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Docket for 01-1444
No. 01-1444 Status: DECIDED
Title: Ben Chavez, Petitioner
v.
Oliverio Martinez
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
April 3, 2002 (00-56520)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 26 2002Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 3, 2002)
May 2 2002Brief of respondent Oliverio Martinez in opposition filed.
May 14 2002 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 30, 2002
Jun 3 2002 Petition GRANTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT December 4, 2002.
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Jun 21 2002 Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's
brief on the merits to and including August 16, 2002.
Jul 29 2002 Order extending time to file September 5, 2002.
Aug 27 2002 Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to
and including October 25, 2002.
Aug 29 2002Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations
filed.
Sep 4 2002Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 5 2002Joint appendix filed.
Sep 5 2002Brief of petitioner Ben Chavez filed.
Sep 5 2002Brief amicus curiae of City of Escondido filed.
Sep 5 2002Brief amicus curiae of California filed.
Sep 5 2002Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Sep 5 2002Brief amici curiae of Fifty California Cities, et al. filed.
Oct 18 2002 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 25 2002Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed.
Oct 25 2002Brief amicus curiae of Association of Trial Lawyers of America filed.
Oct 25 2002Brief amici curiae of National Police Accountability Project, et al.
filed.
Oct 28 2002Brief of respondent Oliverio Martinez filed.
Nov 1 2002 Record filed.
Nov 1 2002 CIRCULATED.
Nov 18 2002 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 20 2002Reply brief of petitioner Ben Chavez filed.
Nov 26 2002 LODGING consisting of twenty copies of tape recorded statement of
Martinez, transcribed on p.6-22 of Joint appendix received from
counsel for respondent and distributed.
Dec 4 2002 ARGUED.
May 27 2003 Adjudged to be REVERSED and REMANDED Thomas, J., announced the
judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, which was joined
by Rehnquist, C. J., in full, by O'Connor, J., as to Parts I and
II-A, and by Scalia, J., as to Parts I and II. Souter, J.,
delivered an opinion, Part II of which was for the Court and was
joined by Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., and Part I
of which concurred in the judgment and was joined by Breyer, J.
Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part in the judgment.
Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in
part. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and
dissenting in part, which was joined by Stevens, J., in full and
by Ginsburg, J., as to Parts II and III. Ginsburg, J., filed an
opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
Jun 26 2003 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Lawrence S. Robbins Robbins, Russell, et al. 2027754500
1801 K St., N.W., Suite 411
Washington, DC 20006
Party name: Ben Chavez
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
R. Samuel Paz Biltmore Court, 7th Floor 3104102981
520 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Party name: Oliverio Martinez
 
F. Samuel Heredia 300 Esplanade Drive
Suite 1760
Oxnard, CA 93030
 
Other Attorneys:
Devallis Rutledge Manning & Marder, Kass 9494406690
1 Park Plaza, Suite 225
Irvine, CA 92614
Party name: National Association of Police Organizations
 
Mark A. Wagoner Office of City Attorney 7608394608
201 N. Broadway
Escondido, CA 92025
Party name: City of Escondido
 
Patrick J. Whalen 1300 I Street 9163242785
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Party name: California
 
Charles L. Hobson Criiminal Justice Legal Fdn 9164460345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Girard Fisher Pollak Vida Fisher 3105513400
1801 Century Park East, 26 FL
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Party name: Fifty
 
Mark D. Rosenbaum ACLU Foundation of Southern CA2139779500
1616 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026-5782
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union
 
Jeffrey L. Needle 119 First Avenue S. 2064471560
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104-2533
Party name: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
 
Susan R. Klein 727 E. Dean Keeton St. 5122321324
Austin, TX 78705
Party name: National Police Accountability Project, et al.
 
 

 

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