No. 03-343
Vide 03-334
Title:
Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al., Petitioners
v.
United States, et al.
Docketed:September 5, 2003
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(02-5251, 02-5284, 02-5288)
  Decision Date:March 11, 2003
  Rehearing Denied:June 2, 2003
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 2 2003 Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2003)
Sep 2 2003 Appendix of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al. filed.
Oct 3 2003 Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amici curiae of John J. Gibbons, et al. filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amici curiae of Diego C. Asencio, et al. filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Lawyers Association filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Former American Prisoners of War filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Fred Korematsu filed. VIDED.
Oct 3 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Retired Military Officers filed.
Oct 15 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2003.
Nov 3 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2003.
Nov 10 2003 Petition GRANTED limited to the following Question: Whether United States courts lack jurisdication to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad in connection with hostilities and incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Dec 3 2003 Extension of time within which to file the petitioner's brief on the merits and the joint appendix to and including January 14, 2004.
Jan 12 2004 Brief amici curiae of International Law and Jurisdiction Professors filed. VIDED.
Jan 12 2004 Brief amici curiae of International Commission of Jurists, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 12 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Omar Ahmed Khadr filed. VIDED.
Jan 13 2004 Brief amici curiae of International Law Experts Curtis F.J. Doebbler, John Mitchell, and Christine Chinkin filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Former American Prisoners of War filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Lawyers Association filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Abdullah Al-Joaid filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of Nathaniel R. Jones, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Military Attorneys Assigned to Defense in OMC filed.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Bipartisan Coalition of National and International Non-Governmental Organizations filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians Listed filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Government Officials filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of Diego C. Asencio, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of National Institute of Military Justice filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of 175 Members of Both Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amici curiae of Center for Justice and Accountability, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Joint appendix filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief of petitioners Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Hungarian Jews and Bougainvilleans VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Retired Military Officers filed. VIDED.
Jan 14 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Fred Korematsu filed. VIDED.
Feb 3 2004 Extension of time within which to file the respondent's brief on the merits to and including March 3, 2004.
Feb 23 2004 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Hungarian Jews and Bougainvilleans VIDED. GRANTED.
Mar 2 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2004.
Mar 3 2004 CIRCULATED.
Mar 3 2004 Brief of respondents United States, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Citizens for Common Defense filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys General of the United States, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of American Center for Law & Justice, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Kenneth Anderson, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Bill Owens, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2004 Motion of Military Attorneys Assigned to Defense in OMC for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 15 2004 Letter regarding the motion for oral argument from counsel for amicus curiae Military Attorneys Assigned to Defense in OMC received.
Mar 16 2004 Record received from U.S.C.A. Dist. of Columbia Circuit. (1 box)
Mar 22 2004 Motion of Military Attorneys Assigned to Defense in Office of Military Commissions for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
Apr 7 2004 Reply of petitioners Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 9 2004 Record received from U.S.D.C. District of Columbia Circuit. (3 folders)
Apr 20 2004 Argued. For petitioners: John J. Gibbons, Newark, N.J. For respondents: Theodore B. Olson, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Jun 28 2004 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined.
Jul 13 2004 Application (04A41) for immediate transmission of opinion and certified copy of judgment to the Clerk of the USCA DC Circuit, submitted to Justice Stevens.
Jul 16 2004 Application (04A41) for immediate transmission of opinion and certified copy of judgment to the Clerk of the USCA DC Circuit, granted by Justice Stevens.
Jul 16 2004 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 29 2004 Acknowledgement of receipt (07/19/04) of judgment from the Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit received.
Jul 30 2004 Record returned to U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Jul 30 2004 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for District of Columbia.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Thomas B. Wilner Shearman & Sterling LLP(202) 508-8050
    Counsel of Record801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20004
twilner@shearman.com
Party name: Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
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, et al.
 
Pamela Rogers Chepiga Allen & Overy LLP(212) 610-6300
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10020
pamela.chepiga@allenovery.com
Party name: Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association
 
Thomas F. Cullen Jr. Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
Party name: Former American Prisoners of War
Other:
John H. Barton Stanford Law School(650) 723-2691
Stanford, CA  94305
Party name: International Law and Jurisdiction Professors
 
Steve W. Berman Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP(206) 623-7292
1918 Eighth Avenue
Suite 3300
Seattle, WA  98101
steve@hbsslaw.com
Party name: Hungarian Jews and Bougainvilleans
 
David J. Bradford Jenner & Block(312) 222-9350
One IBM Plaza
Chicago, IL  60611
Party name: John J. Gibbons, et al.
 
William J. Butler International Commission of Jurists(212) 725-5505
280 Madison Avenue, Suite 1102
New York, NY  10016
wjbl@mindspring.com
Party name: International Commission of Jurists, et al.
 
Jonathan M. Freiman Wiggin and Dana LLP(203) 498-4400
One Century Tower
P.O. Box 1832
New Haven, CT  06508-1832
jfrieman@wiggin.com
Party name: Bipartisan Coalition of National and International Non-Governmental Organizations
 
William M. Hannay Schiff Hardin & White(312) 258-5500
6600 Sears Tower
Chicago, IL  60606
Party name: Diego C. Asencio, et al.
 
Neal Kumar Kaytal 555 13th Street NW(202) 637-5528
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Military Attorneys Assigned to Defense in OMC
 
James R. Klimaski Klimaski & Associates(202) 296-5600
1400 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: International Law Expert Curtis F.J. Doebbler, John Mitchell, and Christine Chinkin
 
Harold Hongju Koh Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic(203) 432-1660
National Litigation Project
Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT  06510
Party name: Former U.S. Government Officials
 
Edwin S. Matthews Jr. Coudert Brothers LLP(212) 626-4400
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
Party name: 175 Members of Both Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
Andrew G. McBride Wiley, Rein LLP(202) 719-7135
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
amcbride@wileyrein.com
Party name: Former Attorneys General of the United States, et al.
 
Ronald W. Meister Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC(212) 790-9200
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
Party name: National Institute of Military Justice
 
Mary Patricia Michel McKenna Long & Aldridge(202) 496-7339
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Abdullah Al-Joaid
 
James Oldham St. Thomas More Professor of Law & Legal History (202) 662-9090
Georgetown Univeristy Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001
Party name: Legal Historians Listed
 
John J. Park Jr. Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP(678) 347-2208
1170 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2200
Atlanta, GA  30309
jjp@sbllaw.net
Party name: Alabama, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: Citizens for Common Defense
 
Stephen J. Pollak Shea & Gardner(202) 828-2000
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
Party name: Commonwealth Lawyers Association
 
John A. E. Pottow University of Michigan Law School(734) 647-3736
c/o 625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1215
pottow@umich.edu
Party name: Omar Ahmed Khadr
 
David B. Rivkin Jr. Baker & Hostetler LLP(202) 861-1731
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036
drivkin@bakerlaw.com
Party name: Law Professors Kenneth Anderson, et al.
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
 
James C. Schroeder Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP(312) 782-0600
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
Party name: Retired Military Officers
 
Stephen J. Schulhofer Brennan Center for Justice(212) 998-6260
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10013
Party name: Fred Korematsu
 
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 & Justice, et al.
 
David A. Strauss 1111 East 60th Street(773) 702-4907
Chicago, IL  60637
d-strauss@uchicago.edu
Party name: Fred Korematsu
 
Nicholas W. Van Aelstyn Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP(415) 772-6000
333 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA  94104-2878
Party name: Center for Justice and Accountability
 
Richard A. Westfall Hale Westfall, LLP(720) 904-6020
1445 Market Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO  80202
Party name: Bill Owens, et al.