Docket for 12-399
| No. 12-399 | |
| Title: |
| Adoptive Couple, Petitioners |
| v. |
| Baby Girl, a Minor Child Under the Age of Fourteen Years, et al. |
|
| Docketed: | October 1, 2012 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of South Carolina |
| Case Nos.: | (27148) |
| Decision Date: | July 26, 2012 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 22, 2012 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 1 2012 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2012) |
| Oct 1 2012 |
Motion for leave to file Appendix B under seal filed by petitioners. |
| Oct 22 2012 |
Brief of respondent Guardian ad Litem, as representative of respondent Baby Girl filed. |
| Oct 26 2012 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 30, 2012. |
| Oct 31 2012 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys filed. |
| Oct 31 2012 |
Brief amicus curiae of Birth Mother filed. |
| Oct 31 2012 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Council for Adoption filed. |
| Oct 31 2012 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Professors Joan Heifetz Hollinger, et al. |
| Oct 31 2012 |
Brief amici curiae of California State Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
| Nov 30 2012 |
Brief of respondents Birth Father and Cherokee Nation in opposition filed. |
| Dec 11 2012 |
Reply of petitioners Adoptive Couple filed. |
| Dec 12 2012 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013. |
| Jan 4 2013 |
Motion for leave to file Appendix B under seal GRANTED. |
| Jan 4 2013 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Professors Joan Heifetz Hollinger, et al. GRANTED. |
| Jan 4 2013 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 11 2013 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| Feb 11 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners |
| Feb 11 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Guardian Ad Litem of Baby Girl |
| Feb 19 2013 |
Brief of petitioner Adoptive Couple filed. |
| Feb 19 2013 |
Motion for leave to file Joint Appendix under seal filed by petitioner Adoptive Couple. |
| Feb 19 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Birth Father and Cherokee Nation. |
| Feb 19 2013 |
Brief of respondent Guardian ad Litem, as representative of respondent Baby Girl, supporting reversal filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Professors Joan Heifetz Hollinger, et al. filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Birth Mother filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Council for Adoption filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Child Advocacy Organizations filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Bonnie and Shannon Hofer, et al. filed. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Adoptive Parents Committee, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 27 2013 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013. |
| Mar 15 2013 |
The motion of petitioners for leave to file the joint appendix under seal is denied without prejudice to filing a renewed motion together with either a redacted joint appendix, or an explanation as to why the joint appendix may not be redacted, within 14 days. |
| Mar 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 18 2013 |
Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners Adoptive Couple and respondent Guardian ad Litem as Representative of Respondent baby Girl. |
| Mar 19 2013 |
Record from Supreme Court of South Carolina is electronic. |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Motion of Birth Mother for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Renewed motion of petitioners for leave to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record. |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Brief of respondent Birth Father filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Cherokee Nation. |
| Mar 21 2013 |
Brief of respondent Cherokee Nation filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 22 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Professors of Indian Law filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Hamline University School of Law Child Advocacy Clinic filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Abby Abinanti, Chief Justice of the Yurok Tribal Court filed. |
| Mar 26 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Navajo Nation filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 27 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 27 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Lower Sioux Indian Community, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 27 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Latina/o Psychological Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Friends Committee on National Legislation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Casey Family Programs, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Association of American Indian Affairs, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Family Law professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Tanana Chiefs Conference, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Minnesota Department of Human Services and Minnesota Ombudsperson for American Indian Families filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Tribes filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of 63 California Indian Tribes filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Native American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Adult Pre-ICWA Indian Adoptees filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 28 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of South Carolina filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 1 2013 |
Renewed motion of petitioners for leave to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED. |
| Apr 1 2013 |
Upon consideration of the motions for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and the motions for divided argument, the time is to be divided as follows: 20 minutes for petitioners, 10 minutes for respondent Guardian ad Litem, 20 minutes for respondent Birth Father, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General. |
| Apr 9 2013 |
Reply of petitioner Adoptive Couple filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 9 2013 |
Reply of respondent Guardian ad Litem, as representative of respondent Baby Girl, supporting reversal filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 16 2013 |
Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C. For respondent Guardian ad Litem in support of petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For respondents Birth Father, et al.: Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, D. C., and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | | |
| Lisa S. Blatt |
Arnold & Porter LLP | (202) 942-5000 |
| Counsel of Record | 555 12th Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com |
| Party name: Adoptive Couple |
| Attorneys for Respondents: | | |
| Paul D. Clement |
Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
| Counsel of Record | 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| pclement@bancroftpllc.com |
| Party name: Guardian ad Litem, as representative of respondent Baby Girl, supporting reversal |
| | | |
| Chrissi Ross Nimmo |
Assistant Attorney General | (918)-458-6998 |
| Counsel of Record |
P.O. Box 948 | |
| Tahlequah, OK 74465-0948 | |
| chrissi-nimmo@cherokee.org |
| Party name: Cherokee Nation |
| | | |
| Charles A. Rothfeld |
Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1999 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006-1101 | |
| crothfeld@mayerbrown.com |
| Party name: Birth Father |
| Other: | | |
| Abby Abinanti |
P.O. Box 1027 | (707)-482-1350 |
| 190 Klamath Blvd. | |
| Klamath, CA 95548 | |
| aabinanti@gmail.com |
| Party name: Honorable Abby Abinanti, Chief Justice of the Yurok Tribal Court |
| | | |
| Dorothy Ann Alther |
California Indian Legal Services | (760)-746-8941 |
| 609 S. Escondido Blvd. | |
| Escondido, CA 92025 | |
| dalther@calindian.org |
| Party name: 63 California Indian Tribes |
| | | |
| Philip Baker-Shenk |
Holland & Knight LLP | (202) 955-3000 |
| 2099 Pennsylvania Ave. NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| philip.baker-shenk@hklaw.com |
| Party name: Friends Committee on National Legislation, et al. |
| | | |
| Stuart Banner |
UCLA School of Law | (310) 206-8506 |
| 405 Hilgard Avenue | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90095 | |
| banner@law.ucla.edu |
| Party name: Professors of Indian Law |
| | | |
| Eugene Kenneth Bertman |
McCormick & Bryan | (405) 225-2300 |
| 2529 S. Kelly Ave., Suite A | |
| Edmond, OK 73072 | |
| Party name: The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma |
| | | |
| James J Devine Jr. |
128 Main Street | (315) 363-6600 |
| Oneida, NY 13421 | |
| JDevine@centralny.twcbc |
| Party name: Citizens Equal Rights Foundation |
| | | |
| Jennifer Yatskis Dukart |
431 South Seventh Street Suite 2500 | (612)-343-3286 |
| Minneapolis, MN 55415 | |
| jdukart@blackwellburke.com |
| Party name: Lower Sioux Indian Community, et al. |
| | | |
| Edward C. DuMont |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| edward.dumont@wilmerhale.com |
| Party name: Adult Pre-ICWA Indian Adoptees |
| | | |
| Vernle C. Durocher Jr. |
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | (612) 340-2600 |
| 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500 | |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |
| durocher.skip@dorsey.com |
| Party name: Family Law professors |
| | | |
| Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee |
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | (480) 727-0420 |
| P.O. Box 877906 | |
| Tempe, AZ 85287 | |
| pafergus@asu.edu |
| Party name: National Native American Bar Association |
| | | |
| Lilly C. Frawley |
Deputy County Counsel | (916) 875-6877 |
|
County of Sacramento | |
| Juvenile Dependency Division | |
| 3331 Power Inn Road, Suite 350 | |
| Sacramento, CA 95826 | |
| frawley@saccounty.net |
| Party name: California State Association of Counties, et al. |
| | | |
| Gregory G. Garre |
Latham & Watkins, LLP | (202) 637-2207 |
| 555 11th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| gregory.garre@lw.com |
| Party name: Birth Mother |
| | | |
| David M. Gische |
Troutman Sanders LLP | (202) 662-2015 |
