| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 14 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, |
| | 2001) |
| Dec 20 2001 | Brief of respondent Mercury Marine in opposition filed. |
| Jan 2 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 18, 2002 |
| Jan 2 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Rex R. Sprietsma filed. |
| Jan 22 2002 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 15, 2002. |
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| Feb 6 2002 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including March 29,2002. |
| Mar 29 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Mar 29 2002 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Mar 29 2002 | Brief of petitioner Rex R. Sprietsma filed. |
| Mar 29 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of Trial Lawyers of America filed. |
| Mar 29 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Missouri, et al. filed. |
| Apr 4 2002 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including May 20, 2002. |
| Apr 5 2002 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including May 20, 2002. |
| May 20 2002 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. |
| | filed. |
| May 20 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of |
| | America filed. |
| May 20 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Maritime Law Association of the United States |
| | filed. |
| May 20 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
| May 20 2002 | Brief of respondent Mercury Marine filed. |
| May 23 2002 | Application (A01-927) of petitioner for an extension of time to file |
| | the reply brief on the merits, submitted to Justice Stevens. |
| May 23 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| May 24 2002 | Application (A01-927) granted by Justice Stevens extending the |
| | time to file until June 26, 2002. |
| Jun 17 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jun 26 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Rex R. Sprietsma filed. |
| Jul 3 2002 | Lodging consisting of twenty sets of documents including1. Brief |
| | for Defendant-Appellee Mercury Marine in IL Supreme Ct., 2. Brief |
| | of Defendant-Appellee in Appellate Ct. of IL, 3. Defendant Mercury |
| | Marine's Mtn. to Dismissin Circuit Ct. of Cook County, IL, |
| | submitted by counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jul 23 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 20 2002 | Record filed. |
| Oct 15 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Dec 3 2002 | Adjudged to be REVERSED and REMANDED Stevens, J., delivered the |
| | opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jan 2 2003 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Feb 4 2003 | Record returned to the Supreme Court of Illinois. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Leslie Agnes Brueckner | 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW | 2027978600 |
| Suite 80 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Rex R. Sprietsma |
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| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Stephen Shapiro | 190 South LaSalle Street | 3127820600 |
| Chicago, IL 60603 | |
| Party name: Mercury Marine |
| | | |
| Donald Ivansek | 20 North Wacker Drive | 3126413100 |
| Suite 1040 | |
| Chicago, IL 60606 | |
| Party name: Mercury Marine |
| | | |
| Daniel J. Connolly | Faegre & Benson, LLP | 6123663000 |
| 200 Norwest Center | |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |
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| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| | | |
| Ross Diamond III | Post Office Box 40600 | 2514323362 |
| Mobile, AL 36640 | |
| Party name: Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
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| Charles W. Hatfield | Supreme Court Bldg. | 5737513321 |
| P.O. Box 899 | |
| Jefferson City, MO 65102-0899 | |
| Party name: Missouri, et al. |
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| Kenneth W. Starr | Kirkland & Ellis | 2028795000 |
| 655 Fifteenth St., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al. |
| | | |
| John G. Roberts Jr. | Hogan & Hartson | 2026375810 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America |
| | | |
| Joshua S. Force | 909 Poydras Street | 5042992100 |
| 28th Floor | |
| New Orleans, LA 70112 | |
| Party name: Maritime Law Association of the United States |
| | | |
| Alan Untereiner | Robbins Russell Englert Orseck | 2024454500 |
| 1801 K Street, NW #411 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. |
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