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No. 05-493, Ayers, Acting Warden v. Belmontes

Argued October 3, 2006

	Mark A. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the 
cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney 
General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Donald E. de Nicola, 
Deputy State Solicitor General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney 
General, Robert R. Anderson, former Chief Assistant Attorney General, 
Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen, 
Assistant Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, 
former Supervising Deputy Attorney General.

	Eric S. Multhaup, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. ____, argued 
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief was Christopher H. Wing.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas 
et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan, First 
Assistant Attorney General, Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and 
Gena Bunn and Edward L. Marshall, Assistant Attorneys General, and by 
the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of 
Alabama, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. 
Suthers of Colorado, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of 
Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Jim Hood of Mississippi, George J. Chanos of 
Nevada, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Jim Petro of Ohio, Thomas W. 
Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Mark L. 
Shurtleff of Utah, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, and Rob McKenna of 
Washington; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. 
Scheidegger.
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No. 05-547, Lopez v. Gonzales, Attorney General

Argued October 3, 2006

	Robert A. Long, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the 
briefs was Theodore P. Metzler.

	 Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for respondent.  
With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorneys 
General Keisler and Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Patricia M. 
Millett, and Donald E. Keener.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar 
Association by Michael S. Greco and David W. DeBruin; for the Asian 
American Justice Center et al. by Jayashri Srikantiah; for the Center for 
Court Innovation et al. by Nancy Morawetz; for Former General Counsels of 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service by Neal Mollen; for Human 
Rights First by Linda T. Coberly and Gene C. Schaerr; and for the NYSDA 
Immigrant Defense Project et al. by Christopher J. Meade, Steven R. Shapiro, 
Lucas Guttentag, Marianne C. Yang, and Manuel D. Vargas.
	
	A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of 
Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor 
General, and .Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Don 
Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and Amy Warr, Assistant Solicitor 
General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: 
Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Carl C. Danberg of 
Delaware, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Phill Kline of Kansas, Kelly A. Ayotte 
of New Hampshire, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Mark L. 
Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia; and for the 
Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. 
Samp.

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No. 05-7664, Toledo-Flores v. United States

Argued October 3, 2006

	Timothy Crooks argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the 
briefs were Marjorie A. Meyers, H. Michael Sokolow, and Brent E. Newton.

	 Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United 
States.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant 
Attorneys General Keisler and Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, 
Patricia M. Millett, and Donald E. Keener.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar 
Association by Michael S. Greco and David W. DeBruin; for the Asian 
American Justice Center et al. by Jayashri Srikantiah; for Human Rights 
First by Linda T. Coberly and Gene C. Schaerr; for the National Association 
of Federal Defenders et al. by Henry J. Bemporad and Frances H. Pratt; and 
for the NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project et al. by Christopher J. Meade, 
Steven R. Shapiro, Lucas Guttentag, Marianne C. Yang, and Manuel D. 
Vargas.
	
	A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of 
Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor 
General, and Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Don 
Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and Amy Warr, Assistant Solicitor 
General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: 
Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Carl C. Danberg of 
Delaware, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Phill Kline of Kansas, Kelly A. Ayotte 
of New Hampshire, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Mark L. 
Shurtleff of Utah, and Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia.

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No. 05-785, Carey, Warden v. Musladin

Argued October 11, 2006

	Gregory A. Ott, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the 
cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney 
General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. 
Anderson, former Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior 
Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy Solicitor General, 
and Peggy S. Ruffra, Supervising Deputy Attorney General.  

	David W. Fermino, by appointment of the Court, 549 U. S. ___, argued 
the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Illinois 
et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, 
Solicitor General, Michael Scodro, Deputy Solicitor General, and Karl R. 
Triebel, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their 
respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Terry Goddard of 
Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Carl C. 
Danberg of Delaware, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of 
Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of 
Iowa, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike McGrath of Montana, Patricia A. 
Madrid of New Mexico, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of 
Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, 
Paul Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, 
Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Rob McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. 
McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Peg Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for the 
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; for the National 
Crime Victim Law Institute et al. by Douglas E. Beloof; and for the New 
Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center by Richard D. Pompelio.

	Jonathan D. Hacker and Pamela Harris filed a brief for the National 
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 05-669, BP America Production Co., Successor in Interest to Amoco 
Production Co., et al. v. Burton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and 
Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, et al.

Argued October 4, 2006

	Jeffrey A. Lamken argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the 
briefs was Steven R. Hunsicker.

	Daryl Joseffer argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief 
were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wooldridge, 
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, William B. Lazarus, Martin J. Lalonde, 
and John A. Bryson. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the 
American Petroleum Institute by Jonathan A. Hunter, Shannon S. Holtzman, 
and Harry M. Ng; and for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William 
Perry Pendley.

