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No. 06–856, LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates,
Inc., et al. Argued November 26,
2007
Peter K. Stris argued the
cause for petitioner. With him on
the briefs were Brendan S. Maher,
Jean-Claude André, Robert E. Hoskins, and Shaun P. Martin.
Matthew D. Roberts argued the
cause for the
Thomas P. Gies argued the
cause for respondents. With him on
the brief were Clifton Elgarten and
Ellen M. Dwyer.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for AARP by Mary Ellen Signorille, Jay E.
Sushelsky, and Melvin R. Radowitz;
for the Air Line Pilots Association, International, by Jani K. Rachelson; for Eleven Law
Professors by Paul A. Montuori and Debra A. Davis; for the Pension Rights
Center by Marc I. Machiz and David S. Preminger; and for the Self
Insurance Institute of America, Inc., by
John E. Barry, Thomas W. Brunner, Lawrence H. Mirel, Bryan B. Davenport, and
George J.
Pantos.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were
filed for the American Council of Life Insurers by Peter J. Rusthoven, Bart A. Karwath, and
Carl B. Wilkerson; for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States of America et al. by Mark A. Casciari, Robin S. Conrad, Shane
Brennan, Richard Whiting, Scott Talbott, and Diane Soubly; and for the ERISA
Industry Committee by John M. Vine,
Robert A. Long, Jr., Jeffrey G. Huvelle, and Thomas L. Cubbage
III.
Jeffrey Greg Lewis and Terisa E. Chaw filed a brief for the
National Employment Lawyers Association as amicus curiae. * * * * No. 06–8273, Danforth v. Argued October 31,
2007
Benjamin J. Butler argued the
cause for petitioner. With him on
the briefs was Roy G.
Spurbeck.
Patrick C. Diamond argued the
cause for respondent. With him on
the brief were Lori Swanson, Attorney
General of Minnesota, Michael O. Freeman,
and Jean Burdorf.
Jeffrey A.
Lamken and Pamela Harris filed a brief for the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging reversal.
Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General of
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of
Kansas et al. by Paul J.
Morrison, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor
General, and Jared S. Maag, Deputy
Solicitor General, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Tom Miller of Iowa, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia; and for
the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Larry Yackle, Steven R. Shapiro, and John Holdridge. * * * * No. 06–179,
Riegel, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Charles R. Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. Argued December 4,
2007
Allison M. Zieve argued the
cause for petitioner. With her on
the briefs were Brian Wolfman, Scott L.
Nelson, and Wayne P.
Smith.
Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Matthew D. McGill, Amir C. Tayrani, Kenneth S. Geller, David M. Gossett, and Andrew E. Tauber.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for the State of New York et al. by Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New
York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor
General, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy
Solicitor General, and Richard
Dearing and Cecelia Chang,
Assistant Solicitors General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
jurisdictions as follows: Terry
Goddard of Arizona, Dustin
McDaniel of Arkansas, Richard
Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joseph R.
Biden III of Delaware, Linda
Singer of the District of Columbia, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Paul J. Morrison of Kansas, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Rob McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West
Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of
Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of
Wyoming; for AARP et al. by David C.
Frederick and Brendan J.
Crimmins; for the American Association for Justice et al. by Jeffrey Robert White and Kathleen Flynn Peterson; for the
Consumers Union of United States, Inc., by Lisa Heinzerling and Mark Savage; for the Public Health
Advocacy Institute et al. by Timothy
J. Dowling; and for Senator Edward M. Kennedy et al. by William B.
Schultz.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were
filed for the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) et al. by
Carter G. Phillips, Daniel E. Troy, Rebecca K. Wood, Eamon P. Joyce, Michael W. Davis, Paul J. Maloney, and William J. Carter; for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States of America by Alan Untereiner, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for CropLife America
et al. by Lawrence S. Ebner and
Douglas T. Nelson; for the Product
Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Robert N. Weiner; and for the Washington
Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo
and Richard A.
Samp. No. 06–1463, Argued January 14,
2008
Joseph D. Schleimer argued the
cause for petitioner. With him on
the briefs was Kenneth D.
Freundlich.
G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Rheba Rutkowski, Brian R. Hole, Collin
O’Connor Udell, and Robert M.
Dudnik.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, Robin
S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, and Linda
T. Coberly; for CTIA–The Wireless Association by Andrew J. Pincus, Evan M. Tager, David M.
Gossett, and Michael F. Altschul;
for Macy’s Group Inc. by Glen D.
Nager and C. Kevin Marshall; and
for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur.
Briefs of amici curiae urging
affirmance were filed for the Screen Actors Guild, Inc., et al. by Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Danielle S. Van Lier; and for the
* *
*
* No. 06–457,
Rowe, Attorney General of Argued
November 28, 2007
G. Steven Rowe, Attorney
General of
Beth S. Brinkmann argued the
cause for respondents. With her on
the brief were Paul T. Friedman, Ruth N. Borenstein, and Lawrence R.
Katzin.
