, Angela M. Miller, and Kent D. Talbert.

 

            Michael Madden argued the cause for respondents in No. 05–908.  With him on the brief were Carol Sue Janes, Maree F. Sneed, John W. Borkowski, Audrey J. Anderson, Gary L. Ikeda, Shannon McMinimee, and Eric Schnapper.  Francis J. Mellen, Jr., argued the cause for respondents in No. 05–915.  With him on the brief were Byron E. Leet and Rosemary Miller.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by Sharon L. Browne and Paul J. Beard II; for the Project on Fair Representation et al. by Bert W. Rein; for Various School Children from Lynn, Massachusetts, by Michael Williams and Chester Darling; for David J. Armor et al. by Robert N. Driscoll; and for Governor John Ellis “Jeb” Bush et al. by Daniel J. Woodring, Raquel A. Rodriguez, and Nathan A. Adams IV.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 05–908 were filed for the Center for Individual Rights by Michael E. Rosman and Erik S. Jaffe; for the Competitive Enterprise Institute by Hans Bader; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; and for Dr. John Murphy et al. by John R. Munich.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Richard W. Cole and John R. Hitt, Assistant Attorneys General; for the State of New York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, and Laura R. Johnson and Diana R. H. Winters, Assistant Solicitors General, by Roberto J. Sánchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas Miller of Iowa, Greg Stumbo of Kentucky, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Stuart Rabner of New Jersey, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Dennis D. Parker, Reginald T. Shuford, Christopher A. Hansen, and Steven R. Shapiro; for the American Council on Education et al. by Michael P. Boudett, Dean Richlin, and Robert E. Toone; for the American Educational Research Association by Angelo N. Ancheta; for the American Psychological Association et al. by John Payton, David W. Ogden, Nathalie F. P. Gilfoyle, and Lindsay Childress-Beatty; for the Anti-Defamation League by Martin E. Karlinsky, Erwin Chemerinsky, Frederick M. Lawrence, Jonathan K. Baum, Steven M. Freeman, Howard W. Goldstein, and Steven C. Sheinberg; for the Asian American Justice Center et al. by Mark A. Packman, Jonathan M. Cohen, Karen Narasaki, and Vincent Eng; for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund et al. by Marc Wolinsky and Kenneth Kimerling; for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York by Jonathan I. Blackman and David Rush; for the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., by Sharon E. Jones; for the Brennan Center for Justice et al. by Warrington S. Parker III, Deborah Goldberg, and David J. Harth; for the Caucus for Structural Equity by Daniel R. Shulman; for the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law by Aderson Bellegarde François; for the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) et al. by George B. Washington; for the Collaborative of Catholic Leaders et al. by Terrence J. Fleming; for the Council of the Great City Schools et al. by Julie Wright Halbert and Pamela Harris; for Historians by Jack Greenberg; for Historians of the Civil Rights Era by Theodore V. Wells, Jr., and David W. Brown; for Housing Scholars et al. by Michael B. de Leeuw; for Interested Human Rights Clinics et al. by Cynthia J. Larsen and Martha F. Davis; for Latino Organizations by John D. Trasviña and Diana S. Sen; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area by Steven A. Hirsch and Robert Rubin; for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights et al. by Andrew J. Pincus, Carolyn P. Osolinik, and William L. Taylor; for the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents et al. by Joseph Leghorn; for the NAACP by Dennis Courtland Hayes and Preeta D. Bansal; for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., by Theodore M. Shaw, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Norman J. Chachkin, Victor A. Bolden, Chinh Q. Le, and David T. Goldberg; for the National Collegiate Athletic Association et al. by Margaret A. Keane; for the National Education Association et al. by Robert H. Chanin, Jonathan P. Hiatt, Harold Craig Becker, David Strom, Elliot Mincberg, Alice O’Brien, and Larry Weinberg; for the National Parent Teacher Association by Rachel D. Godsil and Michelle Adams; for the National School Boards Association et al. by Thomas C. Goldstein, Francisco M. Negrón, and Michael C. Small; for the National Women’s Law Center et al. by Walter Dellinger, Mark S. Davies, Nicole A. Saharsky, Marcia D. Greenberger, Jocelyn Samuels, Dina R. Lassow, and Judith L. Lichtman; for Religious Organizations et al. by William T. Russell, Jr.; for the Swann Fellowship et al. by Anita S. Earls, Julius L. Chambers, Charles E. Daye, and John Charles Boger; for Former United States Secretaries of Education et al. by Drew S. Days III, Beth S. Brinkmann, and Seth M. Galanter; for the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle et al. by Rebecca J. Roe; for the Honorable Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., et al. by Jonathan S. Franklin; for Senator Edward M. Kennedy et al. by Andy Liu, David L. Haga, Laurel Pyke Malson, and Beth Nolan; for Representative Jim McDermott et al. by William R. Weissman; for Professor Amy Stuart Wells et al. by Kenneth D. Heath; for 19 Former Chancellors of the University of California by Goodwin Liu; for 553 Social Scientists by Liliana M. Garces; and by Walt Sherlin.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in No. 05–908 were filed for the Alliance for Education et al. by David J. Burman, Michael W. Hoge, and J. Shan Mullin; for the Los Angeles Unified School District by Peter W. James; and for the National Lawyers Guild by David Gespass and Zachary Wolfe.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in No. 05–915 were filed for Human Rights Advocacy Groups et al. by David Weissbrodt; for the Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (d/b/a Greater Louisville Inc.), et al. by John K. Bush; and for the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence by Sheryl G. Snyder, Amy D. Cubbage, and Phillip J. Shepherd.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed in both cases for the Asian American Legal Foundation by Gordon M. Fauth, Jr.; for Media & Telecommunication Companies by Elizabeth G. Taylor; and for Joseph E. Brann et al. by Robert N. Weiner and Richard Jerome.

