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No. 04-623, Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. Oregon et al.

Argued October 5, 2005

	Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on
the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General
Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Douglas Hallward-
Driemeier, Mark B. Stern, and Jonathan H. Levy.

	Robert M. Atkinson, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Oregon,
argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief for respondent State of
Oregon were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Peter Shepherd, Deputy Attorney
General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.  Nicholas W. van Aelstyn,
Aaron S. Jacobs, and Kathryn L. Tucker filed a brief for Patient-Respondents.
Eli D. Stutsman filed a brief for respondents Peter A. Rasmussen, M. D., et al.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Center
for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Colby M. May, James M. Henderson,
Sr., Walter M. Weber, Thomas P. Monaghan, and Charles E. Rice; for
Americans United for Life by Nikolas T. Nikas; for the Catholic Medical
Association by Teresa Stanton Collett; for the Christian Medical Association
et al. by Steven H. Aden, Gregory S. Baylor, and Kimberlee W. Colby; for Focus
on the Family et al. by William Wagner, Nelson P. Miller, Stephen W. Reed, and
Patrick A. Trueman; for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and
Assisted Suicide by Rita L. Marker; for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver,
Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, and Mary E. McAlister; for the
National Association of Pro-Life Nurses by Daniel Avila; for the National Legal
Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc., by James Bopp, Jr.,
Thomas J. Marzen, and Richard E. Coleson; for Not Dead Yet et al. by Max
Lapertosa; for the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund et al. by Dwight G. Duncan,
Thomas M. Harvey, and Richard F. Collier, Jr.; for the Thomas More Society by
Paul Benjamin Linton and Thomas Brejcha; for the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops et al. by Mark E. Chopko and Michael F. Moses; and for
Senator Rick Santorum et al. by Donald A. Daugherty, Jr.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging  affirmance were filed for the State of
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, and Taylor S.
Carey, Special Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for
their respective jurisdictions as follows: Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of
Columbia, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, and
Mike McGrath of Montana; for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by
Andrew L. Frey, David M. Gossett, Steven R. Shapiro, and Charles F. Hinkle;
for the American College of Legal Medicine by Miles J. Zaremski; for the
American Public Health Association by David T. Goldberg, Sean H. Donahue,
and Daniel N. Abrahamson; for Autonomy, Inc., et al. by Amy R. Sabrin; for the
Cato Institute by Pamela Harris; for the Coalition of Medical Associations and
Societies et al. by Geoffrey J. Michael; for the Coalition of Mental Health
Professionals by Steven Alan Reiss; for Healthlaw Professors by Arthur B.
LaFrance; for Members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation by William R.
Stein; for Margaret P. Battin et al. by Rebecca P. Dick and Ronald A. Lindsay;
for Richard Briffault et al. by David W. Ogden and Paul R. Q. Wolfson; and for
52 Religious and Religious Freedom Organizations and Leaders by Gregory A.
Castanias and Lawrence D. Rosenberg.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for Physicians for Compassionate Care
Educational Foundation by Gregory P. Lynch; and for Surviving Family
Members by Robert A. Free and Katrin E. Frank.

No. 04-1186, Wachovia Bank, National Assn. v. Schmidt et al.

Argued November 28, 2005

	Andrew L. Frey argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Charles A. Rothfeld, Evan M. Tager, and Robert W. Fuller III.

	Sri Srinivasan argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae
urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Michael
S. Raab, Julie L. Williams, Daniel P. Stipano, and Douglas B. Jordan.

	James R. Gilreath argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief was John P. Freeman.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American
Bankers Association by Gregory F. Taylor; for the Clearing House Association
L. L. C. by David B. Tulchin and Michael M. Wiseman; and for JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N. A., by Carter G. Phillips, Eric A. Shumsky, and Bradley J.
Johnson.

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No. 04-1144, Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire v. Planned
Parenthood of Northern New England et al.

Argued November 30, 2005

	Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire, petitioner, argued
the cause pro se.  With her on the briefs were Michael A. Delaney, Deputy
Attorney General, Daniel J. Mullen, Associate Attorney General, and Laura E.
B. Lombardi and Anthony I. Blenkinsop, Assistant Attorneys General.

	Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States as
amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney
General Keisler, Kannon K. Shanmugam, and Marleigh D. Dover.

	Jennifer Dalven argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the
briefs were Steven R. Shapiro, Louise Melling, Talcott Camp, Corinne Schiff,
Brigitte Amiri, Diana Kasdan, Lawrence A. Vogelman, and Dara Klassel.