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier
argued the cause for the
Briefs of amici curiae urging
reversal were filed for the State of California et al. by Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General
of California, Thomas J. Greene,
Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel
Mederios, Solicitor General, Dennis
Eckhart, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Laura Kaplan, Deputy Attorney General,
by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos,
Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General and other
officials for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Carl C. Danberg of Delaware, Linda Singer of the District of
Columbia, Bill McCollum of Florida,
Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Michael Plumley, Assistant Attorney
General of Kentucky, Martha Coakley
of Massachusetts, Douglas F. Gansler
of Maryland, Michael A. 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, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West
Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of
Wisconsin, and Kristie Langley,
Assistant Attorney General of Wyoming; for the National Conference of State
Legislatures et al. by Richard
Ruda, Scott L. Nelson, and Steven H. Goldblatt; and for the Tobacco
Control Legal Consortium et al. by Kathleen Hoke
Dachille.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were
filed for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. by Evan M. Tager, Robert Digges, Jr., Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; and for Federal Express
Corp. et al. by Robert K.
Spotswood, Connie Lewis Lensing,
and R. Jeffery
Kelsey.
Carter G. Phillips, Jacqueline G. Cooper, and Joanne Moak filed a brief for Wine and
Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., as amicus curiae. * * * * No. 06–1221, Sprint/United Management
Co v.
Mendelsohn Argued December 3,
2007
Paul W. Cane, Jr., argued the
cause for petitioner. With him on
the briefs were Katherine C. Huibonhoa,
Chris R. Pace, John J. Yates, and
Mark G. Arnold.
Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for the
Dennis E. Egan
argued the cause for respondent.
With him on the brief was Eric
Schnapper.
Briefs
of amici curiae urging reversal were
filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Evan M. Tager, Robin S. Conrad, and Shane Brennan; for the Employers Group
by Lee T. Paterson, Amanda C. Sommerfeld,
Gene C. Schaerr, and Linda T.
Coberly; and for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Rae T. Vann and Karen R. Harned.
A
brief of amicus curiae urging
affirmance was filed for AARP by Daniel
B. Kohrman, Thomas W. Osborne, Laurie McCann, and Melvin R.
Radowitz.
Michael B. de Leeuw, Darcy M. Goddard,
and Michael Foreman filed a brief for
the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. as amici curiae. No. 06–1322, Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki
et al. Argued November 6,
2007
Connie Lewis Lensing argued
the cause for petitioner. With her
on the briefs were R. Jeffery Kelsey,
Edward J. Efkeman, Robert K. Spotswood, Walter E. Dellinger, Pamela Harris,
and Jonathan
Hacker.
David L. Rose argued the cause
for respondents. With him on the
brief was Joshua N.
Rose.
Toby J. Heytens argued the
cause for the
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Lawrence Z. Lorber, James F. Segroves, Robin
S. Conrad, and Shane Brennan; and
for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Rae T. Vann, Laura Anne Giantris, and Karen R. Harned.
Paul W. Mollica filed a brief for
AARP et al. as amici curiae
urging affirmance. * * * * No. 06–1509, Boulware v. Argued January 8,
2008
John D. Cline argued the cause
for petitioner. With him on the
briefs was C. Kevin
Marshall.
Deanne E. Maynard argued the
cause for the
John L.
Pollok and Joshua L. Dratel filed a brief for the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae. * * * *
No. 06–1498, Warner-Lambert Co., LLC, et al. v. Kent
et al. Argued February 25,
2008
Carter G. Phillips argued the
cause for petitioners. With him on
the briefs were Daniel E. Troy, Rebecca K. Wood, Eamon P. Joyce, Quin M. Sorenson, David Klingsberg, and Steven Glickstein.
Daryl Joseffer
argued the cause for the
Allison M. Zieve argued the
cause for respondents. With her on
the brief were David R. Parker, Brian Wolfman, Scott L. Nelson, Theodore Goldberg, and
David Bennet
Rodes.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Kenneth S. Geller, David M. Gossett, Robin S. Conrad, and
Amar D. Sarwal; for the Generic
Pharmaceutical Association by Jay P.
Lefkowitz; for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America by Bert W. Rein; and for the Product
Liability Advisory Council by Robert N.
Weiner.
Briefs of amici curiae urging
affirmance were filed for the State of Kansas et al. by Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of
Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister,
Solicitor General, and Jared S. Maag,
Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
States as follows: Talis J. Colberg
of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona,
Bill McCollum of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, Michael A. 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, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West
Virginia; for AARP by David C. Vladeck
and Bruce Vignery; for the
American Association for Justice by Francine A. Hochberg and Kathleen Flynn Peterson; for the
National Conference of State Legislatures et al. by Richard Ruda and Steven H. Goldblatt; and for Public
Justice, P. C., by Leslie A.
Brueckner, David J. Arkush, and Arthur H. Bryant.
