No. 03–1238, IBP, Inc.  v. Alvarez, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, et al.; and

No. 04–66, Tum et al. v. Barber Foods, Inc., dba Barber Foods

 

Argued October 3, 2005

 

            Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioner in No. 03–1238 and for respondent in No. 04–66.  With him on the briefs in No. 03–1238 were Joseph R. Guerra, Rebecca K. Wood, Michael J. Mueller, and Joel M. Cohn. On the brief in No. 04–66 was Graydon G. Stevens.

 

             Thomas C. Goldstein argued the cause for petitioners in No. 04–66 and for respondents in No. 03–1238. With him on the briefs in No. 04–66 were Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Pamela S. Karlan, Timothy B. Fleming, Lori B. Kisch, and William C. Nugent.            On the brief in No. 03–1238 were David N. Mark, William Rutzick, and Kathryn Goater. 

 

            Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae supporting respondents in No. 03–1238 and petitioners in No. 04–66.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Howard M. Radzely, Allen H. Feldman, Steven J. Mandel, and Michael P. Doyle.

 

            A brief of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 04–66 was filed for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. by Sandra Thourot Krider, Marissa M. Tirona, Patricia A. Shiu, and Catherine K. Ruckelshaus.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 03–1238 and affirmance in No. 04–66 were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of

America et al. by Samuel Estreicher, Meir Feder, Robin S. Conrad, Robert Costagliola, and Quentin Riegel; and for the National Chicken Council et al. by David R. Wylie and D. Christopher Lauderdale.

 

            Jonathan P. Hiatt, James B. Coppess, and Laurence Gold filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae urging reversal in No. 04–66 and affirmance in No. 03–1238.

 

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No. 04–759, United States v. Olson et al.

 

Argued October 12, 2005

 

            Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States.  With her on the briefs were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Mark B. Stern, and Dana J. Martin.

 

            Thomas G. Cotter argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

 

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No. 04–698, Schaffer, a Minor, By His Parents and Next Friends, Schaffer et ux., et al. v. Weast, Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, et al.

 

Argued October 5, 2005

 

            William H. Hurd argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Siran S. Faulders, Michael J. Eig, and Haylie M. Iseman.

 

            Gregory G. Garre argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Maree F. Sneed, Jonathan S. Franklin, Zvi Greismann, Judith S. Bresler, Eric C. Brousaides, and Jeffrey A. Krew.

 

            David B. Salmons argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Acting Assistant Attorney General Schlozman, Marleigh D. Dover, Stephanie R. Marcus, and Kent D. Talbert.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. by Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General of Virginia, William E. Thro, State Solicitor General, Eric A. Gregory and Joel C. Hoppe, Associate State Solicitors General, and Maureen Riley Matsen, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Phill Kline of Kansas, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Patricia Lynch of Rhode Island, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for The ARC of the United States et al. by Drew S. Days III, Seth M. Galanter, and Linda A. Arnsbarger; for the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates et al. by Ankur J. Goel and M. Miller Baker; and for Various Autism Organizations by Gregory A. Castanias, Thomas F. Urban II, and Beth T. Sigall.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Hawaii et al. by Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of Hawaii, and Girard D. Lau, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: David W. Márquez of Alaska, Douglas B. Moylan of Guam, and W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma; for the Council of the Great City Schools et al. by Julie Wright Halbert and Pamela Harris; for the National School Boards Association by Leslie Robert Stellman, Rochelle S. Eisenberg, Lisa Y. Settles, Julie Underwood, Naomi Gittins, and Thomas Hutton; and for the Virginia School Boards Association et al. by Joseph Thomas Tokarz II and Kathleen Shepherd Mehfoud.

 

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No. 04–373, Maryland v. Blake

 

Argued November 1, 2005

 

            Kathryn Grill Graeff, Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, argued

the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were J. Joseph Curran, Jr.,

Attorney General, and Annabelle L. Lisic and Diane E. Keller, Assistant

Attorneys General.

 

            James A. Feldman argued the cause for the United States as amicus

curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General

Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Richter, Deputy Solicitor General

Dreeben, John P. Elwood, and Joel M. Gershowitz.

 

            Kenneth W. Ravenell argued the cause for respondent. With him on

the brief were Ivan J. Bates, Matthew A. S. Esworthy, and Jeffrey T. Green.

 

             Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and Gena Bunn, Edward L. Marshall, and Fredericka Sargent, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Michael A. Cox of Michigan,  Jim Petro of Ohio, 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, 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.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by James J. Tomkovicz and Joshua L. Dratel; and for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association by Steven B. Duke.

 

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No. 04–712, Lincoln Property Co. et al. v. Roche et ux.

 

Argued October 11, 2005

 

            David C. Frederick argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Scott K. Attaway, Connie N. Bertram, Richard A. Dean, and Carol T. Stone.

 

            Gregory P. Joseph argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Sandra M. Lipsman and Douglas J. Pepe.

 

             Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Real Estate Roundtable et al. by Gregory G. Garre; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.

 

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No. 04–631, Wagnon, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

 

Argued October 3, 2005

 

            Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioner.  On the briefs were Phillip Kline, Attorney General of Kansas, and John Michael Hale, Special Assistant Attorney General. 

