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No. 03-932, Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Broudo et al.

Argued January 12, 2005

	William F. Sullivan argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the
briefs were Christopher H. McGrath and Tracey L. DeLange.

	Deputy Solicitor General Hungar argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor
General Clement, Dan Himmelfarb, Jacob H. Stillman, Eric Summergrad, and
Allan A. Capute.

	Patrick J. Coughlin argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Sanford Svetcov, Eric Alan Isaacson, Joseph D. Daley, Alan
Schulman, Myron Moskovitz, Daniel S. Sommers, and Paul R. Hoeber.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants by Lawrence S. Robbins, Kathryn S.
Zecca, and Richard I. Miller; for Broadcom Corp. by Kenneth R. Heitz, David
Siegel, and Richard H. Zelichov; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States by Neil M. Gorsuch and Robin S. Conrad; for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,
by Stephen M. Shapiro, Timothy S. Bishop, Andrew L. Frey, and Kenneth S.
Geller; for the Securities Industry Association et al. by Carter G. Phillips,
Richard D. Bernstein, and Jacqueline G. Cooper; for Technology Network by
John R. Reese and Dale E. Barnes, Jr.; and for the Washington Legal
Foundation by Michael L. Kichline, David A. Kotler, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul
D. Kamenar.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the New Jersey
Dept. of Treasury et al. by Melvyn I. Weiss; for the City of New York Pension
Funds et al. by Jay W. Eisenhofer, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Leonard J. Koerner, Peter
H. Mixon, David L. Muir, and Christopher W. Waddell; for the National
Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys et al. by Kevin P. Roddy,
Deborah M. Zuckerman, and Michael Schuster; for the North American
Securities Administrators Association, Inc., by Mark J. Davis; for the Regents
of the University of California by James E. Holst and Christopher M. Patti; and
for James J. Hayes by Edward M. Selfe.

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No. 03-725, Pasquantino et al. v. United States

Argued November 9, 2004

	Laura W. Brill argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the briefs
were Bruce R. Bryan and Jensen E. Barber.

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States.
With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney
General Wray, Irving L. Gornstein, and Kirby A. Heller.

	Joshua L. Dratel, Quentin Riegel, and Jeremy Maltby filed a brief for the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae urging
reversal.

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No. 03-750, Small v. United States

Argued November 3, 2004

	Paul D. Boas argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was
Stephen P. Halbrook.

	Patricia A. Millett argued the cause for the United States.  With her on
the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General
Wray, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and John A. Drennan.

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No. 03-9627, Pace v. DiGuglielmo, Superintendent, State Correctional
Institution at Graterford, et al.

Argued February 28, 2005

	David W. Wycoff argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Billy H. Nolas and Maureen Kearney Rowley.

	Ronald Eisenberg argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Thomas W. Dolgenos, John W. Goldsborough, Arnold H. Gordon, and
Lynne Abraham.

	Peter Goldberger, David Richman, Joseph Farber, and David M. Porter
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
Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and Stephanie N.
Morman, Deputy Solicitor General, by John W. Suthers, Interim Attorney
General of Colorado, and Christopher L. Morano, Chief State's Attorney of
Connecticut, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as
follows: Mike Beebe of Arkansas, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Thurbert E. Baker
of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa
Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Phill
Kline of Kansas, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland,
Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike
McGrath of Montana, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma,
Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Jerry W. Kilgore of Virginia, Rob
McKenna of Washington, and Patrick J. Crank  of Wyoming.


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No. 03-388, Bates et al. v. Dow Agrosciences LLC

Argued January 10, 2005

	David C. Frederick argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the
briefs were Scott K. Attaway and Kimberly S. Keller.

	Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were David W. Ogden, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Dean T. Barnhard, and Joseph R.
Alberts.

	Lisa S. Blatt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae
urging affirmance.  On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Sansonetti, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Clark, Jeffrey P. Minear, James C.
Kilbourne, and Kenneth Von Schaumburg.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas
et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General,
Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, Edward D. Burbach, Deputy
Attorney General, and Sean D. Jordan, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama,
Bill Lockyer of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Lisa Madigan of
Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike
Hatch of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of
Montana, Eliot Spitzer of New York, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson
of Oklahoma, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Jerry
W. Kilgore of Virginia, and Christine O. Gregoire of Washington; for the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America by R. C. Westmoreland and Todd A.
Smith; for the Natural Resources Defense Council et al. by Patti Goldman,
Grant Cope, Brian Wolfman, and Leslie Brueckner; for the Western Peanut
Growers Association et al. by Sean H. Donahue and David T. Goldberg; and for
Herbert Samuel Harrison by Mikal C. Watts.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Chemistry Council by Richard O. Faulk; for BASF Corp. by Bruce Jones; for the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States by Alan Untereiner and Robin S.
Conrad; for Croplife America et al. by Lawrence S. Ebner and Douglas T.
Nelson; for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. et al. by Viet D. Dinh; for the
Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Kenneth S. Geller and Miriam R.
Nemetz; for the Texas Chemical Council by William Powers, Jr., David M.
Gunn, and Russell S. Post; for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J.
Popeo; and for Edwin L. Johnson by David E. Menotti.

