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Docket for 08-472
No. 08-472
Title:
Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Petitioners
v.
Frank Buono
Docketed:October 10, 2008
Linked with 08A87
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(05-55852)
  Decision Date:May 14, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 28 2008 Application (08A87) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 12, 2008 to September 11, 2008, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Aug 6 2008 Application (08A87) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until September 11, 2008.
Aug 27 2008 Application (08A87) to extend further the time from September 11, 2008 to October 11, 2008, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Aug 28 2008 Application (08A87) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until October 10, 2008.
Oct 10 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2008)
Oct 29 2008 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 10, 2008.
Nov 10 2008 Brief amici curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. filed.
Dec 4 2008 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 9, 2009.
Jan 8 2009 Brief of respondent Frank Buono in opposition filed.
Jan 16 2009 Reply of petitioners Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, et al. filed.
Jan 21 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2009.
Feb 23 2009 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 12 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 22, 2009.
Mar 12 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 17, 2009.
May 8 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 1, 2009. Respondent's brief on the merits is due on or before July 27, 2009.
Jun 1 2009 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.)
Jun 1 2009 Brief of petitioner Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al. filed.
Jun 4 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Free Expression filed.
Jun 5 2009 Brief amici curiae of Fidelis Center for Law & Policy, et al. filed.
Jun 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Utah Highway Patrol Association, and Robert E. Mackey filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Center for Law and Justice, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Legion Department of California filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Boys Scouts of America filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Citizens United Foundation, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Thomas More Law Center, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Faith and Action, et al. filed.
Jun 8 2009 Brief amici curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. filed.
Jun 22 2009 Motion for leave to intervene filed by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, e (CL Page 162)
Jul 1 2009 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009.
Jul 1 2009 Respondent's response to motion of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 385, et al. for leave to intervene filed. (Distributed)
Jul 13 2009 Reply in support of motion of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. (Distributed).
Jul 16 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
Jul 17 2009 CIRCULATED.
Jul 23 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 24 2009 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Jul 27 2009 Brief of respondent Frank Buono filed. (Distributed)
Jul 31 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Humanist Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of Former High-Ranking Military Officials Colonel David Antoon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Inquiry filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Social Policy Action Network filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Interfaith Alliance filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Aug 3 2009 Motion of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 3 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 13 2009 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Central District of California. (1 box)
Aug 26 2009 Reply of petitioners Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 4 2009 Motion of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument DENIED.
Oct 5 2009 Motion for leave to intervene filed by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. DENIED.
Oct 7 2009 Argued. For petitioners: Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Peter J. Eliasberg, Los Angeles, Cal.
Apr 28 2010 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined in part. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
May 12 2010 Letter received from the Solicitor General. (Distributed).
Jun 1 2010 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 4 2010 Record returned to U.S.D.C for the Central District of California



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Peter Eliasberg ACLU Foundation of Southern California(213) 977-5228
    Counsel of Record1313 W. 8th St., Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA  90017
peliasberg@aclu-sc.org
Party name: Frank Buono
Other:
Richard L. Bolton Boardman Suhr Curry & Field LLP(608) 257-9521
1 South Pinckney Street, Fourth Floor
Madison, WI  53703
Party name: Freedom From Religion Foundation
 
Benjamin W. Bull Alliance Defending Freedom(480) 444-0020
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ  85260
bbull@alliancedefendingfreedom.org
Party name: American Legion Department of California
 
George A. Davidson Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP(212) 837-6000
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY  10004
Party name: Boys Scouts of America
 
Robert Neil Driscoll Alston & Bird LLP(202) 756-3470
The Atlantic Building
950 F Street NW
Washington, DC  20004
Bob.Driscoll@alston.com
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association
 
John A. Eidsmoe Foundation for Moral Law(334) 262-1245
One Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36104
eidsmoeja@juno.com
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law
 
Carl H. Esbeck Professor of Law(573) 882-6543
209 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO  65211-4300
Party name: Christian Legal Society, et al.
 
