No. 01-1435 Status: DECIDED
Title: Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C., Petitioner
v.
Deborah Wells
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
March 28, 2002 (00-35545)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 14 2002Application (A01-620) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ
of certiorari from February 24, 2002 to March 26, 2002, submitted
to Justice O'Connor.
Feb 15 2002 Application (A01-620) granted by Justice O'Connor extending the
time to file until March 26, 2002.
Mar 26 2002Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 27, 2002)
May 1 2002Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Wells to respond filed.
May 14 2002 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 30, 2002
May 20 2002 Response requested.
Jun 12 2002Brief of respondent Deborah Wells in opposition filed.
Jun 24 2002Reply brief of petitioners Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C.
filed.
Jun 26 2002 REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2002
Oct 1 2002 Petition GRANTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT February 25, 2003.
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Nov 13 2002 Order extending time to file petitioner's brief on the merits to
and including December 2, 2002.
Dec 2 2002Brief amici curiae of United States, et al. filed.
Dec 2 2002Joint appendix filed.
Dec 2 2002Brief of petitioner Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C. filed.
Dec 10 2002 Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to
and including January 17, 2003.
Jan 2 2003 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 14 2003 Record filed.
Jan 17 2003Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,
et al. filed.
Jan 17 2003Brief of respondent Deborah Wells filed.
Jan 17 2003Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Org. filed.
Jan 17 2003Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association filed.
Jan 21 2003 Record filed.
Jan 22 2003 CIRCULATED.
Jan 27 2003 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral
argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Feb 12 2003 LODGING consisting of twenty copies of Articles of Incorporation
received from counsel for petitioner and distributed.
Feb 14 2003Reply brief of petitioner Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C.
filed.
Feb 25 2003 ARGUED.
Apr 22 2003 Adjudged to be REVERSED and REMANDED Stevens, J., delivered the
opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor,
Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J.,
filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.
May 22 2003 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
May 22 2003 Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the District of Oregon
May 22 2003 Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the 9th Cir.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Steven W. Seymour Seymour & Spinrad LLP 5032262966
4640 SE Macadam Avenue #200
Portland, OR 97201
Party name: Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C.
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Craig Crispin Crispin & Associates 5032935770
9600 SW Oak Street, Suite 280
Portland, OR 97223-6585
Party name: Deborah Wells
 
Other Attorneys:
Solicitor General U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Party name: United States, et al.
 
Michael L. Foreman Lawyers' Committee for Civil 2026628600
1401 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.
 
Laurence Gold 805 Fifteenth Street, NW 2028422600
Washington, DC 20005
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Org.
 
Merl H. Waymnan Barristers Bldg. 6144699960
Suite 108
Columbus, OH 43215
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association