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Docket for 02-516
No. 02-516 Status: DECIDED
Title: Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher, Petitioners
v.
Lee Bollinger, et al.
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
October 3, 2002 (01-1333,01-1416,01-1418,)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 1 2002Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2002)
Oct 1 2002Appendix of petitioner Jennifer Gratz, et al. filed.
Oct 3 2002 LODGING consisting of ten bound copies of related material
received from counsel for petitioner.
Oct 16 2002Waiver of right of respondents Ebony Patterson, et al. to respond
filed.
Oct 27 2002Brief of respondents Lee Bollinger, et al. in opposition filed.
Nov 12 2002Reply brief of petitioners Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher filed.
VIDED.
Nov 13 2002 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 27, 2002
Dec 2 2002 The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is granted
limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
SET FOR ARGUMENT April 1, 2003.
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Dec 20 2002 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party
received from counsel for the petitioners.
Dec 20 2002 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party
received from counsel for the respondents University of Michigan,
Lee Bollinger, and James Duderstadt.
Dec 26 2002 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party
received from counsel for respondents, Ebony Patterson, et al.
Dec 30 2002 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party
received from counsel for petitioners Gratz and Hamacher.
Jan 14 2003Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Jan 15 2003Brief amicus curiae of Center for New Black Leadership filed. VIDED.
Jan 15 2003Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Scholars filed.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional
Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Joint appendix filed.
Jan 16 2003Brief of petitioners Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher filed.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Center for Equal Opportunity, et al. filed.
VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Asian American Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Freedom filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Association of Scholars filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Center for the Advancement of Capitalism filed.
VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Duane C. Ellison filed.
Jan 16 2003Brief amicus curiae of Reason Foundation filed. VIDED.
Jan 28 2003 CIRCULATED.
Jan 31 2003Brief amicus curiae of Hayden Family filed. VIDED.
Jan 31 2003 Record filed.
Jan 31 2003 Record filed.
Feb 4 2003 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 13 2003Brief amici curiae of Columbia University, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 13 2003Brief amici curiae of Richard A. Gephardt and Congressional Members
filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amicus curiae of Northeastern University filed.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of American Council on Education, et al. filed.
Feb 14 2003Brief amicus curiae of New Jersey filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Advocates and Univ.of MN Human
Rights Center filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003
Brief amicus curiae of Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of Michigan
filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of Carnegie Mellon University, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of Natl. Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in
America, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of Amherst, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 14 2003Brief amici curiae of National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief of respondents Ebony Patterson, et al. filed.
Feb 18 2003Brief of respondent Board of Regents of University of Michigan filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of Howard University filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of The College Board filed.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of Authors of the Texas Ten Percent Plan filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of Members of the United States Congress filed.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of American Educational Research Association, et
al. filed.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of John Conyers, Jr., et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of University of Pittsburgh, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of Social Scientists Glenn Loury, et al. filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of General Motors Corporation filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of United Negro College Fund and Kappa Alpha PSI
filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of 3M and other Leading Businesses filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of American Psychological Association filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of New America Alliance filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of National Urban League, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of Harvard University, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed.
VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of City of Philadelphia, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater
Chicago filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amici curiae of Banks Broadcasting, Inc., and Media Companies
filed. VIDED.
Feb 18 2003Brief amicus curiae of Bay Mills Indian Community filed.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of New York City Council Speaker A. Gifford Miller,
et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al.
filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Latino Organizations, La Raza, et al. filed.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et
al. filed.
Feb 19 2003Brief amicus curiae of National School Boards Association filed.
VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Lt., Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr. filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amicus curiae of AFL-CIO filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Maryland, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of Senators Thomas Daschle, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 19 2003Brief amici curiae of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al.
filed. VIDED.
Feb 20 2003 LODGING consising of twenty bound copies of exhibits received from
counsel for amici Natl. Asian Pacific American Legal, et al. and
distributed. VIDED.
Feb 24 2003 Motion of Exxon Mobil Corporation for leave to file a brief as
amicus curiae filed.
Feb 27 2003 Motion of respondents Ebony Patterson, et al. for additional
argument time and for divided argument, or in the alternative, for
divided argument filed.
Mar 4 2003 Response of Bollinger, et al. to the motion of Patterson, et al.
for additional argument time and for divided argument, or in the
alternative, for divided argument.
Mar 10 2003 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 10 2003 Motion of Exxon Mobil Corporation for leave to file a brief as
amicus curiae GRANTED.
Mar 10 2003 Motion of respondents Ebony Patterson, et al. for additional
argument time and for divided argument, or in the alternative, for
divided argument DENIED.
Mar 17 2003 Motion of BP America Incorporated for leave to file a brief as
amicus curiae out of time filed.
Mar 24 2003Reply brief of petitioners Jennifer Gratz, et al. filed.
Mar 28 2003 Record filed.
Mar 28 2003 Motion of MTV Networks for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae
out of time filed.
Apr 1 2003 ARGUED.
Apr 7 2003 Motion of BP America Incorporated for leave to file a brief as
amicus curiae out of time DENIED.
Apr 7 2003 Motion of MTV Networks for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae
out of time DENIED.
Jun 23 2003 Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART. AND REMANDED. Rehnquist, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Scalia,
Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a concurring
opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined in part. Thomas, J., filed a
concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the
judgment. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which
Souter, J., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in
which Ginsburg, J., joined as to Part II. Ginsburg, J., filed a
dissenting opinion, in which Souter, J., joined, and in which
Breyer, J., joined as to Part I.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
David F. Herr Maslon,Edelman,Borman,Brand 6126728200
3300 Wells Fargo,90 S. 7th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55402-4140
Party name: Jennifer Gratz, et al.
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
John Payton Wilmer,Cutler & Pickering 2026636000
2445 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Party name: Lee Bollinger, et al.
 
Leonard M. Niehoff 350 South Main Street 7349953110
Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
 
Theodore M. Shaw 99 Hudson Street 2129652200
Suite 1600
New York, NY 10013-2897
Party name: Ebony Patterson, et al.
 
Other Attorneys:
Solicitor General U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Party name: the United States
 
John H. Findley Pacific Legal Foundation 9163622833
10360 Old Placerville Road
Sacramento, CA 95827
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
 
Keith Noreika Covington & Burling 2026626000
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Party name: National Association of Scholars
 
Carl V. Angelis 1217 S Street, NW 2023289533
Washington, DC 20009
Party name: Duane C. Ellison
 
Daryl J. Lapp Palmer & Dodge 6172390174
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199
Party name: Northeastern University
 
Janet Pitterle Holt 738 West Glebe Road 7036847700
Alexandria, VA 22305
Party name: The College Board
 
Rolando L. Rios Law Offices of Rolando Rios
115 E. Travis, #1645
San Antonio, TX 78205
Party name: Authors of the Ten Percent Plan
 
Leslie T. Thornton Patton Boggs 2024576000
2550 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Party name: Members of the United States Congress
 
Angelo N. Ancheta 124 Mt. Auburn Street 6174966367
Suite 400 South
Cambridge, MA 02138
Party name: American Educational Research Association, et al.
 
Vanya Hogen 2200 Wells Fargo Center 6127667000
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Party name: Bay Mills Indian Community
 
 

 

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