| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 13 2003 |
Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2003) |
| Mar 10 2003 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 14, 2003. |
| Apr 11 2003 |
Brief of respondent R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company in opposition filed. |
| Apr 22 2003 |
Reply of petitioners Jones, Edith, et al., on Behalf of herself and a Class of Others Similarly Situated filed. |
| May 19 2003 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 18 2003 |
Extension of time within which to file petitioners' brief on the merits to and including August 4, 2003. |
| Jul 14 2003 |
Extension of time for filing respondent's brief on the merits to and including September 18, 2003. |
| Jul 31 2003 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Jul 31 2003 |
Brief of petitioners Edith Jones, et al., on behalf of herself and a Class of Others Similarly Situated filed. |
| Aug 4 2003 |
Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Committee for Civil rights Under Law, et al. filed. |
| Aug 4 2003 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 5 2003 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 10 2003 |
Further extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including October 2, 2003. |
| Sep 17 2003 |
Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Oct 2 2003 |
Brief of respondent R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company filed. |
| Oct 2 2003 |
Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
| Oct 6 2003 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 26 2003 |
Motion for leave to allow Alabama to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by respondent and Alabama. |
| Oct 31 2003 |
Reply of petitioners Edith Jones, et al. filed. |
| Nov 17 2003 |
Motion for leave to allow Alabama to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Dec 10 2003 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday February 24, 2004. |
| Dec 12 2003 |
Record received from the U.S.C.A for the 7th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| Dec 17 2003 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 27 2004 |
Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Illinois. (2 boxes) |
| Feb 24 2004 |
Argued. For petitioners: H. Candace Gorman, Chicago, ILL.; and on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, Gregory G. Garre, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D.C.; and Kevin C. Newsom, Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. (for Alabama, et al., as amici curiae.) |
| May 3 2004 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 4 2004 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |