| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Sep 5 2000 | Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 7, 2000) |
| Oct 10 2000 | Brief of respondent Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Oct 26 2000 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2000 |
| Nov 13 2000 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case |
| | expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 30 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 6 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 21, 2001 |
| Jun 25 2001 | Petition GRANTED. limited to the question presented by the |
| | Solicitor General in the brief for the United States as amicus |
| | curiae. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT January 7, 2002. |
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| Jul 19 2001 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including September, 4, 2001. |
| Aug 24 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Order extending time to file petitioner's brief on the merits to |
| | and including September 7, 2001. |
| Sep 7 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 7 2001 | Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. |
| | filed. |
| Sep 7 2001 | Brief amici curiae of AFL-CIO, et al. filed. |
| Sep 7 2001 | Brief of petitioners Tracy Ragsdale, et al. filed. |
| Oct 5 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed. |
| Oct 9 2001 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including November 2, 2001. |
| Oct 10 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Society of Human Resource Management filed. |
| Nov 2 2001 | Brief of respondent Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 14 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 26 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
| Nov 30 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DISTRIBUTED |
| Dec 3 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Dec 3 2001 | Record filed. |
| Dec 10 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Tracy Ragsdale filed. |
| Dec 28 2001 | Record filed. |
| Jan 7 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Mar 19 2002 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. J. Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the |
| | Court, in which C.J. Rehnquist, and J. Stevens, J. Scalia, and J. |
| | Thomas, joined. J. O'Connor filed a dissenting opinion, in which |
| | J. Souter, J. Ginsburg, and J. Breyer, joined. |
| Apr 18 2002 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 19 2002 | Record returned to the USDC for the District of Arkansas. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| L. O'Neal Sutter | 310 Natural Resources | 5012241050 |
| Post Office Box 26321 | |
| Little Rock, AR 72221-6321 | |
| Party name: Tracy Ragsdale |
| | | |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Richard D. Bennett | Law Office of Maiden & Bennett | 9018614660 |
| 875 West Poplar Ave., Suite 2 | |
| Collierville, TN 38017 | |
| Party name: Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. |
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| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| Ronald B. Schwartz | Heberg Tobin Flaherty Whalen | 3127260236 |
| Three First National Plaza | |
| Chicago, IL 60602 | |
| Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Laurence Gold | 805 Fifteenth Street, NW | 2028422600 |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: AFL-CIO, et al. |
| | | |
| Ann Elizabeth Reesman | McGuiness Norris Williams | 2027898600 |
| 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. |
| | | |
| Jack Whitacre | Spencer Fane Britt & Browne | 8164748100 |
| 1000 Walnut Street, #1400 | |
| Kansas City, MO 64106 | |
| Party name: Society of Human Resource Management |
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