Eric G. Lasker, Daniel J. Popeo, and Richard A. Samp filed a brief for the
Washington Legal Foundation as amicus
curiae. * * * * No. 06–713,
Washington State Grange v. No. 06–730,
Washington et al. v. Argued October 1,
2007
Robert M. McKenna, Attorney
General of
John J. White, Jr.,
argued the cause for
respondents in both cases. With him
on the brief for Washington State Republican Party et al. was Kevin B. Hansen. David T. McDonald, John P. Krill, Jr.,
and Matthew J. Segal filed a brief in
both cases for respondent Washington State Democratic Central Committee. Richard Shepard filed a brief in both
cases for respondent Libertarian Party of Washington.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both
cases were filed for the California Democratic Party by Lance H. Olson, Deborah B. Caplan, and
Richard C. Miadich; and for the
Democratic National Committee by Joseph
E. Sandler.
Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney
General of * * * * No. 06–10119, Snyder v. Argued December 4,
2007
Stephen B. Bright argued the
cause for petitioner. With him on
the briefs were Jelpi P. Picou, Jr.,
and Marcia Widder.
Terry M. Boudreaux argued the
cause for respondent. With him on
the brief was Paul D. Connick,
Jr. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for the Constitution Project by Seth P.
Waxman, Brian M. Boynton, Elisabeth Semel, and Ty Alper; and for Nine Jefferson Parish
Ministers by Samuel Dalton and James E. Boren. No. 06–984, Argued October 10,
2007
Donald Francis Donovan argued
the cause for petitioner. With him
on the briefs were Carl Micarelli and
Catherine M.
Amirfar.
Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the
R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General
of
Briefs of amici curiae urging
reversal were filed for the Government of the United Mexican States by Sandra L. Babcock; for the American Bar
Association by Karen J. Mathis and Jeffrey L. Bleich; for Foreign
Sovereigns by Asim M. Bhansali, Steven A. Hirsch, Craig Smyser, and Jason Luong; for Former United States
Diplomats by Harold Hongju Koh, Donald B. Ayer, Charles R. A. Morse, and Christian G. Vergonis; and for
Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen et al. by Daniel C. Malone.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were
filed for the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. by Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General of
Virginia, William E. Thro, State
Solicitor General, Stephen R.
McCullough, Deputy State Solicitor General, and William C. Mims, Chief Deputy Attorney
General, by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos,
Attorney General of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their
respective States as follows: Troy
King of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg
of Alaska, Terry Goddard of
Arizona, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas,
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California,
John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Paul J. Morrison of Kansas, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
Henry D. McMaster of South
Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South
Dakota, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of
Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah,
and Rob McKenna of Washington; for
Constitutional and International Law Scholars by Ernest A. Young and Edward C. Dawson; for Former Senior
Officials of the Department of Justice by Charles J. Cooper and Brian Stuart Koukoutchos; for the
Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp; and for Randy and
Sandra Ertman et al. by Kent S.
Scheidegger.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the European
Union et al. by S. Adele Shank
and John B. Quigley; for EarthRights
International by Judith Brown
Chomsky; for International Court of Justice Experts by Lori Fisler Damrosch and Charles Owen Verrill, Jr.; and for the
Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry
Pendley. * * * * No. 06–989, Argued November 7,
2007
Carter G. Phillips argued the
cause for petitioner. On the briefs
were Michael T. Garone, Michael A. Cohen, Jay T. Waldron, Sara Kobak, and Virginia A. Seitz.
Beth S. Brinkmann argued the
cause for respondent. With her on
the brief were Drew S. Days III, Seth M. Galanter, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Shirley M.
Hufstedler, and Peter
Hsiao.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed
for CTIA–The Wireless Association by Evan
M. Tager, David M. Gossett, and
Michael F. Altschul; for the New
England Legal Foundation et al. by Benjamin G. Robbins and Martin J. Newhouse; and for the Pacific
Legal Foundation by Deborah J. La
Fetra and Timothy
Sandefur.
Eric P. Tuchmann, William K. Slate II, and David W. Rivkin filed a brief for the
American Arbitration Association as amicus curiae urging
affirmance.
Mark D. Beckett filed a brief
for the United States Council for International Business as amicus curiae. * * * * No. 134, Orig., Argued November 27,
2007
H. Bartow Farr III argued the
cause for plaintiff. With him on
the brief were Anne Milgram, Attorney
General of New Jersey, Rachel J.
Horowitz and Barbara L. Conklin,
Deputy Attorneys General, Gerard
Burke, Assistant Attorney General, and John R. Renella, William E. Andersen, Amy C.
Donlon, Dean Jablonski, and Eileen P.
Kelly, Deputy Attorneys General.
David C. Frederick argued the
cause for defendant. With him on
the brief were Joseph R. Biden III,
Attorney General of Delaware, Kevin P.
Maloney, Scott H. Angstreich, Scott K. Attaway, Priya R. Aiyar, Collins J.
Seitz, Jr., Matthew F. Boyer, and Max
B. Walton.
Stuart A. Raphael
and
Sona Rewari filed a brief for BP
America Inc., et al. as amici
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