| 401 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| david.gische@troutmansanders.com |
| Party name: National Latina/o Psychological Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Marcelino R. Gomez |
Assistant Attorney General | (928) 871-6210 |
|
Navajo Nation Department of Justice | |
| P.O. Box 2010 | |
| Widow Rock, AZ 86515 | |
| Party name: Navajo Nation |
| | | |
| Mary Jo Brooks Hunter |
1536 Hewitt Avenue | (652)-523-2898 |
| Saint Paul, MN 55104 | |
| mhunter@hamline.edu |
| Party name: Hamline University School of Law Child Advocacy Clinic |
| | | |
| Scott H. Ikeda |
445 Minnesota Street Suite 1100 | (651)-757-1385 |
| St. Paul, MN 55101-2128 | |
| scott.ikeda@ag.state.mn.us |
| Party name: Minnesota Department of Human Services and Minnesota Ombudsperson for American Indian Families |
| | | |
| John M. Jerabek |
Niemi jerabek & Kretchmer PA | (612) 333-2400 |
| 510 Marquette Avenue | |
| Suite 200 | |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |
| JJerabek@njklawyers.com |
| Party name: National Council for Adoption |
| | | |
| Theane Evangelis Kapur |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP | (213) 229-7000 |
| 333 South Grand Ave., 48th Floor | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90071 | |
| tkapur@gibsondunn.com |
| Party name: Child Advocacy Organizations |
| | | |
| Heather R. Kendall |
Native American Rights Fund | (907) 257-0505 |
| 801 B St., Suite 404 | |
| Anchorage, AK 99517 | |
| dendall@narf.org |
| Party name: Tanana Chiefs Conference, et al. |
| | | |
| Edwin S. Kneedler |
Deputy Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| Party name: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, a Minor Child Under the Age of Fourteen Years, et al. |
| | | |
| Frederick J. Magovern |
Magovern & Sclafani | (212) 962-1450 |
| 111 John Street, Suite 1509 | |
| New York, NY 10038-3101 | |
| fjmagovern@gmail.com |
| Party name: Adoptive Parents Committee, Inc. |
| | | |
| Phillip J. McCarthy Jr. |
McCarthy Weston PLLC | (928)-779-4252 |
| 508 N. Humphreys Street | |
| Flagstaff, AZ 86001 | |
| jay@mccarthyweston.com |
| Party name: American Academy of Adoption Attorneys |
| | | |
| Lori Alvino McGill |
Latham & Watkins LLP | (202)-637-2319 |
| 555 11th Street, NW | |
| Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| lori.alvino.mcgill@lw.com |
| Party name: Birth Mother |
| | | |
| Jon Metropoulos |
Metropoulos Law Firm, PLLC | (406) 442-0285 |
| 50 S. Last Chance Gulch, Suite 4 | |
| Helena, MT 59601 | |
| jon@metropouloslaw.com |
| Party name: Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare |
| | | |
| Patricia A. Millett |
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP | (202) 887-4000 |
| 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036-1564 | |
| pmillett@akingump.com |
| Party name: Casey Family Programs, et al. |
| | | |
| Mark W. Mosier |
Covington & Burling LLP | (202) 662-6000 |
| 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004-2401 | |
| mmosier@cov.com |
| Party name: Professors Joan Heifetz Hollinger, et al. |
| | | |
| Stephen L Pevar |
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | (860) 570-9830 |
| 330 Main Street, First Floor | |
| Hartford, CT 06106 | |
| spevar@aclu.org |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of South Carolina |
| | | |
| Colette Routel |
875 Summit Ave. | (651) 290-6327 |
| St. Paul, MN 55108 | |
| colette.routel@wmitchell.edu |
| Party name: Wisconsin Tribes |
| | | |
| Joe P. Sparks |
The Sparks Law Firm, P.C. | (480) 949-1339 |
| 7503 First Street | |
| Scottsdale, AZ 85251 | |
| joesparks@sparkslawaz.com |
| Party name: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, et al. |
| | | |
| Kelly Gaines Stoner |
2501 N. Blackwelder | (405)-208-5188 |
| Oklahoma City, OK 73106 | |
| kstoner@okcu.edu |
| Party name: Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association |
| | | |
| Jerry C. Straus |
Hobbs, Straus, et al. | (202) 822-8282 |
| 2120 L St., NW, #700 | |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| jstraus@hobbsstraus.com |
| Party name: Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. |
| | | |
| Kathleen M. Sullivan |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP | (212) 849-7000 |
| 51 Madison Avenue | |
| 22nd Floor | |
| New York, NY 10010 | |
| kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com |
| Party name: Current and Former Members of Congress |
| | | |
| Randall Tietjen |
2800 LaSalle Plaza | (612) 349-8500 |
| 800 LaSalle Ave. | |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |
| rmtietjen@rkmc.com |
| Party name: Bonnie and Shannon Hofer, et al. |
| | | |
| Jack F. Trope |
Association on American Indian Affairs | (240) 314-7155 |
| 966 Hungerford Drive, Suite 12-B | |
| Rockville, MD 20850 | |
| jt.aaia@indian-affairs.org |
| Party name: Association of American Indian Affairs, et al. |
| | | |
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. |
Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov |
| Party name: the United States |
| | | |
| Dawn R. Williams |
Office of the Arizona Attorney General | (520)-746-4443 |
| 3939 S. Park Ave., Suite 180 | |
| Tucson, AZ 85714 | |
| dawn.williams@azag.gov |
| Party name: Arizona, et al. |