No. 08-604
Title:
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Petitioner
v.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
Docketed:November 5, 2008
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-2542)
  Decision Date:April 9, 2008
  Rehearing Denied:August 11, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 5 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2008)
Nov 20 2008 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 5, 2009.
Nov 20 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Dec 5 2008 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Railway Labor Conference, et al.
Jan 5 2009 Brief of respondent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region in opposition filed.
Jan 16 2009 Reply of petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Company filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2009.
Feb 23 2009 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Railway Labor Conference, et al. GRANTED.
Feb 23 2009 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 17 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 11, 2009.
Apr 29 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including May 26, 2009.
May 22 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Co..
May 26 2009 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.
May 26 2009 Brief of petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Company filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of National Railway Labor Conference, et al. filed.
Jun 9 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 27, 2009.
Jul 16 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
Jul 17 2009 CIRCULATED.
Jul 20 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits has been further extended to and including August 10, 2009.
Jul 28 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Jul 29 2009 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 7th Circuit.
Aug 10 2009 Brief of respondent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region filed. (Distributed)
Aug 14 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, National Division filed. (Distributed)
Sep 9 2009 Reply of petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Company filed. (Distributed)
Sep 29 2009 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Illinois.
Oct 7 2009 Argued. For petitioner: J. Scott Ballenger, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Thomas H. Geoghegan, Chicago, Ill.
Dec 8 2009 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jan 11 2010 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 27 2010 Record returned to U.S.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Apr 27 2010 Record returned to U.S. D.C. for E. Northen District of Illinois.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Maureen E. Mahoney Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2200
    Counsel of Record555 11th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
maureen.mahoney@lw.com
Party name: Union Pacific Railroad Company
 
J. Scott Ballenger Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2200
555 11th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
scott.ballenger@lw.com
Party name: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Attorneys for Respondent:
Thomas H. Geoghegan Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan(312)-372-2511
    Counsel of Record77 W. Washington St., # 711
Chicago, IL  60602
DSG77@aol.com
Party name: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
 
Edgar N. James James & Hoffman PC(202) 496-0500
1101 17th Street NW Suite 510
Washington, DC  20036
ejames@jamhoff.com
Party name: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
 
Michael Persoon Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan(312) 372-2511
77 West Washington Street
Suite 711
Chicago, IL  60602-2803
Party name: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
Other:
Peter Buscemi Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP(202) 739-5190
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20004
pbuscemi@morganlewis.com
Party name: National Railway Labor Conference, et al.
 
James B. Coppess American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(202) 637-5337
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
 
Harold A. Ross Interim General Counsel(216) 241-2630
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
National Division
1370 Ontario Street, Mezzanine
Cleveland, OH  44113
haross1@ble-t.org
Party name: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, National Division