| No. 04-108 | ||||
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| Docketed: | July 22, 2004 | |||
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Connecticut |
| Case Nos.: | (SC 16742) |
| Decision Date: | March 9, 2004 |
| Rehearing Denied: | April 20, 2004 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jul 19 2004 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2004) |
| Jul 19 2004 | Appendix of Susette Kelo, et al. filed. |
| Aug 18 2004 | Brief of respondents City of New London, Connecticut, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Aug 19 2004 | Brief amici curiae of James M. Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, and Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Aug 23 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.,et al. filed. |
| Aug 30 2004 | Reply of petitioners Susette Kelo, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 1 2004 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 27, 2004. |
| Sep 28 2004 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 1 2004 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either side received from counsel for the petitioners |
| Oct 7 2004 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Oct 19 2004 | Extension of time within which to file petitioners' brief on the merits to and including December 3, 2004. |
| Nov 10 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Nov 30 2004 | Brief amici curiae of America's Future Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 1 2004 | Brief amici curiae of The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Robert Nigel, et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Dec 2 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of K. Hovnanian Companies LLC in support of respondents filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Joint appendix filed. ( Jt. Appendix in 3 volumes.) |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief of petitioners Susette Kelo, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of New London R.R. Co., Inc. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Tidewater Libertarian Party filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of National Association for Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of King Ranch Inc. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Goldwater Institute, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of John Norquist, President of Congress for New Urbanism filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Jane Jacobs filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Mary Bugryn Dudko, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Develop Don't Destroy (Brooklyn), et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Reason Foundation filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Better Government Association, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Cascade Policy Institute, et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Laura B. Kohr and Leon P. Haller filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of New London Landmarks, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Dec 3 2004 | Brief amici curiae of Professor David L. Callies, et al. filed. |
| Dec 7 2004 | Letter from amici Pacific Legal Foundation seeking permission to lodge copies of a Nevada Supreme Court decision. |
| Dec 10 2004 | Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including January 21, 2005. |
| Dec 15 2004 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
| Dec 15 2004 | CIRCULATED.. |
| Jan 14 2005 | Record received from Supreme Court of Connecticut. 5 boxes, 15 posterboards, Large maps and 1 sealed envelope) |
| Jan 18 2005 | Motion of Connecticut for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Jan 19 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of New York State Urban Development Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Massachusetts Chapter of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development (BUILD), et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amici curiae of American Planning Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Connecticut filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of California Redevelopment Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Robert H. Freilich, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of City of New York filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief of respondents City of New London, Connecticut, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2005 | Petitioners opposition to motion of Connecticut for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument. |
| Jan 21 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Vermont. et al. filed. (Distributed). |