	James L. Moore, Glen Shu, Matthew W. Caligur, and Patrick Lysaught
filed a brief for the Defense Research Institute as amicus curiae.


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No. 03-1116, Granholm, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Heald et al.
No. 03-1120, Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. v. Heald et al.; and
No. 03-1274, Swedenburg et al. v. Kelly, Chairman, New York Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, State Liquor Authority, et al.

Argued December 7, 2004

	Clint Bolick argued the cause for petitioners in No. 03-1274.  With him
on the briefs were William H. Mellor, Steven M. Simpson, and Lance J. Gotko.
Kathleen M. Sullivan argued the cause for respondents in Nos. 03-1116  and
03-1120.  With her on the brief were James A. Tanford, Robert D. Epstein, and
Kenneth W. Starr.

	Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for
petitioners in Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120.  With him on the briefs in No. 03-
1116 were Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, and Donald S. McGehee,
Assistant Attorney General.  Anthony S. Kogut, John A. Yeager, Curtis R.
Hadley, Louis R. Cohen, C. Boyden Gray, and Todd Zubler filed a brief for
petitioner in No. 03-1120.  Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General of New York,
argued the cause for respondents in No. 03-1274.  With her on the brief for the
state respondents were Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Daniel Smirlock,
Deputy Solicitor General, and Gregory Klass and Shaifali Puri, Assistant
Solicitors General.

	Miguel A. Estrada, Mark A. Perry, Howard Graff, Victoria A. Kummer,
Robert M. Heller, J. Warren Mangan, and Alan J. Gardner filed a brief for the
private respondents.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 03-1116 were filed for the
State of Ohio et al. by Jim Petro, Attorney General of Ohio, Douglas R. Cole,
State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, and Peter M.
Thomas, Assistant Solicitor, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
jurisdictions as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Mike Beebe of Arkansas,
Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert J.
Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia, Charlie Crist of Florida, Thurbert E.
Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve
Carter of Indiana, Phill Kline of Kansas, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky,
Charles C. Foti, Jr., of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran,
Jr., of Maryland,Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch of Minnesota,
Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath
of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Peter C.
Harvey of New Jersey, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Gerald J. Pappert of
Pennsylvania, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Lawrence E. Long of South
Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L.
Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager
of Wisconsin; in Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120 for the Michigan Association of
Secondary School Principals et al. by Eric J. Eggan and Irene M. Mead;  and in
No. 03-1274 for the Virginia Wineries Association by Thomas A. Bowden,
Randy E. Barnett, Richard A. Epstein, and Susan Beth Farmer.


	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in No. 03-1116 were filed for the
State of California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, and
Manuel M. Medeiros, Solicitor General, Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General
of Washington, and Narda Pierce, Solicitor General, Patricia A. Madrid,
Attorney General of New Mexico, Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon,
and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr.,Attorney General  of West Virginia; and for the
Wine Institute by James M. Seff and Kevin M. Fong; and in No. 03-1274 for the
Beer Institute by Steven G. Brody and James K. Goldfarb.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120
were filed for Members of the United States Congress by John L. Oberdorfer
and Roy T. Englert, Jr.; for the American Homeowners Alliance et al. by Paul
Bender, Michael R. Klipper, Christopher A. Mohr, and Steven J. Metalitz; for
the Cargo Airline Association by Drew S. Days III, Beth S. Brinkmann, Seth M.
Galanter, Paul T. Friedman, Ruth N. Borenstein, and Stephen A. Alterman; for
the DKT Liberty Project by William H. Hohengarten and Julia M. Carpenter;
for the Goldwater Institute by Mark Brnovich; for Napa Valley Vintners et al.
by Carter G. Phillips and Mark E. Haddad; for WineAmerica, Inc., et al. by
Robert P. Mahnke, Susan Estrich, and James N. Czaban; and for George A.
Akerlof et al. by Stuart Banner.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in No. 03-1274 and reversal in
Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120 were filed in all cases for the Illinois Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence Association by Claudette P. Miller; and for the Wine and
Spirits Wholesalers of America et al. by H. Bartow Farr III, Viet D. Dinh, and
M. Craig Wolf; James M. Goldberg filed a brief in all cases for the National
Alcohol Beverage Control Association et al. as amici curiae urging reversal in
Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120.

