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Docket for 06-1595
No. 06-1595
Title:
Vicky S. Crawford, Petitioner
v.
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
Docketed:June 1, 2007
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(05-5258)
  Decision Date:November 14, 2006
  Rehearing Denied:March 1, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 30 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2007)
Jun 11 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 16, 2007.
Jun 14 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 16 2007 Brief of respondent Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee in opposition filed.
Jul 16 2007 Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association filed.
Jul 16 2007 Brief amici curiae of Tennessee Education Association and the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association filed.
Jul 27 2007 Response to brief of amici curiae TN Education Association, et al by respondent filed.
Jul 30 2007 Reply of petitioner Vicky S. Crawford filed. (Distributed)
Aug 1 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2007.
Oct 1 2007 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Dec 18 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 26 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2008.
Jan 2 2008 Supplemental brief of respondent Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee filed. (Distributed)
Jan 14 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 18, 2008.
Jan 18 2008 Petition GRANTED. The brief of petitioner is to be filed on or before Monday, February 25, 2008. The brief of respondent is to be filed on or before Monday, March 24, 2008. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
Feb 15 2008 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including April 2, 2008.
Mar 25 2008 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including April 9, 2008.
Apr 7 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party, or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Apr 9 2008 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
Apr 9 2008 Brief of petitioner Vicky S. Crawford filed.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of Tennessee Education Association, and the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association filed.
Apr 16 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondent.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al. filed.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed.
Apr 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of Ohio, and 19 Other States and Commonwealths filed.
May 6 2008 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
May 9 2008 Brief of respondent Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee filed.
May 15 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
May 16 2008 Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed.
May 16 2008 Brief amicus curiae of National School Boards Association filed.
Jun 2 2008 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jun 9 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 8, 2008.
Jun 9 2008 Reply of petitioner Vicky S. Crawford filed.
Jul 3 2008 CIRCULATED
Jul 31 2008 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 6th Circuit. (1box containing 1 binder)
Aug 7 2008 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Tennessee. (1 box)
Oct 8 2008 Argued. For petitioner: Eric Schnapper, Seattle, Wash.; and Lisa S. Blatt, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Francis H. Young, Assistant Metropolitan Attorney, Nashville, Tenn.
Jan 26 2009 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined.
Feb 27 2009 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 8 2009 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the 6th Circuit.
Apr 8 2009 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Tennessee.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Eric Schnapper University of Washington(206) 616-3167
    Counsel of RecordSchool of Law
P.O. Box 353020
Seattle, WA  98195
schnapp@u.washington.edu
Party name: Vicky S. Crawford
 
Ann B. Steiner Steiner & Steiner(615)-244-5063
214 Second Avenue, N.
Suite 203
Nashville, TN  37201-1644
asteiner@steinerandsteiner.com
Party name: Vicky S. Crawford
Attorneys for Respondent:
Francis H. Young Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County(615) 862-6341
    Counsel of RecordP.O. Box 196300
Nashville, TN  37219
frank.young@nashville.gov
Party name: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
Other:
Richard L. Colbert Colbert & Wilbert PLLC (615) 790-6610
108 Fourth Ave. S. Suite 209
Franklin, TN  37064
Party name: Tennessee Education Association, and the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association
 
Bruce B. Elfvin Elfin & Besser(216) 382-2500
4070 Mayfield Road
Cleveland, OH  44121
bbe@elfvinbesser.com
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association
 
Michael  Foreman Civil Rights Appellate Clinic(814) 865-3832
Dickinson School of Law
Pennsylvania State University
Lewis Katz Building 121B
University Park, PW  16802
mlf25@psu.edu
Party name: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al.
 
Melissa Hart White Center for the Study of(303) 735-6344
American Constitutional Law
University of Colorado Law School
Wolf Law Building
UCB 401
Boulder, CO  80309
Melissa.hart@colorado.edu
Party name: National Women's Law Center, 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: United States
 
William P. Marshall Solicitor General(614) 466-8980
Office of the Attorney General of Ohio
30 East Broad Street
17th Floor
Columbus, OH  43215-3428
Party name: Ohio, and 19 Other States and Commonwealths
 
Francisco M. Negron Jr. General Counsel(703) 838-6722
National School Boards Association
1680 Duke Sreet
Alexandria, VA  22314
Party name: National School Boards Association
 
Catherine E. Stetson Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5491
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
Rae T. Vann Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis LLP(202) 629-5600
1501 M Street, N.W
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20005
rvann@ntll.com
Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al.

 

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