	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 Joel L. Thollander, Assistant Solicitor
General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows:
Troy King of Alabama, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado,
M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Lawrence G.
Wasden of Idaho, Phill Kline of Kansas, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Hood
of Mississippi, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio, Thomas
W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Judith Williams Jagdmann
of Virginia, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the American Association of
Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. by Steven H. Aden; for the
American Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Thomas P.
Monaghan, Stuart J. Roth, and Walter M. Weber; for the Association of
American Physicians & Surgeons et al. by Dorinda C. Bordlee, Nikolas T.
Nikas, and James L. Hirsen; for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense
Fund by Andrew L. Schlafly; for the Family Research Council, Inc., et al. by
Robert P. George; for the National Legal Foundation by Barry C. Hodge; for
New Hampshire Legislators by Teresa Stanton Collett; for the Rutherford
Institute by John W. Whitehead and James J. Knicely; for the Thomas More
Society by Paul Benjamin Linton and Thomas Brejcha; for the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops et al. by Mark E. Chopko and Michael F. Moses;
for University Faculty for Life by Richard G. Wilkins; for Alaska Lieutenant
Governor Loren Leman et al. by Kevin Gilbert Clarkson; for Minnesota
Governor Tim Pawlenty et al. by Ms. Collett; for Harlon Reeves by Kelly
Shackelford; for Margie Riley et al. by James Joseph Lynch, Jr.; for New
Hampshire State Representative Kathleen Souza et al. by Clarke D. Forsythe
and Denise M. Burke; and for James P. Weiers et al. by Len L. Munsil.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. by A. Stephen Hut, Jr., and
Kimberly A. Parker; for the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law et al. by
Elizabeth B. McCallum, Susan Frietsche, and David S. Cohen; for the Center
for Reproductive Rights et al. by Sanford M. Cohen, Simon Heller, and Priscilla
Smith; for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence et al. by Maria T.
Vullo and Julie Goldscheid; for Organizations Committed to Women's Equality
by Jennifer K. Brown; for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice et al.
by Caroline M. Brown; for New Hampshire Governor John H. Lynch by
Katherine M. Hanna; and for New Hampshire State Representative Terie
Norelli et al. by Kenneth J. Barnes.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Horatio R. Storer Foundation,
Inc., by James Bopp, Jr., and Thomas J. Marzen; for the Legal Defense for
Unborn Children by Alan Ernest; for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver,
Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, and Mary E. McAlister; for NARAL
Pro-Choice America Foundation et al. by Elizabeth A. Cavendish, James P.
Joseph, and Leslie M. Hill; and for Maureen L. Curley et al. by Philip D.
Moran.

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No. 04-52, Rice, Warden, et al. v. Collins

Argued December 5, 2005

	Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, argued the cause for
petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor
General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C.
Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad, Deputy
Attorney General, Erika D. Jackson, Deputy Attorney General, and Donald E.
De Nicola, Deputy Solicitor General.

	Mark R. Drozdowski, by appointment of the Court, post, p.___, argued
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Maria E. Stratton and
Karyn H. Bucur.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Arizona
et al. by Brian Sandoval, Attorney General of Nevada, David K. Neidert, Senior
Deputy Attorney General, by Christopher L. Morano, Chief State's Attorney of
Connecticut, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as
follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Lawrence G.
Wasden of Idaho, Tom Miller of Iowa, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike
Cox of Michigan, Jim Petro of Ohio, Hardy Meyers of Oregon, Henry D.
McMaster of South Carolina, Larry Long of South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of
Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Rob McKenna
of Washington; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S.
Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson.

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No. 04-1332, Will et al. v. Hallock et al.

Argued November 28, 2005

	Douglas Hallward-Driemeier argued the cause for petitioners.  With him
on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler,
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Barbara L. Herwig.

	Allison M. Zieve argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the brief
were Brian Wolfman and Scott L. Nelson.

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No. 04-885, Central Virginia Community College et al. v. Katz, Liquidating
Supervisor for Wallace's Bookstores, Inc.

Argued October 31, 2005

	William E. Thro, State Solicitor General of Virginia, argued the cause for
petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney
General, Bernard L. McNamee II, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Maureen
Riley Matsen, Deputy Attorney General, Brian J. Goodman and Cynthia H.
Norwood, Assistant Attorneys 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.

	Kim Martin Lewis argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the
brief were Jon L. Fleischaker, Mark A. Vander Laan, Jeremy S. Rogers, and G.
Eric Brunstad, Jr.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Ohio
et al. by Jim Petro, Attorney General of Ohio, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor,
and Elise W. Porter, Assistant Solicitor, and by the Attorneys General for their
respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, David W. M rquez of
Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of
California, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut,
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, Steve Carter of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, 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, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, 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,
Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Peter C. Harvey of New Jersey, Patricia A.
Madrid of New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, Roy Cooper of North
Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of
Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry Dargan McMaster of South Carolina,
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, Rob
McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, Peggy A.
Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the
American Association of State Colleges and Universities et al. by Robert A.
Bartlett and Lawrence S. Ebner; and for the National Conference of State
Legislatures et al. by Richard Ruda and James I. Crowley.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National
Association of Bankruptcy Trustees by Martin P. Sheehan; and for Susan
Block-Lieb et al. by Susan M. Freeman and Richard Lieb.