	Michael D. Madigan, Katherine E. Becker, Stephen M. Diamond, and
Paul R. Romain filed a brief as amicus curiae for the National Beer
Wholesalers Association in Nos. 03-1116 and 03-1120 urging reversal in both
cases and affirmance in No. 03-1274.

	Robert S. Getman filed a brief for Millbrook Vineyards & Winery as
amicus curiae in No. 03-1274.





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No. 04-163, Lingle, Governor of Hawaii, et al. v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc.

Argued February 22, 2005

	Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of Hawaii, argued the cause for
petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Michael L. Meaney, Deputy Attorney
General, Seth P. Waxman, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Robert G. Dreher, and John D.
Echeverria.

	Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae in support of petitioners.  With him on the brief were Acting
Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Malcolm L.
Stewart, Mark B. Stern, and Sharon Swingle.

	Craig E. Stewart argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were Donald B. Ayer, Michael S. Fried, and Louis K. Fisher.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of New
York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan,
Solicitor General, Daniel Smirlock, Deputy Solicitor General, and John J.
Sipos, Assistant Attorney General, by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of
California, Manuel Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Thomas Greene, Chief
Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Senior Assistant Attorney
General, and Daniel L. Siegel, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, by
William Vázquez Irizarry, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Gregg D. Renkes
of Alaska, Fiti Sunia of American Samoa, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Ken
Salazar of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, M. Jane Brady of
Delaware, Douglas B. Moylan of Guam, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa
Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky,
G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly
of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike
McGrath of Montana, Peter C. Harvey of New Jersey, Pamela Brown of the
Northern Mariana Islands, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers
of Oregon, Gerald J. Pappert of Pennsylvania, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island,
Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell
of Vermont, Iver A. Stridiron of the Virgin Islands, Christine O. Gregoire of
Washington, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the American
Planning Association by Edward J. Sullivan; for the League of California Cities
by Andrew W. Schwartz; for the National Conference of State Legislatures et al.
by Richard Ruda, Timothy J. Dowling, and Jason C. Rylander; and for the
Service Station Dealers of America by Peter H. Gunst.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Action
Apartment Association, Inc., by Rosario Perry; for the Cato Institute by Richard
A. Epstein; for Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., et al. by David J. Bradford,
David W. DeBruin, and Terri L. Mascherin; for Manufactured Housing
Communities of Arizona, Inc., by Michael A. Parham; for the National
Association of Home Builders by Michael M. Berger and Duane J. Desiderio; for
the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by R. S. Radford and Nancie G. Marzulla;
for the Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute et al. by Paul F.
Utrecht; and for Charles W. Coupe et al. by Kenneth R. Kupchak and Robert H.
Thomas.
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No. 03-1164, Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Livestock Marketing
Assn. et al.; and
No. 03-1165, Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc., et al. v. Livestock Marketing Assn.
et al.

Argued December 8, 2004

	Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the federal
petitioners in No. 03-1164.  With him on the briefs in both cases were Acting
Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Irving L.
Gornstein, Douglas N. Letter, and Matthew M. Collette.

	 Gregory G. Garre argued the cause for petitioners in No. 03-1165.   With
him on the briefs was Lorane F. Hebert.

	Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondents in both cases.  With
him on the brief were Thomas Goldstein, Amy Howe, Philip Olsson, Ronald A.
Parsons, Jr., and Scott N. Heidepriem.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for the
State of California by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Richard M.
Frank, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Senior
Assistant Attorney General, and Linda L. Berg, Deputy Attorney General; for
the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted
Cruz, Solicitor General, Rance L. Craft, Assistant Solicitor General, Barry R.
McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, and Edward D. Burbach, Deputy
Attorney General, by William V zquez Irizarry, Secretary of Justice of Puerto
Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy
King of Alabama, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Ken
Salazar of Colorado, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of
Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G.
Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Gregory
D. Stumbo of Kentucky, Charles C. Foti, Jr., of Louisiana, J. Joseph Curran,
Jr., of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood of Mississippi,
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Patricia A.
Madrid of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio,
W.  A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Gerald J.
Pappert of Pennsylvania, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Paul G. Summers
of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Jerry
W. Kilgore of Virginia, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, Peggy A.
Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the
American Cotton Shippers Association et al. by Walter Dellinger and Pamela
Harris; for the California Agricultural Issues Forum by Seth P. Waxman,
Randolph D. Moss, Todd Zubler, and Brian M. Boynton; for the Michigan Pork
Producers Association, Inc., et al. by Edward M. Mansfield; for Thad Cochran
et al. by David A. Bono and Gerald P. Norton; and for 113 Agricultural Industry
Associations by Charles L. Babcock and David T. Moran.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the
Campaign for Family Farms et al. by Susan E. Stokes, David R. Moeller, and
Karen R. Krub; for the Coalition of Cotton Apparel Importers by Carter G.
Phillips, Alan Charles Raul, Eric A. Shumsky, and Michael C. Soules; for the
DKT Liberty Project et al. by Julie M. Carpenter, Daniel Mach, and Robert M.
O'Neil; for Public Citizen, Inc., by Scott L. Nelson; for Rose Acre Farms, Inc., by
Corinne R. Finnerty and Loren D. Reuter; for the Washington Legal Foundation
et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp; for Jeanne Charter et al. by
Erik S. Jaffe, Brian C. Leighton, James A. Moody, Steven B. Gold, Renee
Giachino, Michael P. McMahon, and Virginia B. Townes; and for Joseph
Cochran et al. by William H. Mellor, Steven M. Simpson, and Scott G. Bullock.

	Barry Richard, Hank B. Campbell, and Monterey Campbell filed a brief
in both cases for the State of Florida, Department of Citrus, as amicus curiae.

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No. 04-37, Clingman, Secretary, Oklahoma State Election Board, et al. v.
Beaver et al.

Argued January 19, 2005

	Wellon B. Poe, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the
cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs was W. A. Drew Edmondson,
Attorney General.

	James C. Linger argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

	A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of South
Dakota et al. by Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General of South Dakota, Craig
M. Eichstadt, Deputy Attorney General, and Gene C. Schaerr, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: J. Joseph Curran, Jr.,
of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Kelly A. Ayotte of New
Hampshire, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina,
Mark Shurtleff of Utah, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia.
	A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed for the Coalition for
Free and Open Elections by Richard Shepard.

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No. 04-5293, Deck v. Missouri

Argued March 1, 2005

	Rosemary E. Percival argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

	Cheryl Caponegro Nield, Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, argued
the cause for respondent.  With her on the briefs were Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon,
Attorney General, James R. Layton, State Solicitor, and Evan J. Buchheim,
Assistant Attorney General.

	A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Manuel M.
Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Ward A.
Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Catherine Chatman and
Eric L. Christoffersen, Deputy Attorneys General, by John W. Suthers, Interim
Attorney General of Colorado, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Steve
Carter of Indiana, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon
Bruning of Nebraska, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A.
Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Henry D. McMaster of
South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark
L. Shurtleff of Utah, Jerry W. Kilgore of Virginia, Rob McKenna of Washington,
Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming.

	Thomas H. Speedy Rice filed a brief for the Bar Human Rights
Committee of England and Wales et al. as amici curiae.
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No. 04-5928, Medell¡n v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Argued March 28, 2005

	Donald Francis Donovan argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on
the briefs were Carl Micarelli, Catherine M. Amirfar, Thomas J. Bollyky, and
Gary Taylor.

	R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent.
With him on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Barry R. McBee,
First Assistant Attorney General, Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and
Sean D. Jordan, Kristofer S. Monson, and Adam W. Aston, Assistant Solicitors
General.

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Acting
Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wray, Irving L.
Gornstein, and Robert J. Erickson.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Bar
Association by Robert J. Grey, Jr., and Jeffrey L. Bleich; for Bar Associations
et al. by Kevin R. Sullivan, William J. Aceves, and Clifford S. Anderson; for
Foreign Sovereigns by Asim M. Bhansali and Steven A. Hirsch; for Former
United States Diplomats by Harold Hongju Koh, Donald B. Ayer, and William
K. Shirey II; for the Government of the United Mexican States by Sandra L.
Babcock; for NAFSA: Association of International Educators et al. by Stephen
F. Hanlon; and for Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen et al. by Joseph Margulies.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of
Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and J. Clayton
Crenshaw and Charles B. Campbell, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of
Arizona, Bill Lockyer of California, John W. Suthers of Colorado, M. Jane Brady
of Delaware, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia,
Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Phill Kline of Kansas,
Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath
of Montana, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas
W. Corbett of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Judith Williams
Jagdmann of Virginia; for the Alliance Defense Fund by Nelson P. Miller,
William Wagner, and Benjamin Bull; for the Criminal Justice Legal
Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger; for the Liberty Legal Institute by Kelly
Shackelford; for the National District Attorneys' Association by Charles C.
Olson and Thomas J. Charron; for Professors of International Law et al. by
Paul B. Stephan; and for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J.
Popeo and Richard A. Samp.


