Docket for 02-634
| No. 02-634 |
Status: | DECIDED |
| Title: |
Green Tree Financial Corp., nka Conseco Finance Corp., |
| | Petitioner |
| | v. |
| |
Lynn W. Bazzle, etc., et al. |
| Docketed: | Lower Ct: |
Supreme Court of South Carolina |
| October 25, 2002 | |
(25523) |
| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 23 2002 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, |
| | 2002) |
| Nov 25 2002 | Brief amici curiae of American Bankers Association, et al. filed. |
| Nov 25 2002 | Brief of respondent Lynn W. Bazzle, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 10 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Green Tree Financial Corp., filed. |
| Dec 11 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2003 |
| Jan 10 2003 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT April 22, 2003. |
| | ******************************************************** |
| Jan 15 2003 | Respondents' suggestion of bankruptcy received. |
| Jan 15 2003 | Response requested to suggestion of bankruptcy. Response due on or |
| | before close of business Wednesday, January 22, 2003. |
| Jan 16 2003 | Petitioner's response to suggestion of bankruptcy received. |
| Jan 21 2003 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. January 21, 2003 (Page 15) |
| Jan 21 2003 | Notification of order annulling automatic bankruptcy stay received |
| | from counsel for petitioner. |
| Jan 22 2003 | Response of respondents to petitioner's letters received. |
| Jan 23 2003 | Letter from counsel for petitioner received. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of Directv, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of National Council of Chain Restaurants filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Motion of Washington Legal Foundation for leave to file a brief as |
| | amicus curiae filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief of petitioner Green Tree Financial Corp., nka Conseco Finance |
| | Corp. filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amici curiae of American Bankers Association, et al. filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amici curiae of New England Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Feb 24 2003 | Brief amici curiae of New England Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2003 | Record filed. |
| Mar 10 2003 | Motion of Washington Legal Foundation for leave to file a brief as |
| | amicus curiae GRANTED. |
| Mar 11 2003 | CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 26 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of AARP filed. |
| Mar 26 2003 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, |
| | et al. filed. |
| Mar 26 2003 | Brief amici curiae of Robert Belton and Law Professors filed. |
| Mar 26 2003 | Brief amicus curiae of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice filed. |
| Mar 27 2003 | Brief of respondents Lynn W. Bazzle, et al. filed. |
| Apr 15 2003 | Reply brief of petitioner Green Tree Financial Corp.,n/k/a Conseco |
| | Finance Corp.(TBP) filed. |
| Apr 22 2003 | ARGUED. |
| Jun 23 2003 | Adjudged to be VACATED and REMANDED Breyer, J., announced the |
| | judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Scalia, |
| | Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion |
| | concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part. Rehnquist, C. |
| | J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which O'Connor and Kennedy, |
| | JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Carter G. Phillips | Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP | 2027368000 |
| 1501 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Green Tree Financial Corp., nka Conseco Finance Corp. |
| | | |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Steven W. Hamm | Richardson, Plowden, et al. | |
| 1600 Marion Street | |
| Columbia, SC 29201 | |
| | | |
| Mary Leigh Arnold | Mary Leigh Arnold, P.A. | |
| P.O. Box 265 | |
| Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 | |
| | | |
| T. Alexander Beard | Beard Law Offices | |
| 1002 Anna Knapp Blvd., Suite 6 | |
| Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 | |
| | | |
| D. Michael Kelly | Suggs & Kelly | |
| 500 Taylor Street, Suite 400 | |
| Columbia, SC 29202 | |
| | | |
| Charles L.A. Terreni | Terreni Law Firm | |
| 1320 Washington Street | |
| Columbia, SC 29201 | |
| | | |
| Cornelia T.L. Pillard | Georgetown Univ. Law Center | 2026629391 |
| 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, # 416 | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| Party name: Lynn W. Bazzle, et al. |
| | | |
| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Louis R. Cohen | 2445 M Street, N.W. | 2026636000 |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| Party name: American Bankers Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Ann Elizabeth Reeseman | 1015 Fifteenth St., NW | 2027898600 |
| Suite 1200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council |
| | | |
| Evan M. Tager | 1909 K St., NW | 2022633000 |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States |
| | | |
| Christopher Landau | 655 Fifteenth St., NW | 2028795000 |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Directv, Inc. |
| | | |
| Robert P. Floyd III | 1300 North Seventeenth St. | 7035270900 |
| Suite 900 | |
| Arlington, VA 22209 | |
| Party name: National Council of Chain Restaurants |
| | | |
| Richard A. Samp | Washington Legal Foundation | 2025880302 |
| 2009 Massachusett Ave.,NW | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation |
| | | |
| Richard T. Seymour | 1100 New York Avenue, NW | 2025821000 |
| Suite 1080 West Tower | |
| Washington, DC 20005-3934 | |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. |
| | | |
| Christopher M. Mason | Nixon Peabody | 2129403000 |
| 437 Madison Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10022 | |
| Party name: New England Legal Foundation, et al. |
| | | |
| Stacy J. Canan | AARP | 2024342060 |
| 601 E Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20049 | |
| Party name: AARP |
| | | |
| David S. Schwartz | Univ. of Wisconsin Law School | 6082626708 |
| 975 Bascom Mall | |
| Madison, WI 53706 | |
| Party name: Robert Belton and Law Professors |
| | | |
| F. Paul Bland Jr. | Trial Lawyers for Public Justi | 2027978600 |
| 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Trial Lawyers for Public Justice |
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