	Brady C. Williamson filed a brief of amicus curiae for Bruce H. Mann.

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No. 04-597, Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc., dba ConAgra
Refrigerated Foods

Argued November 2, 2005

	Burck Bailey argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Greg A. Castro, Jay P. Walters, and Dennis D. Brown.

	Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement,
Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Hungar, Marleigh
Dover, and August Flentje.

	Robert A. Schroeder argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
briefs were John R. Reese, Leigh Otsuka Curran, and John P. Passarelli.


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No. 04-1581, Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission

Argued January 17, 2006

	James Bopp, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Richard E. Coleson and M. Miller Baker.

	Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for respondent.  With him on
the brief were Deputy Solicitor General Garre, Malcolm L. Stewart, Lawrence
H. Norton, Richard B. Bader, David Kolker, and Harry J. Summers.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil
Liberties Union by Steven R. Shapiro, Mark J. Lopez, and Joel M. Gora; for the
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by
Jonathan P. Hiatt, Laurence E. Gold, and Michael B. Trister; for the Center for
Competitive Politics et al. by Erik S. Jaffe; for the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States of America by Jan Witold Baran, Thomas W. Kirby, Caleb P.
Burns, Stephen A. Bokat, and Amar D. Sarwal; for Citizens United et al. by
Herbert W. Titus, William J. Olson, and John S. Miles; and for Senator Mitch
McConnell by Theodore B. Olson and Douglas R. Cox.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP et al. by
Daniel R. Ortiz; for Douglas L. Bailey by Randy L. Dryer; for Frances R. Hill by
J. Gerald Hebert; for Senator John McCain et al. by Bradley S. Phillips, Seth P.
Waxman, Randolph D. Moss, Roger M. Witten, Fred Wertheimer, Donald J.
Simon, Alan Morrison, Charles G. Curtis, Jr., Trevor Potter, Paul Ryan, and
Scott L. Nelson; and for Norman Ornstein et al. by H. Christopher
Bartolomucci.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Alliance for Justice by Ruth
Eisenberg; and for the Coalition of Public Charities by Robert F. Bauer.

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No. 04-1084, Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v.  O Centro Esp¡rita
Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal et al.

Argued November 1, 2005

	Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners.  With
him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General
Keisler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Patricia A. Millett, Michael
Jay Singer, and Matthew M. Collette.

	Nancy Hollander argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the
brief were John W. Boyd and Zachary A. Ives.

	Marci A. Hamilton filed a brief for the Tort Claimants' Committee et al.
as amici curiae urging reversal.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Baptist Joint
Committee et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, Linda T. Coberly, Thomas C. Berg, and
Gregory S. Baylor; for the Council on Spiritual Practices et al. by David T.
Goldberg; for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by Mark E.
Chopko and Jeffrey Hunter Moon; for Dr. John H. Halpern et al. by Roy S.
Haber; and for Douglas Laycock by Mr. Laycock, pro se.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the International Academy for
Freedom of Religion and Belief et al. by Lee Boothby, Derek Davis, Robert A.
Destro, and W. Cole Durham, Jr.; for the Liberty Legal Institute by Kelly
Shackelford; for Various Religious and Civil Rights Organizations  by Anthony
R. Picarello, Jr.; and for Robert Gable et al. by Peter D. Kennedy.

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No. 04-1264, Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna et al.

Argued November 29, 2005

	Christopher Landau argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Amy L. Brown and Pierre H. Bergeron.