	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the European Union et al. by S.
Adele Shank and John B. Quigley; for International Law Experts et al. by Lori
Fisler Damrosch and Charles Owen Verrill, Jr.; for the Mountain States Legal
Foundation by William Perry Pendley; and for Senator John Cornyn by Charles
J. Cooper, Vincent J. Colatriano, and David H. Thompson.

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No. 04-368, Arthur Andersen LLP  v. United States

Argued April 27, 2005

	Maureen E. Mahoney argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the
briefs were Alexandra A. E. Shapiro, J. Scott Ballenger, and Charles A.
Rothfeld.

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States.
With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant
Attorney General Keeney, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Sangita K. Rao, Andrew
Weissmann, and Matthew W. Friedrich.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants by Kelly M. Hnatt and Richard I.
Miller; for the New York Council of Defense Lawyers by Lewis J. Liman; and
for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A.
Seitz, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar.

	Robert N. Weiner and Joshua L. Dratel filed a brief for the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae.

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No. 03-9877, Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction, et al.

Argued March 21, 2005

	David Goldberger argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the
briefs were Marc D. Stern and Benson A. Wolman.

	Acting Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States
as respondent under this Court's Rule 12.6 in support of petitioners.  With him
on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Patricia A. Millett, Mark
B. Stern, and Michael S. Raab.

	Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor of Ohio, argued the cause for
respondents.  With him on the brief were Jim Petro, Attorney General, Stephen
P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, and Todd R. Marti and Franklin E.
Crawford, Assistant Solicitors.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of New
York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan,
Solicitor General, Daniel Smirlock, Deputy Solicitor General, and Jean Lin and
Benjamin N. Gutman, Assistant Solicitors General, and by Christine O.
Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington; for the American Correctional
Chaplains Association et al. by Gene C. Schaerr; for Americans United for
Separation of Church and State et al. by David M. Gossett, David C. Fathi,
Ayesha N. Khan, Richard B. Katskee, Alex J. Luchenitser, and Steven R.
Shapiro; for the National Association of Evangelicals et al. by Douglas Laycock
and Nathan J. Diament; and for Sen. Orrin G. Hatch et al. by Martin S.
Lederman.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the
Commonwealth of Virginia et al. by Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney
General of Virginia, William E. Thro, State Solicitor General, Maureen Riley
Matsen, Deputy Attorney General, and Matthew M. Cobb, Carla R. Collins,
Eric A. Gregory, Joel C. Hoppe, Courtney M. Malveaux, Valerie L. Myers, A.
Cameron O'Brion, Ronald N. Regnery, D. Mathias Roussy, Jr., and William R.
Sievers, Associate State Solicitors General, by Alva A. Swan, Acting Attorney
General of the Virgin Islands, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
States as follows: Gregg D. Renkes of Alaska, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho,
Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Wayne Stenehjem of North
Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of
West Virginia; for the American Jail Association et al. by Michael N.
Beekhuizen and Michael H. Carpenter; and for the Claremont Institute Center
for Constitutional Jurisprudence by John C. Eastman and Edwin Meese III.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Coalition for the Free Exercise of
Religion by Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., and K. Hollyn Hollman; for the
International Municipal Lawyers Association et al. by Marci A. Hamilton; and
for the Rutherford Institute by James J. Knicely and John W. Whitehead.

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No. 03-1488, Tory et al. v. Cochran

Argued March 22, 2005

	Erwin Chemerinsky argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the
briefs were Gary L. Bostwick and Jean-Paul Jassy.

	Jonathan B. Cole argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
brief were Karen K. Coffin and Susan S. Baker. Briefs of amici curiae urging
reversal were filed for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations by Jonathan P. Hiatt, James B. Coppess, and
Laurence Gold; for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free
Expression by Robert M. O'Neil and J. Joshua Wheeler; for Alfred L. Brophy
et al. by Michael I. Meyerson, pro se; and for Michelangelo Delfino et al. by Jon
B. Eisenberg and Jeremy B. Rosen.

	Kelli L. Sager, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Jerry S. Birenz, Richard A. Bernstein,
Jonathan Bloom, Harold W. Fuson, Jr., Thomas B. Kelley, Steven D. Zansberg,
Eve Burton, Jonathan R. Donnellan, Karlene Goller, George Freeman, Lucy A.
Dalglish, and Eric N. Lieberman filed a brief for Los Angeles Times
Communications LLC et al. as amici curiae.




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