	Jill Elise Grant, Harry R. Sachse, Thomas H. Shipps, Patricia A. 
Madrid, Attorney General of New Mexico, Christopher D. Coppin, Martin 
Lobel, and Richard Chivaro filed a brief for the Jicarilla Apache Nation et al. 
as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 05-998, United States v. Resendiz-Ponce

Argued October 10, 2006

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United 
States.  With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant 
Attorney General Fisher, Kannon K. Shanmugam, and Nina Goodman.

	Atmore Baggot, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. ___, argued the 
cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National 
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Jeffrey T. Green and Pamela 
Harris; for the National Association of Federal Defenders by Steven F. 
Hubachek, Henry J. Bemporad, and Frances H. Pratt; and for Paul Hardy by 
Herbert V. Larson, Jr., and Denise LeBoeuf.

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No. 05-608, MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al.

Argued October 4, 2006

	John G. Kester argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs 
were Paul B. Gaffney, Janet C. Fisher, Aaron P. Maurer, Harvey Kurzweil, 
Aldo Badini, and Henry J. Ricardo. 

	Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States as amicus 
curiae urging reversal.  With her on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, 
Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, John M. 
Whealan, and Joseph G. Piccolo.

	Maureen E. Mahoney argued the cause for respondents.  With her on 
the brief for respondent Genentech, Inc., were J. Scott Ballenger, Amanda P. 
Biles, Daniel M. Wall, Mark A. Flagel, Roy E. Hofer, Meredith Martin Addy, 
John W. Keker, and Mark A. Lemley.  Paul M. Smith, William M. 
Hohengarten, Ian Heath Gershengorn, Joseph M. Lipner, Laura W. Brill, and 
Jason Linder filed a brief for respondent City of Hope.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Generic 
Pharmaceutical Association by Theodore Case Whitehouse; for Medtronic, 
Inc., by Kenneth C. Bass III and Robert G. Sterne; for the Natural Resources 
Defense Council, Inc., by Scott L. Nelson, Brian Wolfman, and Michael E. 
Wall; and for Three Intellectual Property Professors by Jay Dratler, Jr., and 
A. Samuel Oddi, both pro se.
	
	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American 
Bar Association by Michael S. Greco, Richard L. Rainey, and David H. 
Remes; for the American Intellectual Property Law Association by Edward R. 
Reines, Amber H. Rovner, and Melvin C. Garner; for the Boston Patent Law 
Association by Erik Paul Belt; for a Group of Law Professors by David Hricik, 
pro se; for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association by David F. 
Ryan and Christopher A. Hughes; for the Pharmaceutical Research and 
Manufacturers of America by Marjorie E. Powell; for Qualcomm Inc. et al. by 
E. Joshua Rosenkranz and Alan H. Blankenheimer; for the Trustees of 
Columbia University in the City of New York et al. by Jerrold J. Ganzfried, 
John F. Stanton, Teresa M. Corbin, Jennifer A. Sklenar, and Richard G. 
Taranto; for 3M et al. by Gary L. Griswold, Steven W. Miller, Q. Todd 
Dickinson, and John A. Dragseth; for John R. Allison et al. by Thomas F. 
Cotter, Mr. Allison, Christopher A. Cotropia, Thomas G. Field, Jr., and 
Michael S. Mireles, all pro se; and for Richard L. Donaldson et al. by Justin A. 
Nelson, Parker C. Folse III, Brooke A. M. Taylor, and Richard A. Epstein.

	Christine E. Lehman, James B. Monroe, and D. Brian Kacedon filed a 
brief for the Licensing Executives Society (U. S. A. & Canada), Inc., as amicus 
curiae. 

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No. 05-9222, Burton v. Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections 
Center

Argued November 7, 2006

	Jeffrey L. Fisher, by appointment of the Court, 549 U. S. ___, argued 
the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Pamela S. Karlan, Amy 
Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Brian Tsuchida, Laura E. Mate, and Thomas C. 
Goldstein.

	William Berggren Collins, Deputy Solicitor General of Washington, 
argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Rob McKenna, 
Attorney General, Carol A. Murphy, Deputy Solicitor General, and Paul 
Douglas Weisser and John J. Samson, Assistant Attorneys General.

	Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United States as amicus 
curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General 
Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General 
Dreeben, and Joel M. Gershowitz.

	Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Pamela Harris, and Suzanne Elliott filed a 
brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici 
curiae urging reversal.

