No. 04-1544
Title:
Vickie Lynn Marshall, Petitioner
v.
E. Pierce Marshall
Docketed:May 19, 2005
Linked with 05A697
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(02-56002, 02-56067)
  Decision Date:December 30, 2004
  Rehearing Denied:February 16, 2005
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 17 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 20, 2005)
May 27 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 20, 2005.
Jul 13 2005 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 3, 2005.
Aug 3 2005 Brief of respondent E. Pierce Marshall in opposition filed.
Aug 15 2005 Reply of petitioner Vickie Lynn Marshall filed.
Aug 17 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.
Sep 27 2005 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 7 2005 Blanket consent for the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Nov 7 2005 Blanket consent for the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondent.
Nov 10 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including November 21, 2005.
Nov 10 2005 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including January 20, 2006.
Nov 16 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Heirs, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Professor Richard Aaron, et al. filed.
Nov 21 2005 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Nov 21 2005 Joint appendix filed.
Nov 21 2005 Brief of petitioner Vickie Lynn Marshall filed.
Nov 30 2005 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 28, 2006.
Dec 1 2005 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Dec 9 2005 CIRCULATED.
Jan 11 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. (1 envelope and 1 tape)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of National College of Probate Judges filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief of respondent E. Pierce Marshall filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law Ernest A. Young and Heather Elliot filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Philanthropy Roundtable filed. (Distributed).
Jan 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Eric Yollick, Administrator of the Estate of Herbert Clinton Sisco filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Bonnie Snavely filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 27 2006 Application (05A697) to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits in excess of page limits, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jan 30 2006 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Central District of California. (26 boxes)
Jan 31 2006 Response from counsel for respondent filed.
Feb 6 2006 Additional record (Supplemental Excerpts) from G. Eric Brundstad, Jr., counsel for respondent. (28 Volumes)
Feb 7 2006 Application (05A697) denied by Justice Kennedy.
Feb 16 2006 Additional record received. (Supplemental Excerpts) from Kent L. Richland, Counsel for petitioner. (Volumes 28 through 55).
Feb 20 2006 Reply of petitioner Vickie Lynn Marshall filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2006 Argued. For petitioner: Kent L. Richland, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Deanne E. Maynard, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for the United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Hartford, Conn.
May 1 2006 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the part and concurring in the judgment.
Jun 2 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 20 2006 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit. (1 envelope)
Jun 20 2006 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Central District of California.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Kent L. Richland Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP(310) 859-7811
    Counsel of Record5900 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90036
Krichland@gmsr.com
Party name: Vickie Lynn Marshall
Attorneys for Respondent:
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
    Counsel of Record90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: E. Pierce Marshall
Other:
Ronald A. Cass Cass & Associates, PC(703) 438-7590
10560 Fox Forest Drive
Great Falls, VA  22066
roncass@cassassociates.net
Party name: Philanthropy Roundtable
 
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas, et al.
 
Craig Goldblatt Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
craig.goldblatt@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Pofessors of Law Ernest A. Young and Heather Elliot
 
Sidney P. Levinson Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP(213)621600
333 South Grand Avenue, 2600
Los Angeles, CA  90071
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
 
Richard Lieb Research Professor of Law(212) 479-6020
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY  11439
llm@stjohns.edu
Party name: Professor Richard Aaron, et al.
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: Bonnie Snavely
 
Leonard H. Simon Pendergraft & Simon LLP(713) 528-8555
The Riviana Building
2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 800
Houston, TX  77019
Party name: Eric Yollick, Administrator of the Estate of Herbert Clinton Sisco
 
James R. Wade 360 South Monroe Street #400(303)-321-0653
Denver, CO  80209
Party name: National College of Probate Judges
 
Robert Whitman c/o University of Connecticut Law School(860) 570-5245
65 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT  06105
Party name: Heirs, Inc.