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Docket for 08-1119
No. 08-1119
Vide 08-1225
Title:
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al., Petitioners
v.
United States
Docketed:March 9, 2009
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(07-2405)
  Decision Date:September 4, 2008
  Rehearing Denied:December 5, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 5 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2009)
Apr 3 2009 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 8, 2009.
May 8 2009 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 19 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2009.
Jun 8 2009 Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 08-1225 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Jul 2 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 25, 2009.
Jul 2 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2009.
Jul 2 2009 Joint motion to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2009 Motion of the parties to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits GRANTED. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file an opening brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before August 25, 2009. Petitioner in No. 08-1225 will file a response brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before October 21, 2009. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file a reply brief, not to exceed 10,000 words, on or before November 20, 2009.
Aug 24 2009 Joint appendix filed (statement of costs received.) VIDED.
Aug 25 2009 Brief of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 27 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED.
Aug 28 2009 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al. filed. VIDED.
Sep 1 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Commercial Law League of America filed.
Sep 1 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Sep 28 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 1 , 2009.
Sep 29 2009 CIRCULATED
Oct 21 2009 Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 8th Circuit.
Oct 21 2009 Brief of respondent United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2009 Brief amici curiae of Public Good, et al. filed. (Distributed) VIDED.
Nov 20 2009 Reply of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Nov 24 2009 U.S.D.C. for the District of Minnesota is electronic.
Dec 1 2009 Argued. For petitioners in No. 08-1119 and respondents in No. 08-1225: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Hartford, Conn. For respondents in No. 08-1119 and petitioner in No. 08-1225: William M. Jay, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Mar 8 2010 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined, in which Scalia, J., joined except for n. 3, and in which Thomas, J., joined except for Part III-C. Scalia, J., and Thomas, J., filed opinions concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Apr 9 2010 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
    Counsel of Record90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al.
 
Alan Scott Milavetz Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A.(952) 236-4298
6500 France Avenue South
Edina, MN  55435
alanmilavetz@comcast.net
Party name: Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
William M. Jay Goodwin Procter LLP(202) 346-4000
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
wjay@goodwinprocter.com
Party name: United States
Other:
Carolyn B. Lamm President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
clamm@whitecase.com
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Jonathan S. Massey Massey & Gail, LLP(202) 652-4511
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC  20005
jmassey@masseygail.com
Party name: National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al.
 
Seth E. Mermin Public Good(510) 548-4064
3130 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA  94705
Party name: Public Good, et al.
 
William H. Schorling Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC(215)-665-8700
50 S. 16th Street, Suite 3200
Philadelphia, PA  19102
william.schorling@bipc.com
Party name: Commercial Law League of America

 

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