| Jan 27 2005 | Objection of Respondents to motion of Amicus Curiae State of Connecticut for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument |
| Feb 11 2005 | Reply of petitioners Susette Kelo, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 18 2005 | Motion of Connecticut for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED. |
| Feb 22 2005 | Argued. For petitioners: Scott G. Bullock, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Wesley W. Horton, Hartford, Conn. |
| Jun 23 2005 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. O'Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. Thomas, J. filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 18 2005 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Jul 28 2005 | DISTRIBUTED. |
| Aug 22 2005 | Rehearing DENIED. |
| Aug 22 2005 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Aug 25 2005 | Motion to retax costs filed by respondents. |
| Aug 29 2005 | Record returned to Supreme Court of Connecticut. |
| Aug 31 2005 | Acknowledgement of receipt (08/24/05) of judgment from Clerk, Supreme Court of Connecticut received. |
| Sep 7 2005 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005. |
| Sep 8 2005 | Opposition to respondents' motion to retax costs filed. |
| Oct 3 2005 | Motion to retax costs filed by respondents DENIED. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Scott G. Bullock | Institute for Justice | (703) 682-9320 |
| Counsel of Record | 901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900 | |
| Arlington, VA 22203 | ||
| Party name: Susette Kelo, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Wesley W. Horton | Horton Shields & Knox PC | (860) 522-8338 |
| Counsel of Record | 90 Gillett Street | |
| Hartford, CT 06105 | ||
| jdube@hortonshieldsknox.com | ||
| Party name: City of New London, Connecticut, et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Bridget C. Asay | Assistant Attorney General | (802) 828-5500 |
| 109 State Street | ||
| Montpelier, VT 05609-1001 | ||
| basay@atg.state.vt.us | ||
| Party name: Vermont. et al. | ||
| H. Christopher Bartolomucci | Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
| 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| cbartolomucci@bancroftpllc.com | ||
| Party name: Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.,et al. | ||
| Michael M. Berger | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP | (310) 312-4000 |
| 11355 West Olympic Boulevard | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614 | ||
| mmberger@manatt.com | ||
| Party name: The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. | ||
| Mark Brnovich | Goldwater Institute | (602) 462-5000 |
| 500 E. Coronado Road | ||
| Phoenix, AZ 85004 | ||
| Party name: Goldwater Institute, et al. | ||
| Joel R. Burcat | Saul Ewing LLP | (717) 257-7506 |
| 2 North Second Street | ||
| 7th Floor | ||
| Harrisburg, PA 17101 | ||
| Party name: Laura B. Kohr and Leon P. Haller | ||
| James S. Burling | Pacific Legal Foundation | (916) 419-7111 |
| 3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200 | ||
| Suite 200 | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95834 | ||
| jab@pacificlegal.org | ||
| Party name: James M. Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, and Pacific Legal Foundation MERITS Mary Bugryn Dudko, et al. | ||
| David A. Callies | Kudo Professor of Law | (808) 956-6550 |
| William S. Richardson School of Law | ||
| 2515 Dole Street | ||
| Honolulu, HI 96822 | ||
| Party name: Professor David L. Callies | ||
| Michael A. Cardozo | Corporation Counsel of the City of New York | (212) 356-2500 |
| 100 Church Street | ||
| New York,, NY 10007 | ||
| lkoerner@law.nyc.gov | ||
| Party name: City of New York | ||
| John C. Eastman | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (714) 628-2587 |
| c/o Chapman University School of Law | ||
| One University Drive | ||
| Orange, CA 92886 | ||
| jeastman@chapman.edu | ||
| Party name: Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Richard A. Epstein | Distinguish Service Professor of Law | (773) 450-4476 |
| 800 N. Michigan Ave. #3502 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60611 | ||
| repstein@nyu.edu | ||
| Party name: Cato institute | ||
| Jason Michael Freier | Bondurant Mixson & Ellmore LLP | (404) 881-4100 |
| 3900 One Atlantic Center | ||
| 1201 W. Peachtree Street | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | ||
| Party name: National Association for Advancement of Colored People, et al. | ||
| Robert H. Freilich | 4435 Main Street | (816) 561-4414 |
| Kansas, MO 64111 | ||
| Party name: Law Professors Robert H. Freilich, et al. | ||
| Robert S. Getman | 359 West 29th Street | (212) 594-6732 |
| New York, NY 10001 | ||
| Party name: Jane Jacobs | ||
| David T. Goldberg | Donahue & Goldberg, LLP | (212) 334-8813 |
| 99 Hudson Street, 8th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10013 | ||