 

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No. 06–480, Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., dba Kay’s Kloset . . . Kay’s Shoes

 

Argued March 26, 2007

 

            Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Michael L. Denger, Joshua Lipton, Amir C. Tayrani, Tyler A. Baker, Jeffrey S. Levinger, and Gary Freedman.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Hungar 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 Assistant Attorney General Masoudi, Lisa S. Blatt, Catherine G. O’Sullivan, and David Seidman.

 

            Robert W. Coykendall argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Ken M. Peterson, Tim J. Moore, Nelson J. Roach, D. Neil Smith, and Stephen R. McAllister.

 

            Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General of New York, argued the cause for the State of New York et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.  With her on the brief were Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York, Benjamin N. Gutman, Acting Deputy Solicitor General, Daniel J. Chepaitis, Assistant Solicitor General, and Jay L. Himes and Robert L. Hubbard, Assistant Attorneys General, and the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas Miller of Iowa, Paul Morrison of Kansas, Greg Stumbo of Kentucky, Charles C. Foti, Jr., of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Mike Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Stuart Rabner of New Jersey, Gary King of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Larry Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Petroleum Institute by Robert A. Long, Harry M. Ng, and Douglas W. Morris; for CTIA–The Wireless Association by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Donald J. Russell, and Michael Field Altschul; for Economists by Joseph Angland and Stephen V. Bomse; and for PING, Inc., by Thomas C. Walsh, Lawrence G. Scarborough, Aaron S. Bayer, and Robert M. Langer.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Antitrust Institute by Albert Foer; for the Anderson Economic Group, LLC, by Theodore R. Bolema; for the Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. by Jonathan W. Cuneo, Matthew Wiener, and Robert J. Cynkar; and for the Consumer Federation of America by Peter A. Barile III.

 

            Eugene Crew filed a brief for William S. Comanor et al. as amici curiae.

 

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No. 06–6407, Panetti v. Quarterman

 

Argued April 18, 2007

 

            Gregory W. Wiercioch, argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Keith S. Hampton, by appointment of the Court, 549 U. S. ____ .

 

            R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the briefs were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. R. Nichols, Deputy Attorney General, Rance L. Craft, William L. Davis, and Brantley Starr, Assistant Solicitors General, and Tina J. Dettmer, Assistant Attorney General.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar Association by Karen J. Mathis and Ronald J. Tabak; for the American Psychological Association et al. by David W. Ogden, Richard G. Taranto, and Nathalie F. P. Gilfoyle; and for Legal Historians by Robert N. Weiner and Anthony J. Franze.

 

            Kent S. Scheidegger filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging affirmance.