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Docket for 00-276
No. 00-276 Status: DECIDED
Title: United States and Department of Agriculture, Petitioners
v.
United Foods, Inc.
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
August 18, 2000 (98-6436)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 8 2000Application (A99-1019) to extend the time to file a petition for a
writ of certiorari from June 21, 2000 to July 21, 2000, submitted
to Justice Stevens.
Jun 9 2000 Application (A99-1019) granted by Justice Stevens extending the
time to file until July 21, 2000.
Jul 11 2000 Application (A99-1019) to extend further the time to file a
petition for a writ of certiorari from July 21, 2000 to August 18,
2000, submitted to Justice Stevens.
Jul 13 2000 Application (A99-1019) granted by Justice Stevens extending the
time to file until August 18, 2000.
Aug 18 2000Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2000)
Sep 11 2000 Order extending time to file response to petition until October
18, 2000.
Oct 18 2000Brief of respondent United Foods, Inc. in opposition filed.
Nov 1 2000 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2000
Nov 3 2000Reply brief of petitioners United States and Department of Agriculture
filed.
Nov 3 2000 LODGING consisting of eleven copies of a letter submitted by the
Solicitor General and distributed.
Nov 27 2000 Petition GRANTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT April 17, 2001.
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Dec 21 2000 Order extending time to file petitioners' brief on the merits to
and including January 24, 2001. Order extending time to file
respondent's brief on the merits to and including March 8, 2001. A
reply brief, if any, is to be filed on or before April 9, 2001.
Jan 24 2001Brief amici curiae of American Mushroom Institute, et al. filed.
Jan 24 2001Joint appendix filed.
Jan 24 2001Brief of petitioners United States and Department of Agriculture
filed.
Jan 24 2001Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.
Jan 24 2001Brief amici curiae of Western Mushroom Marketing Association, et al.
filed.
Feb 22 2001 CIRCULATED.
Mar 1 2001 Record filed.
Mar 2 2001 Letter from counsel for the respondent granting CONSENT to all
amici filing in support of the respondent.
Mar 8 2001Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amicus curiae of DKT Liberty Project filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of Cotton Apparel Importers filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief of respondent United Foods, Inc. filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amici curiae of Gerawan Farming, Inc., et al. filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Freedom filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Mar 8 2001Brief amici curiae of Jeanne and Steve Charter, et al. filed.
Mar 20 2001 Record filed.
Apr 9 2001Reply brief of petitioners United States and Department of Agriculture
filed.
Apr 9 2001 LODGING consisting of twelve copies of pamphlet and Mushroom
Council Program Effectiveness Review 1999 submitted by the
Solicitor General and distributed.
Apr 17 2001 ARGUED.
Jun 25 2001 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the
Court, in which REHNQUIST, C.J., and STEVENS, SCALIA, SOUTER, and
THOMAS, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., and THOMAS, J., filed concurring
opinions. BREYER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which
GINSBURG, J., joined, and in which O'CONNOR, J., joined as to
Parts I and II.
Jul 25 2001
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 26 2002 Record returned to the USDC W. Dist. of Tennessee.
Apr 26 2002 Record returned to the USCA for the 6th circuit.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Seth P. Waxman Solicitor General
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Party name: United States and Department of Agriculture
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Bradley A. MacLean Suntrust Center, Suite 1800
424 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37219
Party name: United Foods, Inc.
 
Thomas C. Goldstein 4607 Asbury Place, NW 2022377453
Washington, DC 20016
Party name: United Foods, Inc.
 
Laurence H. *Tribe Hauer Hall 420 6174954621
1575 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Party name: United Foods, Inc.
 
Other Attorneys:
John G. Roberts Jr. Hogan & Hartson 2026375810
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Party name: American Mushroom Institute, et al.
 
Edna Walz Office of the Attorney General9163241720
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Party name: California, et al.
 
Kendall L. Manock Baker Manock Jensen 5594325400
5260 North Palm Avenue
Fresno, CA 93704
Party name: Western Mushroom Marketing Association, et al.
 
Shawn Gunnarson Washington Legal Foundation 2025880302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
 
Julia M. Carpenter Jenner & Block 2026396000
601 Thirteenth Street
Washington, DC 20005
Party name: DKT Liberty Project
 
Daniel M. Price Powell Goldstein Frazer Murphy2023470066
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
Party name: Coalition of Cotton Apparel Importers
 
Michael W. McConnell Mayer Brown & Platt 2022633000
1909 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Party name: Gerawan Farming, Inc., et al.
 
Eric Jaffe 5101 34th Street, NW 2022378165
Washington, DC 20008
Party name: Center for Individual Freedom
 
William H. Mellor 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 2029551300
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Party name: Institute for Justice
 
Vernon E. Woodward Hendrickson Everson Noennig Wo4062456238
208 N. Broadway, #324
Billings, MT 59101
Party name: Jeanne and Steve Charter, et al.
 
 

 

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