	F. Paul Bland, Jr., argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Michael J. Quirk, Arthur H. Bryant, E. Clayton Yates, Christopher C.
Casper, and Richard A. Fisher.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States of America et al. by Seth P. Waxman,
Christopher R. Lipsett, Eric J. Mogilnicki, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D.
Sarwal; for the Community Financial Services Association of America by James
T. McIntyre; for the Florida Bankers Association et al. by Erik S. Jaffe; and for
the Financial Service Centers of America, Inc., et al. by Gerald Goldman and
Robert E. Rochford.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Florida et al.
by Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General of Florida, Christopher M. Kise,
Solicitor General, and Erick M. Figlio, Deputy Solicitor General, by Roberto J.
S nchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys
General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: David W. M rquez of
Alaska, Terry Goddard of Arizona, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of
California, John Suthers of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, M.
Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia,
Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence Wasden of
Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa,
Gregory D. Stumbo of Kentucky, Steve Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of
Maryland, Tom Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jim Hood of
Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana,
Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Patricia Madrid of
New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne
Stenehjem of North Dakota, Jim Petro of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Tom
Corbett of Pennsylvania, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Larry Long of South
Dakota, Paul Summers of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff
of Utah, Rob McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West
Virginia, Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, and Patrick J. Crank of
Wyoming; for AARP by Deborah Zuckerman and Michael Schuster; for Law
Professors by Richard M. Alderman, Brian H. Bix, Robert W. Gordon, Jeffrey
W. Stempel, and Katherine V. W. Stone; for the National Association of
Consumer Advocates et al. by Amanda Quester; for the University of Wisconsin
Law Professors by David S. Schwartz and Joel Rogers; and for Samuel Glazer
by Kenneth D. Schwartz.

	A brief of amicus curiae was filed for Theis Research, Inc., by Paul R.
Johnson.

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No. 04-593, Domino's Pizza, Inc., et al. v. McDonald

Argued December 6, 2005

	Maureen E. Mahoney argued the cause for petitioners.  With her on the
briefs was J. Scott Ballenger.

	Allen Lichtenstein argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
brief were David T. Goldberg, Eric Schnapper, and Pamela S. Karlan.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Alabama
et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and Kevin C. Newsom,
Solicitor General, by Roberto J. S nchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto
Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John
W. Suthers of Colorado, Phill Kline of Kansas, Michael A. Cox of Michigan,
Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Jim Petro of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Rob McKenna of
Washington; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. by Ann
Elizabeth Reesman, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, and Robert J.
Costagliola; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by John H. Findley and Paul
J. Beard II.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New
York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan,
Solicitor General, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, and Shaifali
Puri and Benjamin N. Gutman, Assistant Solicitors General, by Kerry E. Drue,
Acting Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, and by the Attorneys General for
their respective States as follows: Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of
Iowa, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike McGrath of Montana, William
H. Sorrell of Vermont, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; and for the
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Thomas S. Martin,
Barbara R. Arnwine, Sarah C. Crawford, Tricia G. Jefferson, Jennifer K.
Brown, Theodore M. Shaw, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Norman J. Chachkin, and
Robert Stroup.

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No. 04-848, Dolan v. United States Postal Service et al.

Argued November 7, 2005

	James R. Radmore argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs was Michael T. Kirkpatrick.

	Patricia A. Millett argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the
brief were Solicitor General Clement, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Robert
D. Kamenshine, Mary Anne Gibbons, Lori J. Dym, and Stephan J. Boardman.

	Harold Krent, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar filed a brief for the
Washington Legal Foundation et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

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No. 04-944, Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp., dba The Moonlight Caf‚

Argued January 11, 2006

	Jeffrey A. Schwartz argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs was Eric Schnapper.

	 Daryl Joseffer argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae
urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting
Assistant Attorney General Schlozman, Dennis J. Dimsey, Linda F. Thome, Eric
S. Dreiband, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and Jennifer S. Goldstein.

	Brett J. Prendergast argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of
Alabama et al. by Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and Kevin C.
Newsom, Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
States as follows: John W. Suthers of Colorado, M. Jane Brady of Delaware,
Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Phill Kline of
Kansas, Jim Petro of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah,
and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States of America et al. by Catherine E. Stetson, Robin S. Conrad, and Robert
Costagliola; and for the International Municipal Lawyers Association by Gene
C. Schaerr, Henry W. Underhill, Jr., Steffen N. Johnson, and Linda T. Coberly.

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No. 04-928, Oregon v. Guzek

Argued December 7, 2005

	Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General of Oregon, argued the cause for
petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and
Peter Shepherd, Deputy Attorney General.

	Kannon K. Shanmugam argued the cause for the United States as
amicus curiae in support of petitioner.  With him on the brief were Solicitor
General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Richter, Deputy Solicitor
General Dreeben, and Robert J. Erickson.

	Richard L. Wolf, by appointment of the Court, 546 U. S. ___, argued the
cause for respondent.  With him on the brief was J. Kevin Hunt.

	A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of Alabama
et al. by  Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, and Kevin C. Newsom,
Solicitor General, by Christopher L. Morano, Chief State's Attorney of
Connecticut, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as
follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, M. Jane Brady
of Delaware, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho,
Phill Kline of Kansas, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of
Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Jim Petro of
Ohio, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Lawrence E. Long of South
Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Judith Williams
Jagdmann of Virginia, and Rob McKenna of Washington.
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