No. 06–637, Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. Tom F., on Behalf of Gilbert F., a Minor Child

 

Argued October 1, 2007

 

            Leonard J. Koerner argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Edward F. X. Hart, and Drake A. Colley.

 

             Paul G. Gardephe argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Carrie A. Syme and Alexis Gander Deise.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Kim, Jonathan L. Marcus, Diana K. Flynn, Lisa J. Stark, and Kent D. Talbert.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Council of the Great City Schools et al. by Julie Wright Halbert and Pammela Quinn; for the National School Boards Association et al. by Maree F. Sneed, John W. Borkowski, Audrey J. Anderson, Catherine E. Stetson, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., and Naomi Gittins; for the New York State School Boards Association by Jay Worona and Pilar Sokol; and for the U. S. Conference of Mayors et al. by Richard Ruda and Donald B. Ayer.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Agudath Israel of America by David Zwiebel; for Autism Speaks by Robert H. Pees and Gary S. Mayerson; for the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates et al. by Ankur J. Goel; for the International Dyslexia Association, Inc., et al. by Paul M. Smith; and for the National Disability Rights Network et al. by Beth S. Brinkmann, Seth M. Galanter, and Linda A. Arnsbarger.

 

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No. 06–1287, CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Georgia State Board of Equalization et al.

 

Argued November 5, 2007

 

            Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Stephen B. Kinnaird, Ileana M. Ciobanu, Matthew J. Warren, James W. McBride, Ellen M. Fitzsimmons, David J. Bowling, and Peter J. Shudtz.

 

            Douglas Hallward-Driemeier argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Robert D. Kamenshine, and Ellen D. Hanson.

 

            Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, R. O. Lerer, Deputy Attorney General, Peter J. Crossett, and John D. Cook.

 

 

 

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Association of American Railroads by Betty Jo Christian, Timothy M. Walsh, and Michael A. Vatis; for the Council on State Taxation by Stephen P. Kranz and Douglas L. Lindholm; and for the Tax Foundation by Brian E. Bailey.

 

            Sheldon H. Laskin filed a brief for the Multistate Tax Commission as amicus curiae.

 

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No. 06–6911, Logan v. United States

 

Argued October 30, 2007

 

            Richard A. Coad argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Brian T. Fahl and Jeffrey T. Green.

 

            Daryl Joseffer argued the cause for the United States.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Joel M. Gershowitz.

 

 

                Stephen P. Halbrook filed a brief for the National Rifle Association of America, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

 

            Elliot H. Scherker, Julissa Rodriguez, Peter Goldberger, Mary Price, and Barbara E. Bergman filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae.

 

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No. 06–7949, Gall v. United States

 

Argued October 2, 2007

 

            Jeffrey T. Green, by appointment of the Court, 551 U. S. ___, argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Quin M. Sorenson, Michael Dwyer, David Hemingway, Marc Milavitz, Jeffrey L. Fisher, and Sarah O’Rourke Schrup.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Matthew D. Roberts, Nina Goodman, and Jeffrey P. Singdahlsen.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Families Against Mandatory Minimums by Gregory L. Poe and Mary Price; for Federal Public and Community Defenders et al. by Amy Baron-Evans, Sara E. Noonan, Jennifer Niles Coffin, Carlos A. Williams, Paul M. Rashkind, Daniel L. Kaplan, David Lewis, Timothy Crooks, and Kristen Gartman Rogers; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Miguel A. Estrada, David Debold, and Peter Goldberger; and for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Paul D. Kamenar.

 

            Alexandra A. E. Shapiro and Douglas A. Berman filed a brief for the New York Council of Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae.

 

No. 06–571, Watson v. United States

 

Argued October 9, 2007

 

            Karl J. Koch argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Mark T. Stancil, David T. Goldberg, and Daniel R. Ortiz.

 

            Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States.  With her on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and William C. Brown.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Gun Owners Foundation et al. by William J. Olson, Herbert W. Titus, John S. Miles, and Jeremiah L. Morgan; and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Jeffrey T. Green, Sarah O’Rourke Schrup, and Pamela Harris.