 

            Ian Heath Gershengorn argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief was David Prager III.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Johnson, Jeffrey P. Minear, M. Alice Thurston, and David C. Shilton.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of South Dakota et al. by Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General of South Dakota, and John P. Guhin, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: David W. Márquez of Alaska, Bill Lockyer of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jeremiah W. Nixon of Missouri, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Mark Shurtleff of Utah, and Pat Crank of Wyoming; for the Multistate Tax Commission by Frank D. Katz; and for the National Association of Convenience Stores et al. by William Perry Pendley and J. Scott Detamore.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Hoopa Valley Tribe et al. by Thomas P. Schlosser and Rob Roy Smith; for the Inter-Tribal Transportation Association by Geoffrey D. Strommer, F. Michael Willis, and Charles A. Hobbs; for the National Intertribal Tax Alliance et al. by Richard A. Guest, Marcelino Gomez, Thomas Van Norman, Paul W. Shagen, Marjorie B. Gell, Gary S. Pitchlynn, and O. Joseph Williams; for NCAI et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, Reid Peyton Chambers, and Riyaz A. Kanji; and for the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska et al. by Thomas Weathers.

 

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No. 04–1140, Martin et ux. v. Franklin Capital Corp. et al.

 

Argued November 8, 2005

 

            Sam Heldman argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Hilary E. Ball, Michael P. Malakoff, and James M. Pietz.

 

            Jan T. Chilton argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief was Ronald J. Segel.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the United States by Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, James A. Feldman, Michael Jay Singer, and Michael E. Robinson; and for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Robert N. Weiner and Robert D. Rosenbaum.

 

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No. 04–881, Lockhart v. United States et al.

 

Argued November 2, 2005

 

            Brian Wolfman argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Scott L. Nelson.

 

            Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for the United States.  With her on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Barbara C. Biddle, Kent D. Talbert, and Arnold I. Havens.

 

            Stuart Rossman filed a brief for the National Consumer Law Center et al. as amicus curiae urging reversal.

 

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No. 04–1203, United States v. Georgia et al.; and

No. 04–1236, Goodman v. Georgia et al.

 

Argued November 9, 2005

 

            Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States in No. 04–1203. With him on the brief were Acting Assistant Attorney General Schlozman, Patricia A. Millett, David K. Flynn, and Sarah E. Harrington.

 

            Samuel R. Bagenstos argued the cause for petitioner in No. 04–1236.  With him on the briefs were Drew S. Days III, Beth S. Brinkmann, and Seth M. Galanter.

 

            Gregory A. Castanias argued the cause for respondents in both cases.  With him on the brief were Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, John C. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David E. Langford, Assistant Attorney General. 

 

            Gene C. Schaerr argued the cause and filed a brief for the State of Tennessee et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases.  With him on the brief were Paul G. Summers, Attorney General of Tennessee, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Linda T. Coberly, E. King Poor, Roberto J. Sánchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, John W. Suthers of Colorado, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Mike Cox of Michigan, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for ADAPT et al. by Paul M. Smith, Mark R. Heilbrun, Stephen F. Gold, Elizabeth Alexander, David C. Fathi, Richard Taranto, Gerald Weber, Catherine Hanssens, Steve Banks, John Boston, Rhonda Brownstein, and Leonard Zandrow; for the American Association on Mental Retardation et al. by James W. Ellis, Michael B. Browde, and April Land; for the American Bar Association by Robert J. Grey, Jr.; for former President George H. W. Bush by C. Boyden Gray and A. Stephen Hut, Jr.; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Charles Lester, Jr., Barbara R. Arnwine, Michael L. Foreman, Ossai Miazad, Vincent A. Eng, Elliot M. Mincberg, and Angela Ciccolo; for the National Disability Rights Network by Kathleen Behan and Joan A. Magagna; for Paralyzed Veterans of America et al. by Jerrold J. Ganzfried and Elizabeth B. McCallum; and for Dick Thornburgh et al. by Charles D. Siegal, Bradley S. Phillips, Daniel P. Collins, Peter Blanck, Arlene Mayerson, and Eve Hill.

 

 

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No. 04–905, Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc.

 

Argued October 31, 2005

 

            Roy T. Englert, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Donald J. Russell, Max Huffman, and David L. Williams.

 

            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 Pate, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Delrahim, Jonathan L. Marcus, Catherine G. O’Sullivan, and David Seidman.

 

            Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the briefs were Richard D. Bernstein, Stephen B. Kinnaird, and Joe D. Byars, Jr.

 

      Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Petroleum Institute by Carolyn F. Corwin, Harry M. Ng, and Douglas W. Morris; for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association by Clark R. Silcox; for the Truck Manufacturers Association et al. by G. Michael Halfenger; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and David Price.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Automobile Dealers Association by Paul R. Norman and Catherine Cetrangolo; and for the North American Equipment Dealers Association et al. by Wayne A. Mack.

 

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No. 04–721, Evans, Acting Warden v. Chavis

 

Argued November 9, 2005

 

            Catherine Baker Chatman, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Janet E. Neeley, Stan Cross, and Julie A. Hokans, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General.

 

            Peter K. Stris, by appointment of the Court, 545 U. S. 1126, argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Jason H. Wilson, Paul J. Loh, and Shaun P. Martin.

 

            Jeffrey L. Fisher and Russell D. Covey filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

 

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No. 04–980, Brown, Warden v. Sanders

 

Argued October 11, 2005

 

            Jane N. Kirkland, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General.

 

            Nina Rivkind, by appointment of the Court, 544 U. S. 1017, argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Cliff Gardner and Eric E. Jorstad.

 

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