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 United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Jonathan L. Snare, and Elizabeth Hopkins.

 

            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.

 

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No. 06–8273, Danforth v. Minnesota

 

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 Alaska, and Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of Alaska et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

 

            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.

 

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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 United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Daryl Joseffer, Douglas N. Letter, Sharon Swingle, and Daniel Meron.

 

          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, Preston v. Ferrer

 

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 William Morris Agency by David J. Bederman.

 

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No. 06–457, Rowe, Attorney General of Maine v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn. et al.

Argued November 28, 2007

 

            G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General of Maine, petitioner, argued the cause pro se.  With him on the briefs were Paul Stern, Deputy Attorney General, and Melissa Reynolds O’Dea, Christopher C. Taub, and Peter B. LaFond, Assistant Attorneys General.

 

            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 United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Mark B. Stern, Christine N. Kohl, Paul M. Geier, and Dale C. Andrews.

 

               

            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.

 

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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 United States as amicus curiae.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Irving L. Gornstein, and Ronald S. Cooper.

 

            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 United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Garre, Acting Assistant Attorney General Comisac, Dennis J. Dimsey, Lisa J. Stark, Ronald S. Cooper, and Anne Noel Occhialino.

 

                        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.

 

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No. 06–1509, Boulware v. United States

 

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 United States.  With her on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Morrison, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Alan Hechtkopf, Karen Quesnel, and S. Robert Lyons.

 

                John L. Pollok and Joshua L. Dratel filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae.

 

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            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 United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Bucholtz, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Douglas N. Letter, Daniel Meron, Gerald F. Masoudi, and Eric M. Blumberg.

 

            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.

 

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No. 06–713, Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party et al.; and

No. 06–730, Washington et al. v. Washington State Republican Party et al.

 

Argued October 1, 2007

 

            Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General of Washington, argued the cause for petitioners in both cases.  With him on the briefs in No. 06–730 were Maureen Hart, Solicitor General, and James Kendrick Pharris, William Berggren Collins, and Jeffrey Todd Even, Deputy Solicitors General.  Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne filed briefs for petitioner in No. 06–713.

 

             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 Louisiana, and William P. Bryan III filed a brief in both cases for the State of Louisiana as amicus curiae.

 

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No. 06–10119, Snyder v. Louisiana

 

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, Medellin v. Texas

 

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 United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Irving L. Gornstein, and Robert J. Erickson.

 

            R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. R. Nichols, Deputy Attorney General, Sean D. Jordan, Deputy Solicitor General, and Kristofer S. Monson, Daniel L. Geyser, and Adam W. Aston, Assistant Solicitors General.

           

            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.

 

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No. 06–989, Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc.

 

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.

 

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No. 134, Orig., New Jersey v. Delaware

 

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 curiae.