 

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No. 06–6330, Kimbrough v. United States

 

Argued October 2, 2007

 

            Michael S. Nachmanoff argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Frances H. Pratt, Geremy C. Kamens, and Kenneth P. Troccoli.

 

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

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union by Adam B. Wolf, Graham A. Boyd, and Steven R. Shapiro; for Federal Public and Community Defenders et al. by Mark Osler, Carlos A. Williams, Henry J. Bemporad, Brett G. Sweitzer, and David L. McColgin; for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., by Ian Heath Gershengorn, Theodore M. Shaw, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Christina Swarns, and Johanna Steinberg; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Miguel A. Estrada, David Debold, and Peter Goldberger; and for the Sentencing Project et al. by Matthew M. Shors and Pammela Quinn.

 

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No. 06–1164, John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States

 

Argued November 6, 2007

 

            Jeffrey K. Haynes argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Keith C. Jablonski and Gregory C. Sisk.

 

            Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for the United States.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Tenpas, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Aaron P. Avila.

 

                        Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the National Association of Home Builders by Duane J. Desiderio and Thomas J. Ward; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Diana M. Kirchheim and James S. Burling.

 

            Thomas C. Goldstein, Patricia A. Millett, Robert Huffman, and Steven C. Nadeau filed a brief for the Metamora Group as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

 

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No. 06–43, Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., et al.

 

Argued October 9, 2007

 

            Stanley M. Grossman argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Marc I. Gross and Joshua B. Silverman.

 

            Stephen M. Shapiro argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Andrew J. Pincus, Timothy S. Bishop, John P. Schmitz, Charles Rothfeld, J. Brett Busby, Oscar N. Persons, Susan E. Hurd, Stephen M. Sacks, and John C. Massaro.

 

            Deputy Solicitor General Hungar argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement and Kannon K. Shanmugam.

 

             Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Arkansas et al. by Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General  of Arkansas, and Stanley D. Bernstein, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Stuart Rabner of New Jersey, and Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island; for the State of Ohio et al. by Marc Dann, Attorney General of Ohio, Elise W. Porter, Acting Solicitor General, Christopher R. Geidner and Robert J. Krummen, Deputy Solicitors, Beth A. Finnerty, Randall W. Knutti, and Andrea L. Seidt, Assistant Attorneys General, by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, and David C. Mattax, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Linda Singer of the District of Columbia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Michael A. Fox 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, Gary King of New Mexico, Andrew Cuomo of New York, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos of Puerto Rico, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin; for AARP et al. by Deborah Zuckerman, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Robert J. Cynkar, Michael G. Lenett, and Matthew Wiener; for the American Association for Justice by Louis M. Bograd; for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System by Steven N. Williams and Joseph W. Cotchett; for Change to Win et al. by Patrick J. Szymanski; for Former SEC Commissioners by Arthur R. Miller and Meyer Eisenberg; for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association et al. by Stuart M. Grant, David L. Muir, and Peter H. Mixon, by Mr. Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, and by Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York; for the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System et al. by Max W. Berger; for the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., by Alfred E. T. Rusch; for the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., et al. by James Segel and Lawranne Stewart; and for James D. Cox et al. by Jill E. Fisch, pro se.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Bankers Association et al. by H. Rodgin Cohen, David H. Braff, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Marc De Leeuw, Jeffrey T. Scott, and Steven J. Purcell; for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants by Lawrence S. Robbins, Gary A. Orseck, Kathryn S. Zecca, and Richard I. Miller; for the American Insurance Association et al. by John E. McKeever; for the Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society, Inc., by John K. Villa, Richard A. Olderman, and Mark D. Nozette; for the Business Roundtable by Seth P. Waxman, Louis R. Cohen, Stuart F. Delery, Robert B. McCaw, and Christopher J. Meade; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Carter G. Phillips, Richard D. Bernstein, Daniel A. McLaughlin, Robert N. Hochman, Jacqueline G. Cooper, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the Defense Research Institute by Jerrold J. Ganzfried and Fiona A. Philip; for Former SEC Commissioners and Officials et al. by Mark A. Perry and Amanda M. Rose; for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., by Dick Thornburgh, Paul Gonson, and Glenn R. Reichardt; for the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., et al. by Kathleen M. Sullivan, Daniel H. Bromberg, and Elizabeth B. Wydra; for the National Association of Manufacturers by George M. Newcombe, Michael J. Chepiga, Jan S. Amundson, and Quentin Riegel; for the Organization for International Investment et al. by Stuart J. Baskin and Herbert S. Washer; for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association et al. by Walter Dellinger, Jonathan Rosenberg, William J. Sushon, B. Andrew Bednark, and Kevin M. Carroll; for the Washington Legal Foundation by Kenneth W. Starr, Robert R. Gasaway, Ashley C. Parrish, Daniel J. Popeo, and Richard A. Samp; and for Richard I. Beattie et al. by Richard W. Clary.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Council of Institutional Investors by Mark C. Hansen and Priya R. Aiyar; for Regents of the University of California by William S. Lerach, Patrick J. Coughlin, Byron S. Georgiou, Eric Alan Isaacson, and Joseph D. Daley; and for Charles W. Adams et al. by Mr. Adams and William von Glahn, both pro se.