| david@donahuegoldberg.com | ||
| Party name: Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development (BUILD), et al. | ||
| Michael Austin Hatchell | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | (512) 305-4700 |
| 100 Congress Avenue | ||
| Suitee 300 | ||
| Austin, TX 78701 | ||
| mahatchell@locklord.com | ||
| Party name: King Ranch Inc. | ||
| James L. Huffman | 5340 S. W. Hewett Blvd. | (503) 203-1583 |
| Portland, OR 97221 | ||
| Party name: Cascade Policy Institute, et al. | ||
| Susan B. Kalib | Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP | (212) 732-3200 |
| 2 Wall Street | ||
| New York, NY 10005 | ||
| Party name: New York State Urban Development Corporation | ||
| Kenneth R. Kupchak | Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert | (808) 531-8031 |
| 1003 Bishop Street, 16th Floor | ||
| Honolulu, HI 96813 | ||
| www.hawaiilawyer.com | ||
| Party name: Robert Nigel, et al. | ||
| Barry Levenstam | Jenner & Block | (312) 222-9350 |
| 353 N. Clark Street | ||
| Suite 4100 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
| blevenstam@jenner.com | ||
| Party name: Better Government Association, et al. | ||
| R. Jeffrey Lyman | Goodwin Proctor LLP | (617) 570-1000 |
| Exchange Place | ||
| Boston, MA 02109 | ||
| Party name: Massachusetts Chapter of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties | ||
| Michael E. Malamut | New England Legal Foundation | (617) 695-3660 |
| 150 Lincoln Street | ||
| Boston, MA 02111-2504 | ||
| michaelmalamut@nelfonline.org | ||
| Party name: New London Landmarks, Inc., et al. | ||
| Stephen Merrill | Ghent Law Offices | (757) 623-4200 |
| 2019 Llewellyn Avenue | ||
| Norfolk, VA 23517 | ||
| Party name: Tidewater Libertarian Party | ||
| Thomas W. Merrill | 435 West 116th Street | (203) 436-8990 |
| Room 725 | ||
| New York, NY 10027 | ||
| tmerri@law.columbia.edu | ||
| Party name: American Planning Association, et al. | ||
| Michael D. O'Connell | O'Connell Flaherty & Attmore, LLC | (860) 548-1300 |
| 280 Trumbull Street | ||
| Hartford, CT 06103 | ||
| Party name: New London R.R. Co., Inc. | ||
| William Perry Pendley | Mountain States Legal Foundation | (303) 292-2021 |
| 2596 South Lewis Way | ||
| Lakewood, CO 80227 | ||
| Party name: Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al. | ||
| Mark A. Perry | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (415) 393-8200 |
| One Montgomery Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 90071 | ||
| Party name: Reason Foundation | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mary Lynn Pickel | National Association of Home Builders | (202) 266-8200 |
| 1201 15th Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders, et al. | ||
| Richard Ruda | 108 Newlands St. | (202) 365-1363 |
| Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | ||
| rmruda@hotmail.com | ||
| Party name: National League of Cities, et al. | ||
| Andrew L. Schlafly | 939 Old Chester Road | (908) 719-8608 |
| Far Hills, NJ 07931 | ||
| aschlafly@aol.com | ||
| Party name: America's Future Inc., et al. | ||
| Paul H. Schneider | Giordano Halleran & Ciesla | (732) 741-3900 |
| 125 Half Mile Road | ||
| P.O. Box 190 | ||
| Middletown, NJ 07748 | ||
| Party name: K. Hovnanian Companies LLC | ||
| Frank Schnidman | Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions | (954) 599-8715 |
| Florida Atlantic University | ||
| 111 East Las Olas Boulevard | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | ||
| Party name: John Norquist, President of Congress for New Urbanism | ||
| Norman H. Siegel | 260 Madison Avenue | (212) 532-7586 |
| 18th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10016 | ||
| siegelnorman@aol.com | ||
| Party name: Develop Don't Destroy (Brooklyn) and West Harlem Business Group | ||
| Robert D. Snook | Assistant Attorney General | (860) 808-5020 |
| Office of Attorney General | ||
| 55 Elm Street | ||
| P.O. Box 120 | ||
| Hartford, CT 06141-0120 | ||
| Party name: Connecticut | ||
| Allan B. Taylor | Day, Pitney LLP | (860) 275-0100 |
| 242 Trumbull St. | ||
| Hartford, CT 06103-1212 | ||
| Party name: Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, et al. | ||
| Ralph S. Tyler III. | Hogan & Hartson L.L.P | (410) 659-2700 |
| 111 S. Calvert Street | ||
| Suite 1600 | ||
| Baltimore, MD 21202 | ||
| Party name: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore | ||
| John W. Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute | (434) 978-3888 |
| 1440 Sachem Place | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22901 | ||
| johnw@rutherford.org | ||
| Party name: Rutherford Institute | ||
| Iris P. Yang | 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1650 | (916) 444-4000 |
| Sacramento, CA 95814-4692 | ||
| Party name: California Redevelopment Association | ||