| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 20 2001 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due December 26, 2001) |
| Dec 21 2001 | Motion of appellees North Carolina, et al. to dismiss or affirm filed. |
| Dec 21 2001 | Motion of appellee Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce to affirm |
| | filed. |
| Dec 27 2001 | Reply brief of appellants Utah, et al. filed. |
| Jan 2 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 18, 2002 |
| Jan 22 2002 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED |
| | to the hearing of the case on the merits. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT March 27, 2002. |
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| Jan 23 2002 | Motion of appellants to set expedited schedule for briefing and |
| | oral argument filed. |
| Jan 24 2002 | Opposition of North Carolina to motion to expedite filed. |
| Jan 24 2002 | Motion of appellants to set expedited schedule for briefing and |
| | oral argument GRANTED. Appellants' brief is to be filed with the |
| | Clerk and served upon appellees on or before 3 p.m., Wednesday, |
| | February 13, 2002. Appellees briefs are to be filed with the Clerk |
| | and served upon appellants on or before 3 p.m., Monday, March 11, |
| | 2002. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and |
| | served upon appellees on or before 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, |
| | 2002. The case is set for oral argument on Wednesday, March 27, |
| | 2002, at 10 a.m. Rule 29.2 is suspended in this case. |
| Feb 5 2002 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of ei ther party |
| | or of neither party received from counsel for the appellants. |
| Feb 13 2002 | Brief of appellants Utah, et al. filed. |
| Feb 13 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 13 2002 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Feb 14 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 24 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General and the North Carolina appellees |
| | for additional time for oral argument and for divided argument |
| | filed. |
| Mar 4 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General and the North Carolina appellees |
| | for additional time for oral argument and for divided argument |
| | GRANTED. and ten additional minutes are allotted for that purpose |
| | to be divided as follows: 35 minutes for appellants, 20 minutes |
| | for the Solicitor General, and 15 minutes for the North Carolina |
| | appellees. |
| Mar 11 2002 | Brief of appellees Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, et al. |
| | filed. |
| Mar 11 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law |
| | filed. |
| Mar 11 2002 | Brief of appellees-intervenors North Carolina, et al. filed. |
| Mar 20 2002 | Reply brief of appellants Utah, et al. filed. |
| Mar 27 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Jun 20 2002 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the |
| | Court, in which Rehnquist, C.J., and Stevens, Souter, and |
| | Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in which O'Connor, J., joined as to |
| | Parts I and II. O'Connor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part |
| | and dissenting in part. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in |
| | part and dissenting in part, in which Kennedy, J., joined. Scalia, |
| | J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 19 2002 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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