Peter J. Ferrara 2011 Freedom Lane(703) 582-8466
Falls Church, VA  22043
peterferrara@msn.com
Party name: American Civil Rights Union
 
Thomas M. Fisher Solicitor General (317) 232-6255
Office of the Attorney General
IGC South, Fifth Floor
302 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN  46204
Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov
Party name: Indiana, et al.
 
Steven W. Fitschen The National Legal Foundation(757)-463-6133
2224 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Suite 204
Virginia Beach, VA  23454
nlf@nlf.net
Party name: National Legal Foundation
 
Patrick T. Gillen Fidelis Center for Law & Policy(312) 276-5109
190 South LaSalle Street
Suite 2130
Chicago, IL  60603
Party name: Fidelis Center for Law & Policy, and Catholicvote.org.
 
Elaine J. Goldenberg Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
egoldenberg@jenner.com
Party name: Former High-Ranking Military Officials Colonel David Antoon, et al.
 
Irving L. Gornstein O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, et al.
 
James L. Hirsen 505 S. Villa Real Drive(714) 283-8880
Suite 208
Anaheim Hills, CA  92807
hirsen@earthlink.net
Party name: Foundation for Free Expression
 
Alan Stephen Hut Jr. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.
 
Ayesha N. Khan Americans United for Separation of Church and State(202) 466-3234
1301 K Street, Suite 850 E
Washington, DC  20005
khan@au.org
Party name: Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al.
 
Stephen B. Kinnaird Paul Hastings LLP(202) 551-1700
875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com
Party name: Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Interfaith Alliance
 
Douglas Laycock University of Michigan Law School(734) 647-9713
625 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109
Party name: American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council, et al.
 
Theodore R Mann 1735 Market Street(215) 665-2072
Suite A 417
Philadelphia, PA  19103
Party name: Jewish Social Policy Action Network
 
Robert Joseph Muise American Freedom Law Center(855) 835-2352
P.O. Box 131098
Ann Arbor, MI  48113
rmuise@americanfreedomlawcenter.org
Party name: Thomas More Law Center
 
Daniel S. Pariser Arnold & Porter LLP(202)-942-6216
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
daniel-pariser@aporter.com
Party name: Center for Inquiry
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: American Jewish Congress, et al.
 
Eric C. Rassbach Becket Fund for Religious Liberty(202) 349-7214
3000 K Street, NW, Suite 220
Washington, DC  20007
erassbach@becketfund.org
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
 
Bernard P Reese Jr. Reese and Reese(815) 968-8851
979 North Miami Street
Rockford, IL  61103
bernardpeters@juno.com
Party name: Faith and Action , et al.
 
Robert V. Ritter Appignani Humanist Legal Center(202)-238-9088
1777 T Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
britter@americanhumanist.org
Party name: American Humanist Association, et al.
 
Jay Alan Sekulow American Center for Law & Justice(202) 546-8890
201 Maryland Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC  20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice, et al.
 
Kelly J. Shackelford Liberty Institute(972) 941-4444
2001 Plano Parkway, Suite 1600
Plano, TX  75075
kshackford@libertyinstitute.org
Party name: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al.
 
Michael A. Sink Perkins Coie LLP(303) 291-2300
1900 16th Street, #1400
Denver, CO  80202
MSink@perkinscoie.com
Party name: Utah Highway Patrol Association, and Robert E. Mackey
 
Douglas G. Smith Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL  60654
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
 
Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel(800) 671-1776
1055 Maitland Center Commons
Second Floor
Maitland, FL  32751
court@lc.org
Party name: Liberty Counsel
 
Darrin R. Toney Brennan Manna & Diamond LLC(330) 374-6882
75 East Market Street
Akron, OH  44308
drtoney@bmdllc.com
Party name: Citizens United Foundation, et al.

 

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