| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 3 2000 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2001) |
| Nov 3 2000 | Appendix of petitioner filed. |
| Nov 30 2000 | Order extending time to file response to petition until January 8, |
| | 2001. |
| Dec 6 2000 | Brief amicus curiae of L. S. Lee, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 6 2000 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
| Jan 5 2001 | Order further extending time to file response to petition until |
| | January 19, 2001. |
| Jan 19 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. |
| | filed. |
| Jan 19 2001 | Brief of respondents Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation, et |
| | al. in opposition filed. |
| Jan 29 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Adarand Constructors, Inc. filed. |
| Jan 31 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 16, 2001 |
| Feb 20 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 23, 2001 |
| Feb 20 2001 | Record requested. |
| Mar 3 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 16, 2001 |
| Mar 7 2001 | Record filed. |
| Mar 15 2001 | Record filed. |
| Mar 19 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 23, 2001 |
| Mar 26 2001 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 31, 2001. |
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| Apr 11 2001 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including June 11, 2001. |
| Apr 13 2001 | The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is |
| | amended to read as follows: The petition for a writ of certiorari |
| | is granted limited to the following questions: 1. Whether the |
| | court of appeals misapplied the strict scrutiny standard in |
| | determining if Congress had a compelling interest to enact |
| | legislation designed to remedy the effects of racial |
| | discrimination. 2. Wheteher the United States Department of |
| | Transportation's current Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program |
| | is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest. |
| May 22 2001 | Application (A00-1028) to file a to file a brief on the merits in |
| | excess of the page limitations in excess of page limits, submitted |
| | to Justice Breyer. |
| May 23 2001 | Application (A00-1028) denied by Justice Breyer. |
| Jun 1 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Joshua Aronson, Social Science and Comparative |
| | Law Scholars filed. |
| Jun 6 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of L.S. Lee, Inc. filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. filed. |
| Jun 11 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. |
| | filed. |
| Jun 11 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional |
| | Jurisprudence filed. |
| Jun 11 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed. |
| Jun 11 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty spiral bound copies of related |
| | material submitted by counsel for amici, Center forIndividual |
| | Rights. |
| Jun 11 2001 | Brief of petitioner Adarand Constructors, Inc. filed. |
| Jun 11 2001 | Brief amici curiae of GEOD Corporation and Atlantic Legal Foundation |
| | filed. |
| Jun 18 2001 | Motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix |
| | filed. |
| Jun 29 2001 | Motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix |
| | GRANTED. |
| Jul 3 2001 | |
| | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including August 10, 2001. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Women First National Legislative Committee, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Max Baucus, et al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of City and County of Denver filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, |
| | et al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Office of Communication of the United Church, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty copies of related documents submitted |
| | by counsel for amici Women First Natl. Legislative Comm., et al. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of National Asian Pacific American Legal |
| | Consortium, et al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty sets of ten exhibits submitted by |
| | counsel for amici Natl. Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, |
| | et al. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief of respondents Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Appendix of respondent filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. |
| | filed. |
| Aug 10 2001 | Brief amici curiae of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. |
| | filed. |
| Aug 16 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 21 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty sets of a three-volume compendium of |
| | studies and reports submitted by counsel for the petitioner and |
| | distributed. |
| Sep 5 2001 | Application (A01-215) of petitioner to file a reply brief on the |
| | merits in excess of the page limitation, submitted to Justice |
| | Breyer. |
| Sep 7 2001 | Application (A01-215) denied by Justice Breyer. |
| Sep 10 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Adarand Constructors, Inc. filed. |
| Oct 17 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty copies of a letter from the Solicitor |
| | and distributed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | ARGUED. |
| Nov 2 2001 | Letter from counsel for the petitioner received and distributed. |
| Nov 27 2001 | Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Opinion per |
| | curiam. |
| Dec 27 2001 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 9 2002 | Record returned to the USCA for the tenth circuit. |
| Apr 9 2002 | Record returned the USDC for the Dist. of Colorado. |
| Jun 5 2002 | Record returned to the USCA for the Tenth Circuit. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| William Perry Pendley | Mountain St. Legal Fndn. | 3032922021 |
| 707 17th Street, Ste. 3030 | |
| Denver, CO 80202 | |
| Party name: Adarand Constr., Inc. |
| | | |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| | | |
| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Walter H. Ryland | Williams Mullen Clark Dobbins | 8047836415 |
| 1021 E. Cary St., 16th FL | |
| Richmond, VA 23219 | |
| Party name: L.S.Lee, Inc. |
| | | |
| Walter H. Ryland | Williams Mullen Clark Dobbins | 8047836415 |
| 1021 E. Cary Street 16th FL | |
| Richmond, VA 23219 | |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation |
| | | |
| John G. Roberts Jr. | Hogan & Hartson | 2026375810 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. |
| | | |
| Clark D. Cunningham | Washington Univ.School of Law | 3149356413 |
| Campus Box 1120 | |
| St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 | |
| Party name: J. Aronson, et al.,Social Science & Comparative Law Scholars |
| | | |
| John H. Findley | Pacific Legal Foundation | 9163622833 |
| 10360 old Placerville Road | |
| Sacramento, CA 95827 | |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. |
| | | |
| Edwin Meese III | 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE | 2025464400 |
| Washington, DC 20002 | |
| Party name: Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence |
| | | |
| Michael E. Rosman | Center for Individual rights | 2028338400 |
| 1233 20th Street, NW #300 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Center for Individual Rights |
| | | |
| Martin S. Kaufman | Atlantic Legal Foundation | 2125731960 |
| 205 East 42nd Street, 9th FL | |
| New York, NY 10017 | |
| Party name: GEOD Corporation and Atlantic Legal Foundation |
| | | |
| Edward W. Correia | Latham & Watkins | 2026372200 |
| 555 Eleventh Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Women First National Legislative Committee, et al. |
| | | |
| Edward W. Correia | Latham & Watkins | 2026372200 |
| 555 Eleventh Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Max Baucus, et al. |
| | | |
| Eileen Penner | Mayer Brown Platt | 2022633000 |
| 1909 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: City and County of Denver |
| | | |
| John A. Payton | Wilmer Cutler Pickering | 2026636000 |
| 2445 M Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. |
| | | |
| David Honig | Minority Media & Telecommunica | 2023327005 |
| 3636 16th St., NW, #BG-54 | |
| Washington, DC 20010 | |
| Party name: Office of Communication of the United Church, et al. |
| | | |
| Mark A. Packman | Gilbert Heintz Randolph | 2027722200 |
| 1350 I Street, NW, #200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, et al. |
| | | |
| Richard Ruda | State & Local Legal Center | 2024344850 |
| 444 North Capitol St., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| Party name: National League of Cities, et al. |
| | | |
| Paul J. Watford | Munger Tolles Olson | 2136839100 |
| 355 South Grand Ave., 35th FL | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90071 | |
| Party name: Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense, et al. |
| | | |
| Robert H. Stroup | NAACP Legal Defense | 2129652200 |
| 99 Hudson Street, 16th FL | |
| New York, NY 10013-2897 | |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. |
| | | |
| Martha F. Davis | NOW Legal Defense | 2129256635 |
| 395 Hudson street, 5th FL | |
| New York, NY 10014 | |
| Party name: NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. |
| | | |
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