No. 03-1693
Vide 03-1698
Title:
McCreary County, Kentucky, et al., Petitioners
v.
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al.
Docketed:June 24, 2004
Linked with 04A723
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(01-5935)
  Decision Date:December 18, 2003
  Rehearing Denied:March 23, 2004
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 21 2004 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2004)
Jul 21 2004 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 9, 2004.
Aug 9 2004 Brief of respondents American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al. in opposition filed.
Aug 25 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 27, 2004.
Sep 17 2004 Reply of petitioners McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 4 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 8, 2004.
Oct 12 2004 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 4 2004 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including December 8, 2004.
Nov 22 2004 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondents.
Dec 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
Dec 6 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amici curiae of Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Dec 8 2004 Joint appendix filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief of petitioners McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Faith and Action, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amici curiae of Minnesota, et al. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Justice Institute filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Law Center filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law, Inc. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of American Legion filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amici curiae of Family Research Council and Focus on the Family filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amicus curiae of WallBuilders, Inc. filed.
Dec 8 2004 Brief amici curiae of American Liberties Institute, et al. filed.
Dec 13 2004 Brief amici curiae of American Humanist Association, et al filed. VIDED.
Dec 13 2004 Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed. VIDED.
Dec 15 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 2, 2005.
Dec 15 2004 CIRCULATED.
Dec 16 2004 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 4 2005 Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists filed. (Distributed)
Jan 6 2005 Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including January 21, 2005.
Jan 7 2005 Brief amici curiae of Atheist Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 7 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Freedom From Relgion Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 10 2005 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 10 2005 Record received from U.S.C.A. - 6th Circuit. (1 binder)
Jan 11 2005 Record received from U.S.D.C., Eastern Dist. of Kentucky. (2 boxes)
Jan 12 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Council for Secular Humanism and International Academy of Humanism filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians and Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Baptist Joint Committee, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2005 Brief of respondents American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 4 2005 Motion of Faith and Action, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 18 2005 Motion of Faith and Action, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
Feb 18 2005 Application (04A723) to file in excess of page limits, submitted to Justice Stevens.
Feb 22 2005 Reply of petitioners McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2005 Application (04A723) denied by Justice Stevens.
Mar 2 2005 Argued. For Petitioners: Mathew D. Staver, Longwood, Fla.; and Paul D. Clement, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae, supporting petitioners). For Respondents: David A. Friedman, Louisville, Ky.
Mar 18 2005 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. (Distributed)
Apr 4 2005 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Apr 26 2005 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners. (Distributed)
May 16 2005 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Jun 27 2005 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined, and in which Kennedy, J., joined as to Parts II and III.
Jul 29 2005 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 3 2005 Record returned to U.S.C.A. - 6th Circuit.
Aug 3 2005 Record returned to U.S. District Court fo the Eastern District of Kentucky.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel(800) 671-1776
    Counsel of Record1055 Maitland Center Commons
Second Floor
Maitland, FL  32751
court@lc.org
Party name: McCreary County, Kentucky, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
David A. Friedman 315 Guthrie Green(502) 581-1181
    Counsel of RecordSuite 300
Louisville, KY  40202-2356
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al.
 
Robert James Bruno 107 Professional Plaza(952) 890-9171
1601 East Highway 13
Burnsville, MN  55337
Party name: American Atheists
Other:
Jeffrey R. Babbin Wiggin & Dana LLP(203) 498-4400
One Century Tower
P.O. Box 1832
New Haven, CT  06508-1832
jbabbin@wiggin.com
Party name: Anti-Defamation League, et al.
 
Charles Brinsfield Campbell Office of the Attorney General(334) 242-7300
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130-0152
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
Benjamin D. DuPre Foundation for Moral Law, Inc.(334) 262-1245
One Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36104
bdupre@morallaw.org
Party name: Foundation for Moral Llaw, Inc.
 
James A. Friedman LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn12132004
One East Main Street, Suite 500
Madison, WI  53701-2719
Party name: Freedom From Relgion Foundation
 
Robert P. George Robinson & McElwee(609) 258-3270
500 Virginia Street
East Suite 600
Charleston, WV  25326
rgeorge@princeton.edu
Party name: Family Research Council and Focus on the Family
 
Steven K. Green Williamette University College of Law(503) 370-6405
245 Winter Street SE
Salem, OR  97301
Party name: Legal historians and Law Scholars
 
Mike Hatch Attorney General(651) 296-6196
102 Capitol Building
Aurora Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55155
Party name: Minnesota, et al.
 
Elizabeth L. Hileman Hileman & Associates, P.C.(301) 652-1448
7979 Old Georgetown Rd., Suite 600
Bethesda, MD  20814
ehileman@hilemanlaw.com
Party name: American Humanist Association, et al
 
Barry C. Hodge National Legal Foundation(757) 463-6133
2224 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Suite 204
Virginia Beach, VA  23454
Party name: WallBuilders, Inc.
 
William M. Hohengarten Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6048
1099 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001-4412
whohengarten@jenner.com
Party name: Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al.
 
Douglas Laycock University of Michigan Law School(734) 647-9713
625 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109
Party name: Baptist Joint Committee, et al.
 
Peter D. Lepiscopo Lepiscopo & Associates Law Firm(619) 299-5343
San Diego Office
3511 Camino del Rio South, Suite 101
San Diego, CA  92108
plepiscopo@att.net
Party name: Pacific Justice Institute
 
Ronald A. Lindsay Seyfarth Shaw LLP(202) 463-2400
975 F Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004-1454
Party name: Council for Secular Humanism and International Academy of Humanism
 
Frederick H. Nelson American Liberties Institute(407) 786-7007
P.O. Box 547503
Orlando, FL  32854-7503
Party name: American Liberties Institute, et al.
 
Paul J. Orfanedes Judicial Watch, Inc.(202) 646-5172
425 Third Street, S.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC  20024
porfanedes@judicialwatch.org
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.
 
Anthony R. Picarello Jr. 3211 Fourth Street, N.E.(202) 541-3300
Washington, DC  20017
apicarello@usccb.org
Party name: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
 
Bernard P. Reese Jr. Reese and Reese(815) 968-8851
979 North Main Street
Rockford, IL  61103
Party name: Faith and Action, et al.
 
Steven C. Seeger 200 East Randolph Drive(312) 861-2000
Chicago, IL  60601
Party name: Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, 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
 
Kelly J. Shackelford Liberty Institute(972) 941-4444
2001 Plano Parkway, Suite 1600
Plano, TX  75075
kshackford@libertyinstitute.org
Party name: American Legion
 
Douglas G. Smith Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL  60654
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
 
Pamela L. Sumners 528 N. Humphrey Ave.(708) 763-9827
Oak Park, IL  60302
Party name: Atheist Law Center, et al.
 
Herbert W. Titus William J. Olson, PC(703) 356-5070
370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA  22180 - 5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Party name: Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al.
 
Julie Underwood National School Boards Association(703) 838-6722
1680 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA  22314
Party name: National School Boards Association, et al.
 
Edward L. White III. Thomas More Law Center(734) 827-2001
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr.
P.O. Box 393
Ann Arbor, MI  48106
Party name: Thomas More Law Center
 
John W. Whitehead The Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
1440 Sachem Place
Charlottesville, VA  22901
johnw@rutherford.org
Party name: Rutherford Institute