Docket for 12-682
No. 12-682
Title:
Bill Schuette, Attorney General of Michigan, Petitioner
v.
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al.
Docketed:December 4, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-1387, 08-1534, 08-1389, 09-1111)
  Decision Date:November 15, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 28 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2013)
Dec 5 2012 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 4, 2013, for all respondents.
Dec 19 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Dec 27 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for certain respondents Chase Cantrell, et al.
Dec 28 2012 Waiver of right of respondent Eric Russell to respond filed.
Jan 2 2013 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by David Boyle.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Republican Party filed.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amici curiae of California Association of Scholars, and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amici curiae of XIV Foundation, et al. filed.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Jan 3 2013 Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division filed.
Jan 8 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Eric Russell.
Jan 10 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondents Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al.
Jan 11 2013 Supplemental Appendix of Bill Schuette, Attorney General of Michigan filed.
Jan 14 2013 Waiver of right of respondents Regents of the University of Michigan, et al. to respond filed.
Jan 14 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in suport of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents University of Michigan, and Michigan State University.
Jan 17 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Wayne State University.
Feb 4 2013 Brief of respondents Chase Cantrell, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 4 2013 Brief of respondents Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 12 2013 Reply of petitioner Bill Schuette, Attorney General of Michigan filed.
Feb 20 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013.
Mar 18 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 22, 2013.
Mar 25 2013 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by David Boyle GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Mar 25 2013 Petition GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Apr 22 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 24, 2013.
Apr 22 2013 The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2013.
Apr 25 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al.
May 3 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
John J. Bursch Michigan Solicitor General(517) 373-1124
    Counsel of Record Michigan Department of Attorney General
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI  48909
BurschJ@michigan.gov
Party name: Bill Schuette, Attorney General of Michigan
Attorneys for Respondents:
Charles J. Cooper Cooper & Kirk, PLLC(202) 220-9600
    Counsel of Record1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Party name: Eric Russell
 
Leonard M. Niehoff Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP(734) 418-4246
    Counsel of Record130 S. First St., 4th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI  48118
lniehoff@honigman.com
Party name: Regents of the University of Michigan, et al.
 
Mark D. Rosenbaum Chief Counsel(213) 977-9500
    Counsel of Record ACLU Foundation of Southern California
1313 West Eighth Street
Los Angeles, CA  90017
mrosenbaum@ACLU-SC.org
Party name: Chase Cantrell, et al.
 
Stephanie R. Setterington Bridgewater Place P.O. Box 352(616)-336-6466
    Counsel of RecordGrand Rapids, MI  49501
srsetterington@varnumlaw.com
Party name: Wayne State University and Irvin Reid
 
George B. Washington Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C.(313) 963-1921
    Counsel of Record645 Griswold Street
Suite 1817
Detroit, MI  48226
scheff@ameritech.net
Party name: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al.
 
Karin A. DeMasi Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP(212) 474-1059
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY  10019-7475
kdemasi@cravath.com
Party name: Chase Cantrell, et al.
Other:
Paula S. Bickett Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals(602) 542-8304
Office of Attorney General
1275 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ  85007-2926
paula.bickett@azag.gov
Party name: Arizona, et al.
 
David C. Boyle P.O. Box 15143 (734)-904-6132
Long Beach, CA  90815
dbo@boyleslaw.org
Party name: David Boyle
 
Eric E. Doster 313 S. Washington Square (517)-371-8241
Lansing, MI  48933
EDoster@fosterswift.com
Party name: Michigan Republican Party
 
John C. Eastman Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence(714) 628-2587
c/o Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA  92886
jeastman@chapman.edu
Party name: California Association of Scholars, and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
 
Gary L. Field Witte Law Offices(517) 485-0187
119 E. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI  48933-2111
glfield@fieldlawgroup.com
Party name: XIV Foundation, et al.
 
Ralph W. Kasarda Pacific Legal Foundation(916)-419-7111
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
rwk@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Michael F. Smith The Smith Appellate Law Firm(202) 454-2860
1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Ste. 300
Washington, DC  20006
smith@smithpllc.com
Party name: Former Attorneys of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division