No. 02-1183
Title:
United States, Petitioner
v.
Samuel Francis Patane
Docketed:February 12, 2003
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(01-1503)
  Decision Date:September 17, 2002
  Rehearing Denied:December 9, 2002
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 12 2003 Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 14, 2003)
Mar 14 2003 Brief of respondent Samuel Francis Patane in opposition filed.
Mar 14 2003 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Samuel Francis Patane.
Apr 14 2003 Reply of petitioner United States filed.
Apr 21 2003 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Apr 21 2003 Petition GRANTED.
May 16 2003 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including July 7, 2003.
Jun 26 2003 Further extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including July 14, 2003.
Jul 7 2003 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Jul 7 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 14 2003 Joint appendix filed.
Jul 14 2003 Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Aug 5 2003 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including September 17, 2003.
Sep 15 2003 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
Sep 17 2003 Brief of respondent Samuel Francis Patane filed.
Sep 17 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice filed.
Sep 24 2003 SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Oct 3 2003 CIRCULATED.
Oct 9 2003 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 10th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Oct 22 2003 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 3 2003 Record received from the U.S.D.C. for Colorado. (1 envelope - portion of the record is sealed)
Dec 9 2003 Argued. For petitioner: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washinton, D.C. For respondent: Jill M. Wichlens, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colo.
Jun 28 2004 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, J., joined. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which O'Connor, J., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 30 2004 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 3 2004 Record returned to U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit.
Aug 3 2004 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Colorado.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Theodore B. Olson Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Michael R. Dreeben Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondent:
Jill M. Wichlens Assistant Federal Public Defender(303) 294-7002
    Counsel of Record Office of the Federal Public Defender
633 17th Street
Suite 1000
Denver, CO  80202
Jill_Wichlens@fd.org
Party name: Samuel Francis Patane
Other:
Michael Boysie Billingsley Alabama Office of AG(334) 242-7401
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
Kevin C. Newsom Solicitor General(334) 242-7401
Office of Attorney General
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Stephen J. Schulhofer Brennan Center for Justice(212) 998-6260
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10013
Party name: Brennan Center for Justice
 
James J. Tomkovicz University of Iowa(319) 335-9100
College of Law
Iowa City, IA  52242
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.