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No. 03-1454, Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. Raich et al. Argued November 29, 2004 Acting Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Lisa S. Blatt, Mark B. Stern, Alisa B. Klein, and Mark T. Quinlivan. Randy E. Barnett argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Robert A. Long, Jr., Heidi C. Doerhoff, Robert A. Raich, and David M. Michael. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Community Rights Counsel by Timothy J. Dowling; for the Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., et al. by David G. Evans; for Robert L. DuPont, M. D., et al. by John R. Bartels, Jr.; and for U. S. Representative Mark E. Souder et al. by Nicholas P. Coleman. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, Kevin C. Newsom, Solicitor General, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, and Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi; for the State of California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Richard M. Frank, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor, Taylor S. Carey, Special Assistant Attorney General, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, and Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington; for the California Nurses Association et al. by Julia M. Carpenter; for the Cato Institute by Douglas W. Kmiec, Timothy Lynch, and Robert A. Levy; for Constitutional Law Scholars by Ernest A. Young, Matthew D. Schnall, Charles Fried, and David L. Shapiro; for the Institute for Justice by William H. Mellor, Dana Berliner, and Richard A. Epstein; for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society et al. by David T. Goldberg, Sean H. Donahue, and Daniel N. Abrahamson; for the Lymphoma Foundation of America et al. by Stephen C. Willey; for the Marijuana Policy Project et al. by Cheryl Flax-Davidson; and for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws et al. by John Wesley Hall, Jr., Joshua L. Dratel, and Sheryl Gordon McCloud. Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Pacific Legal Foundation by M. Reed Hopper, Sharon L. Browne, and Deborah J. La Fetra; and for the Reason Foundation by Manuel S. Klausner. * * * No. 128 Orig., Alaska v. United States Argued January 10, 2005 Jonathan S. Franklin argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the brief were Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General of Alaska, Joanne M. Grace and Laura C. Bottger, Assistant Attorneys General, and G. Thomas Koester. Jeffrey P. Minear argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Sansonetti, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Michael W. Reed, and Bruce M. Landon. Louis R. Cohen filed a brief for the National Parks Conservation Association as amicus curiae. * * * No. 03-1388, Spector et al. v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. Argued February 28, 2005 Thomas C. Goldstein argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Amy Howe, Pamela S. Karlan, Samuel Bagenstos, David George, Brady Edwards, Anne Edwards, Sandra Thourot Krider, William H. Bruckner, and Elaine B. Roberts. David B. Salmons 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 Acosta, Dennis J. Dimsey, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and Paul M. Geier. David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Mark E. Warren, Thomas H. Wilson, Michael J. Muskat, and Michael F. Sturley. Gregory G. Garre argued the cause for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas et al. as amici curiae in support of respondent. With him on the brief was Christopher T. Handman. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, Edward D. Burbach, Deputy Attorney General, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, and William L. Davis, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, Edward D. Burbach, Deputy Attorney General, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, and William L. Davis, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Bill Lockyer of California, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Christine O. Gregoire of Washington; for Nine Associations Representing Persons with Disabilities by Andrew P. Tower, Ira A. Burnim, and Jennifer Mathis; for Paralyzed Veterans of America et al. by David C. Vladeck, Norman G. Cooper, and Robert N. Herman; and for Jonathan M. Gutoff by David M. Zlotnick. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc., et al. by David J. Bederman; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Max Huffman, and Robin S. Conrad; and for the International Council of Cruise Lines by Lawrence W. Kaye and William J. Tucker. Samuel Conte filed a brief for the Mediterranean Shipping Company Crociere, S. p. A., as amicus curiae. * * * No. 04-6964, Johnson v. California Argued April 18, 2005 Stephen B. Bedrick, by appointment of the Court, 543 U. S. ___, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Eric Schnapper. Seth K. Schalit, Supervising 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, and Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General. Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, Miriam Gohara, Christina A. Swarns, Steven R. Shapiro, Alan L. Schlosser, Pamela Harris, Barbara R. Arnwine, Michael L. Foreman, Audrey Wiggins, Sarah Crawford, and Barry Sullivan filed a brief for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging reversal. Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging affirmance. * * * No. 04-637, Bradshaw, Warden v. Stumpf Argued April 19, 2005 Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor of Ohio, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Jim Petro, Attorney General, Diane Richards Brey, Deputy Solicitor, and Charles L. Wille, Henry G. Appel, Stephen E. Maher, and Franklin E. Crawford, Assistant Solicitors. Alan M. Freedman, by appointment of the Court, 543 U. S. 1143, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Carol R. Heise, Laurence E. Komp, Gary Prichard, and Michael J. Benza. Ellen S. Podgor and Joshua L. Dratel filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging affirmance. * * * No. 03-1237, Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., et al. Argued April 20, 2005 E. Joshua Rosenkranz argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were M. Patricia Thayer, James N. Czaban, and Donald R. Dunner. Daryl Joseffer argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Douglas N. Letter, Mark S. Davies, Alex M. Azar II, Richard Lambert, John M. Whealan, and Heather F. Auyang. Mauricio A. Flores argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Raphael V. Lupo, Cathryn Campbell, Mark G. Davis, M. Miller Baker, Richard B. Rogers, and David M. Beckwith. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for AARP by Sarah Lenz Lock, Bruce Vignery, and Michael Schuster; for Eli Lilly and Co. et al. by James J. Kelley, Thomas G. Plant, and John A. Cleveland, Jr.; for Eon Labs, Inc., by Shashank Upadhye; for Genentech, Inc., et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, Jeffrey P. Kushan, and Gary H. Loeb; for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association by David F. Ryan; and for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America by Roderick R. McKelvie and Brooks Mackintosh. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Applera Corp. et al. by Edward R. Reines; for Benitec Australia Ltd. by Eric A. Kuwana, Marc R. Labgold, and Kevin M. Bell; for Invitrogen Corp. et al. by Drew S. Days III, Beth S. Brinkmann, Seth M. Galanter, David C. Doyle, and Andrea L. Gross; for Vaccinex, Inc., by Kenneth C. Bass III and Linda Alcorn; and for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation et al. by Rolf O. Stadheim and George C. Summerfield. Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Intellectual Property Law Association by Donald R. Ware, Denise W. DeFranco, and Melvin C. Garner; for the Biotechnology Industry Organization by Richard J. Oparil; for the Consumer Project on Technology et al. by Joshua D. Sarnoff; for Intellectual Property Professors by John Fitzgerald Duffy and Katherine J. Strandburg; for the Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia by Lynn E. Eccleston and Susan M. Dadio; for the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association by Madison C. Jellins, Doug E. Olson, and John E. Peterson; and for Sepracor Inc. by Kenneth J. Burchfiel and Michael R. Dzwonczyk. * * * No. 04-495, Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. v. Austin et al. Argued March 30, 2005 Jim Petro, Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, and Todd R. Marti and Franklin E. Crawford, Assistant Solicitors. Deanne E. Maynard argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wray, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Jonathan L. Marcus, and Steven L. Lane. Jules Lobel argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Staughton Lynd. A brief of amici curiae urging reversal 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, Frances T. Grunder, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, by John W. Suthers, Interim Attorney General of Colorado, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Gregg D. Renkes of Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas, Jerry W. Kilgore of Virginia, and Rob McKenna of Washington. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Corrections Professionals by Walter J. Dickey; for Human Rights Watch et al. by Geoffrey F. Aronow, Molly Wieser, Thomas F. Geraghty, and Andrea D. Lyon; for Professors and Practitioners of Psychology and Psychiatry by Michael E. Deutsch; and for Percy Pitzer by Joseph Margulies. * * * No. 03-9659, Miller-El v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Argued December 6, 2004 Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Jim Marcus and David W. Ogden. Gena Bunn, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, and Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. by Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, Deborah Fins, Miriam Gohara, and Christina Swarns; and for Former Prosecutors and Judges by Elisabeth Semel, Charles D. Weisselberg, Carter G. Phillips, Jeffrey T. Green, and Scott D. Marcus. A brief of amicus curiae was filed for the State of California by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwin, Deputy Attorney General. * * * No. 04-603, Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing Argued April 18, 2005 Eric H. Zagrans argued the cause for petitioner. On the briefs was Charles E. McFarland. Michael C. Walton argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were John M. Lichtenberg, Gregory G. Timmer, and Mary L. Tabin. Irving L. Gornstein 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 O'Connor, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, and Gilbert S. Rothenberg. Mr. Zagrans filed a brief for Jerome R. Mikulski et ux. as amici curiae urging reversal. * * * No. 04-340, San Remo Hotel, L. P., et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Argued March 28, 2005 Paul F. Utrecht argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Andrew M. Zacks. Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Andrew W. Schwartz, Fran M. Layton, Ellison Folk, Edward C. DuMont, and Therese M. Stewart. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Defenders of Property Rights et al. by Robert P. Parker, Nancie G. Marzulla, Roger J. Marzulla, and Michael E. Malamut; for Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., et al. by Elliot L. Bien, Edith R. Matthai, and Steven S. Fleischman; for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp; and for Elizabeth J. Neumont et al. by Eric Grant. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New Jersey et al. by Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, and Brian Weeks, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John W. Suthers of Colorado, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the State of New York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, Peter H. Lehner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gregory Klass, Assistant Solicitor General, and John J. Sipos and Susan L. Taylor, Assistant Attorneys General, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, and William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont; for the Community Rights Counsel et al. by Timothy J. Dowling; for the Conference of Chief Justices by John D. Echeverria; and for the National Association of Counties et al. by Richard Ruda and James I. Crowley. Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the National Association of Home Builders by Kenneth B. Bley, Mary V. DiCrescenzo, Duane J. Desiderio, and Thomas J. Ward; for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by Meriem L. Hubbard and R. S. Radford; for the Honorable Steve Chabot by Timothy S. Hollister; for Franklin P. Kottschade by Michael M. Berger; and for Evandro S. Santini et al. by Everett E. Newton. * * * No. 04-5286, Dodd v. United States Argued March 22, 2005 Janice L. Bergmann argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner. James A. Feldman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wray, and Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben. Jeffrey T. Green, David M. Porter, Carol A. Brook, Henry J. Bemporad, and Frances H. Pratt filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae urging reversal. * * * No. 04-5462, Rompilla v. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections Argued January 18, 2005 Billy H. Nolas argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Maureen Kearney Rowley. Amy Zapp, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Gerald J. Pappert, Attorney General, Richard A. Sheetz, Jr., Executive Deputy Attorney General, and James B. Martin. Traci L. Lovitt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With her on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Wray, and Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben. Kent S. Scheidegger filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging affirmance. Audrey J. Anderson, Christopher M. Miller, and Pamela Harris filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae. * * * No. 04-169, Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District et al. v. United States ex rel. Wilson Argued April 20, 2005 Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General of North Carolina, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Roy Cooper, Attorney General, Grayson G. Kelley, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Jill B. Hickey, Special Deputy Attorney General. Mark T. Hurt argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Brian S. McCoy. Douglas Hallward-Driemeier 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 Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Douglas N. Letter. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Ann Elizabeth Reesman, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, and Robert J. Costagliola; for the International Municipal Lawyers Association et al. by John Charles Thomas and M. Christine Klein; and for the National Defense Industrial Association et al. by Mark R. Troy, C. Stanley Dees, and Lawrence S. Ebner. Ann Lugbill, Mark Kleiman, and Robin Potter filed a brief for the National Employment Lawyers Association et al. as amicus curiae urging affirmance. Gregory Stuart Smith and Teresa Wynn Roseborough filed a brief for the National Workrights Institute as amicus curiae. * * * No. 03-1230, American Trucking Assns., Inc., et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al. Argued April 26, 2005 Robert Digges, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Charles Rothfeld and Evan Tager. Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and David A. Voges, Michael A. Nickerson, Glenn R. White, and Emmanuel B. Odunlami, Assistant Attorneys General. Malcolm L. Stewart 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 Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Mark B. Stern, Sushma Soni, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Paul M. Geier, and Dale C. Andrews. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Christopher J. Wright and Robin S. Conrad; for Deeco Services, Inc., dba Deeco Transportation, et al. by Robert E. McFarland; and for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund by Douglas G. Smith. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Nadine J. Wichern, Assistant Attorney General, and Dan Schweitzer, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Eliot Spitzer of New York, 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, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; and for the National Conference of State Legislatures et al. by Richard Ruda and James I. Crowley. * * * No. 03-1234, Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc., et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al. Argued April 26, 2005 James H. Hanson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Andrew K. Light and Lynne D. Lidke. Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Mark B. Stern, Sushma Soni, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Paul M. Geier, and Dale C. Andrews. Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and David A. Voges, Michael A. Nickerson, Glenn R. White, and Emmanuel B. Odunlami, Assistant Attorneys General. Search Tip: Use the binocular icons to search within PDF documents.
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