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Docket for 09-751
No. 09-751
Title:
Albert Snyder, Petitioner
v.
Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al.
Docketed:December 29, 2009
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-1026)
  Decision Date:September 24, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 23 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2010)
Jan 20 2010 Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 3 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2010.
Feb 16 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 26, 2010.
Mar 1 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 5, 2010.
Mar 8 2010 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 22 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 24, 2010.
May 24 2010 Brief of petitioner Albert Snyder filed.
May 24 2010 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
May 24 2010 Supplemental joint appendix filed.
May 27 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party filed.
May 28 2010 Brief amici curiae of Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. filed.
Jun 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al. filed.
Jun 15 2010 The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2010.
Jul 7 2010 Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. filed.
Jul 13 2010 Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of First Amendment Law filed.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed.
Jul 14 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
Jul 20 2010 CIRCULATED.
Jul 20 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 6, 2010.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Sean E. Summers Barley Snyder LLC(717) 846-8888
    Counsel of Record 100 East Market Street
P.O. Box 15012
York, PA  17405-7012
ssummers@barley.com
Party name: Albert Snyder
Attorneys for Respondents:
Margie J. Phelps 3734 SW 12th Street(785) 408-4598
    Counsel of RecordTopeka, KS  66604
margie.phelps@cox.net
Party name: Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al.
Other:
John H. Blume Cornell Law School(607) 255-1030
112 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY  14853
jb94@cornell.edu
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Robert L. Corn-Revere Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP(202) 973-4200
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC  20006-3402
bobcornrevere@dwt.com
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al.
 
Walter Dellinger III O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5319
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
wdellinger@omm.com
Party name: Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate
 
Joel B. Kleinman Dickstein Shapiro LLP(202) 420-2200
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
1825 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
kleinmanj@dicksteinshapiro.com
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
David Lewis Llewellyn Jr. 5530 Birdcage Street, Suite 210(916) 966-9036
Citrus Heights, CA  95610
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party
 
Greg Lukianoff Foundation for Individual Rights in Education(215) 717-3473
601 Walnut St., Suite 510
Philadelphia, PW  19106
greg@thefire.org
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al.
 
Stephen R. McAllister Solicitor General(785) 296-2215
Office of AttorneyGeneral
120 S.W. 10th Street
2nd Floor
Topeka, KS  66612
stevermac@fastmail.fm
Party name: Kansas, et al.
 
Leonard M. Niehoff Butzel Long, PC(734) 213-3625
350 S. Main Street, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI  48104
niehoff@butzel.com
Party name: Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party
 
Timothy J. Nieman Rhoads - Sinon LLP(717) 233-5731
One South Market Square, 12th Fl.
Harrisburg, PA  17108-1146
TNieman@Rhoads-Sinon.com
Party name: Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 
Gene C. Schaerr Winston & Strawn LLP(202) 282-5000
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
gschaerr@winston.com
Party name: The American Legion
 
Jay Alan Sekulow American Center for Law & Justice(202) 546-8890
201 Maryland Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC  20002
jaysekulow@aclj.org
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party
 
Michael P Seng The John Marshall Law School(312) 987-1446
Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic
315 S. Plymouth Ct.
Chicago, IL  60604
7seng@jmls.edu
Party name: The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al.
 
Charles F. Smith Skadden Arps Late Meagher & Flom LLP(312) 407-0516
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606-1720
charles.smith@skadden.com
Party name: Scholars of First Amendment Law
 
Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel(800) 671-1776
1055 Maitland Center Commons, 2nd. Floor
Maitland, FL  32751
court@lc.org
Party name: Liberty Counsel
 
J. Joshua Wheeler Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression(434) 295-4784
400 Worrell Drive
Charlottesville, VA  22911
jjw@tjcenter.org
Party name: Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al.
 
John W. Whitehead Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
1440 Sachem Place
Charlottesville, VA  22901
Party name: Rutherford Institute