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Docket for 01-593

No. 01-593	Status:	DECIDED
	Title:	Dole Food Company, et al., Petitioners
		v.
		Gerardo Dennis Patrickson, et al.
Docketed:	Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
October 9, 2001		(99-16524, 99-16770)

~~Date~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 5 2001	Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 8, 2001)
Nov 8 2001	Brief of respondents Geraldo Dennis Patrickson, et al. in opposition
	filed. VIDED.
Nov 20 2001	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2001
Nov 20 2001	Reply brief of petitioners Dole Food Company, et al. filed.
Dec 10 2001	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case
	expressing the views of the United States.
May 31 2002	Brief of the United States filed. VIDED.
Jun 11 2002	REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 27, 2002
Jun 28 2002	Petition GRANTED. limited to the following questions: 1. Whether a
	corporation is an "agency or instrumentality" if a foreign state
	owns a majority of the shares of a corporate enterprise that in
	turn owns a majority of the shares of the corporation. 2. Whether
	a corporation is an "agency of instrumentality" if a foreign state
	owned a majority of the shares of the corporation at the time of
	the events giving rise to litigation, but the foreign state does
	notown a majority of those shares at the time that a plaintiff
	commences a suit against the corporation. The cases are
	consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral
	argument.
	SET FOR ARGUMENT January 22, 2003.
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Jul 29 2002	Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioners'
	briefs on the merits to and including August 23, 2002. Order
	extending time to file respondents' briefs on the merits to and
	including October 3, 2002.
Aug 23 2002	Joint appendix filed. VIDED.
Aug 23 2002	Brief of petitioners Dole Food Company, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 23 2002	Brief amici curiae of Consortium de Realisation, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 23 2002	Brief amici curiae of Republic of Ireland and Icarom plc (Under
	Administration) filed. VIDED.
Aug 23 2002	LODGING consisting of twenty bound copies of related material
	submitted by counsel for amici Republic of Ireland, et al. VIDED.
Oct 3 2002	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2002	Brief of respondents Gerardo Dennis Patrickson, et al. filed. VIDED.
Oct 7 2002	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
	argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 28 2002	Application (A02-347) to extend the time to file a reply brief from
	November 4, 2002 to November 7, 2002, submitted to Justice
	O'Connor.
Oct 29 2002	Application (A02-347) granted by Justice O'Connor extending the
	time to file until November 7, 2002.
Nov 4 2002	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
	argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 7 2002	Reply brief of petitioners Dole Food Company, et al. filed. VIDED.
Dec 7 2002	CIRCULATED.
Dec 9 2002	Record filed.
Jan 22 2003	ARGUED.
Feb 6 2003	Motion of petitioners Dole Food Company, et al. for leave to file
	a supplemental brief after oral argument filed.
Feb 24 2003	Motion of petitioners Dole Food Company, et al. for leave to file
	a supplemental brief after oral argument GRANTED.
Apr 22 2003	NO. 01-593, CERTIORARI DISMISSED; NO. 01-594, AFFIRMED. Kennedy,
	J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court with respect to
	Parts I, II-A, and II-C, and the opinion of the Court with respect
	to Part II-B, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia,
	Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an
	opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which
	O'Connor, J., joined.
May 22 2003	JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 5 2003	Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit.

~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Robert Howard Klonoff	Jones, Day, et al.	2028793939
	51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC 20001
Party name: Dole Food Company, et al.

Attorneys for Respondent:
Jonathan S. Massey	3920 Northampton St., NW	2026860457
	Washington, DC 20015
Party name: Gerardo Dennis Patrickson

Michael J. Brickman	Ness, Motley, et al.
	28 Bridgeside Blvd.
	Mt. Pleasant, SC 29401

Peter R. Paden	Robinson, Silverman, et al.
	1290 Avenue of the Americas
	New York, NY 10104

Other Attorneys:
Solicitor General	U.S. Department of Justice
	Washington, DC 20530

George J. Terwilliger III	601 Thirteenth Street, NW	2026263600
	Suite 600 south
	Washington, DC 20005-3807
Party name: Consortium de Realisation, et al.

Martin R. Baach	Baach Robinson & Lewis	2028338900
	One Thomas Circle, #200
	washington, DC 20005
Party name: Republic of Ireland and Icarom plc (Under Administration)