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Docket for 04-1618
No. 04-1618
Title:
Northern Insurance Company of New York, Petitioner
v.
Chatham County, Georgia
Docketed:June 3, 2005
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-13308)
  Decision Date:January 28, 2005
  Rehearing Denied:March 4, 2005
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 1 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2005)
Jun 28 2005 Brief of respondent Chatham County, Georgia in opposition filed.
Jul 13 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.
Oct 3 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2005.
Oct 11 2005 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 17 2005 The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended to read: The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: "Whether an entity that does not qualify as an 'arm of the State' for Eleventh Amendment purposes can nonetheless assert sovereign immunity as a defense to an admiralty suit?"
Nov 17 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including December 16, 2005.
Nov 30 2005 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
Nov 30 2005 Letter from counsel for the petitioner giving blanket consent for the filing of amicus briefs in support of either or neither party received.
Nov 30 2005 Letter from counsel for the respondent giving blanket consent for the filing of amicus briefs in support of either or neither party received.
Dec 16 2005 Joint appendix filed.
Dec 16 2005 Brief of petitioner Northern Insurance Company of New York filed.
Dec 16 2005 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 20 2005 CIRCULATED.
Jan 6 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 6 2006 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including February 3, 2006.
Jan 23 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Feb 2 2006 Brief of respondent Chatham County, Georgia filed. (Distributed)
Feb 3 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority filed. (Distributed)
Feb 6 2006 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern Dist. of Georgia (Savannah). (1 box)
Feb 17 2006 Reply of petitioner Northern Insurance Company of New York filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope).
Mar 1 2006 Argued. For petitioner: Miguel A. Estrada, Washington, D.C.; and Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: R. Jonathan Hart, Chatham County Attorney, Savannah, Ga.
Apr 25 2006 Judgment REVERSED. Thomas J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
May 26 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 7 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (05/30/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit received.
Jun 14 2006 Record returned to U.S.C.A for th 11th Circuit.
Jul 17 2006 Additional record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of GA record included)



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Fred S. Clark P.O. Box 8151(912) 233-0300
    Counsel of RecordSavannah, GA  31412
Party name: Northern Insurance Company of New York
 
Miguel A. Estrada Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
    Counsel of Record1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
mestrada@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Northern Insurance Company of New York
Attorneys for Respondent:
Emily Elizabeth Garrard Chatham County Attorney's Office(912) 652-7881
    Counsel of RecordP.O. Box 8161
Savannah, GA  31412
Party name: Chatham County, Georgia
 
R. Jonathan Hart 124 Bull Street(912) 652-7881
Savannah, GA  31401
Party name: Chatham County, Georgia
Other:
Thomas S. Biemer Dilworth Paxson LLP(215) 575-7000
1500 Market Street
Suite 3500E
Philadelphia, PA  19102
Party name: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
 
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States

 

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