	A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of 
Indiana et al. by Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. 
Fisher, Solicitor General, and Stephen R. Creason, and by the Attorneys 
General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, 
Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of 
Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Michael A. Cox 
of Michigan, Mike McGrath of Montana, George J. Chanos of Nevada, Jim 
Petro of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, 
Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, Robert F. 
McDonnell of Virginia, William Sorrell of Vermont, and Patrick J. Crank of 
Wyoming.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Criminal Justice Legal 
Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; and for the Law Offices of Robert A. 
Ratliff by Mr. Ratliff, pro se.

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No. 05-746, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell

Argued October 10, 2006

	Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the 
briefs were Stephen B. Kinnaird, Eric A. Shumsky, Laura D. Hunt, James W. 
Erwin, and David Dick.

	Mary L. Perry argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief 
were Jerome J. Schlichter, Roger C. Denton, and Kathleen M. Sullivan.

	Daniel Saphire filed a brief for the Association of American Railroads 
as amicus curiae urging reversal; Frank S. Ravitch and Brent O. Hatch filed 
a brief for the American Train Dispatchers Association et al. as amici curiae. 

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No.05-1629, Gonzales, Attorney General v. Duenas-Alvarez

Argued December 5, 2006

	Dan Himmelfarb argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the 
briefs were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, 
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Donald E. Keener.

	Christopher J. Meade argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent. 
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the California Public 
Defenders Association by Jeremy Maltby; and for the National Immigration 
Project of the National Lawyers Guild by Charles A. Rothfeld, Andrew J. 
Pincus, and Giovanna Shay.
	
	Meir Feder and Samuel Estreicher filed a brief for Professors of 
Criminal Law as amici curiae.

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No. 05-7058, Jones v. Bock, Warden, et al.; and
No. 05-7142, Williams v. Overton et al.; and Walton v. Bouchard et al.

Argued October 30, 2006

	Jean-Claude Andr‚, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. ____ , 
argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners in all cases under this Court's 
Rule 12.4. 

	 Linda M. Olivieri, Assistant Attorney General of Michigan, argued the 
cause for respondents in all cases.  With her on the brief were Michael A. Cox, 
Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and John L. Thurber, 
Assistant Attorney General.

	A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the American Civil 
Liberties Union et al. by Margaret Winter, Elizabeth Alexander, Steven R. 
Shapiro, Michael J. Steinberg, Kary L. Moss, John Boston, Giovanna Shay, 
Jerome N. Frank, Paul D. Reingold, Stephen Hanlon, Sandra Girard, and 
David A. Singleton.

	A brief of amici curiae was filed for the State of New York et al. by 
Eliot Spitzer, former Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, 
Solicitor General, Daniel Smirlock, Deputy Solicitor General, Peter H. Schiff, 
Senior Counsel, and Robert M. Goldfarb and Martin A. Hotvet, Assistant 
Solicitors General, and by the Attorneys General and former Attorneys 
General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, 
David M rquez of Alaska, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of California, 
John W. Suthers of Colorado, Carl C. Danberg 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, 
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, 
Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, George J. Chanos of 
Nevada, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew 
Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of 
Pennsylvania, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry 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, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West 
Virginia, Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of 
Wyoming.

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No. 05-593, Osborn v. Haley et al.

Argued October 30, 2006

	Eric Grant argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was 
Andrea M. Miller.

	Douglas Hallward-Driemeier argued the cause for respondents.  With 
him on the brief for the federal respondent were Solicitor General Clement, 
Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, 
Barbara L. Herwig, and Mark W. Pennak.   C. Thomas Miller, J. Duncan 
Pitchford, and Richard C. Roberts filed a brief for respondents Gaye Verdi, 
fka Gaye Luber, et al.

	A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of 
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Manuel 
Medeiros, State Solicitor General, and Marc A. Le Forestier, Deputy Attorney 
General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: 
Tom Miller of Iowa, Jim Hood of Mississippi, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of 
West Virginia.

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No. 05-6551, Cunningham v. California

Argued October 11, 2006

	Peter Gold, by appointment of the Court, 547 U. S. ___, argued the 
cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

	Jeffrey M. Laurence, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued 
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Bill Lockyer, Attorney 
General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. 
Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy 
Solicitor General, and Stan Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General.

	Jeffrey L. Fisher, Pamela S. Karlan, Thomas C. Goldstein, Amy Howe, 
and Kevin K. Russell filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal 
Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging reversal.

	A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of 
Hawaii et al. by Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of Hawaii, Dorothy D. 
Sellers and Kimberly A. Tsumoto, Deputy Attorneys General, and Dan 
Schweitzer, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as 
follows: Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Lisa Madigan 
of Illinois, Mike McGrath of Montana, George J. Chanos of Nevada, Hardy 
Myers of Oregon, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah.

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