 

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No. 06–1286, Knight, Trustee of the William L. Rudkin Testamentary Trust v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

 

Argued November 27, 2007

 

            Peter J. Rubin argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Cornelia T. L. Pillard, Walter Dellinger, Carol A. Cantrell, Michael D. Martin, and Jonathan S. Massey.

 

            Eric D. Miller argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Morrison, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Rothenberg, Anthony T. Sheehan, and Donald L. Korb.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Bankers Association et al. by Gregory F. Taylor and Lisa Bleier; and for the Tax Section of The Florida Bar by Angela C. Vigil, Jonathan Blattmachr, and David Pratt.

 

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No. 06–766, New York State Board of Elections et al. v. Lopez Torres et al.

 

Argued October 3, 2007

 

            Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioners New York State Board of Elections et al.  With him on the briefs were Matthew D. McGill, Michael S. Diamant, Todd D. Valentine, Randy M. Mastro, and Jennifer L. Conn.  Andrew J. Rossman argued the cause for petitioners New York County Democratic Committee et al.  With him on the briefs were Steven M. Pesner, James P. Chou, James E. d’Auguste, Vincenzo A. DeLeo, Edward P. Lazarus, Carter G. Phillips, Thomas C. Goldstein, Joseph L. Forstadt, Ernst H. Rosenberger, Burton N. Lipshie, David A. Sifre, and Arthur W. Greig.  Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Benjamin N. Gutman, Deputy Solicitor General, and Denise A. Hartman, Assistant Solicitor General, filed briefs for petitioner the State of New York.

 

            Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Burt Neuborne, Deborah Goldberg, Kent A. Yalowitz, and Paul M. Smith.

 

                Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Asian American Bar Association of New York by Steven B. Shapiro and Vincent T. Chang; for the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NAACP et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen N. Johnson, Linda T. Coberly, and Michael J. Friedman; and for the Republican National Committee by H. Christopher Bartolomucci.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the City of New York et al. by Preeta D. Bansal, Barry Kamins, Michael A. Cardozo, Victor A. Kovner, and Kathryn Grant Madigan; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Arthur N. Eisenberg and Steven R. Shapiro; for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund et al. by Mariann Meier Wang; for the Cato Institute et al. by Erik S. Jaffe; for Guy-Uriel E. Charles et al. by Ellen D. Katz, pro se; for the New York County Lawyers’ Association by Stephanie G. Wheeler and Bradley P. Smith; for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp; for John Dunne by Andrew H. Schapiro; for Charles J. Hynes by Paul A. Engelmayer; for Edward I. Koch by Mr. Koch, pro se, and Bruce S. Kaplan; for Thomas Mann et al. by Daniel R. Ortiz, J. Gerald Hebert, and Paul S. Ryan; and for Former New York State Judges et al. by Holly K. Kulka and Jonathan R. Dowell.

 

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No. 06–9130, Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons et al.

 

Argued October 29, 2007

 

            Jean-Claude André, by appointment of the Court, 551 U. S. ___, argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Michael G. Smith, Peter K. Stris, Shaun P. Martin, and Brendan Maher.

 

            Kannon K. Shanmugam argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Mark B. Stern.