No. 06-1195
Vide 06-1196
Title:
Lakhdar Boumediene, et al., Petitioners
v.
George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al.
Docketed:March 5, 2007
Linked with 06A1001
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(05-5062)
  Decision Date:February 20, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 5 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2007)
Mar 5 2007 Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioners.
Mar 5 2007 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges, et al. filed.(VIDED.)
Mar 12 2007 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 16, 2007.
Mar 19 2007 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 23, 2007.
Mar 21 2007 Brief of respondents George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 21 2007 Respondents' opposition to motions to expedite briefing and oral argument filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 22 2007 Reply of petitioners in support of motion to expedite and oral argument filed. (Distributed)
Mar 22 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United States Senator Arlen Specter filed. (Distributed) VIDED.
Mar 23 2007 Reply of petitioners Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 26 2007 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2007.
Mar 26 2007 Brief of respondent Ridouane Khalid in support of petition filed. (Distributed)
Apr 2 2007 Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Stevens and Justice Kennedy respecting the denial of certiorari. Justice Breyer filed an opinion dissenting from the denial of certiorari, joined by Justice Souter, and joined by Justice Ginsburg as to Part I. (Detached opinion)
Apr 24 2007 Application (06A1001) to suspend the effect of the denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Apr 24 2007 Application (06A1002) to extend the time to file a petition for rehearing from April 27, 2007 to August 27, 2007, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Apr 26 2007 Application (06A1001) denied by The Chief Justice. (Detached Opinion)
Apr 26 2007 Application (06A1002) denied by The Chief Justice. (Detached Opinion)
Apr 27 2007 Petition for Rehearing filed.
Apr 27 2007 Motion to defer consideration of the petition for rehearing filed by petitioners.
May 8 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 24, 2007.
May 29 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 31, 2007.
Jun 4 2007 The respondents are invited to file a response to the petitions for rehearing within thirty days. VIDED.
Jun 19 2007 Response to petition for rehearing from respondents George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. filed.
Jun 21 2007 Reply brief in support of petition for rehearing filed.
Jun 25 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 28, 2007.
Jun 29 2007 The petition for rehearing is granted. The order entered April 2, 2007, denying the petition for writ of certiorari is vacated. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. This case is consolidated with 06-1196 and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. As it would be of material assistance to consult any decision in Bismullah, et al. v. Gates, No. 06-1197, and Parhat, et al. v. Gates, et al., No. 06-1397 currently pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, supplemental briefing will be scheduled upon the issuance of any decision in those cases.
Jul 13 2007 The time within which to file the opening briefs on the merits has been extended as follows: the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits are due on or before August 24, 2007; respondents' briefs are due on or before October 9, 2007. VIDED.
Aug 14 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for petitioners El-Banna, et al. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Former United States Diplomats Diego C. Asencio, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief of petitioners Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. filed.
Aug 24 2007 Joint appendix filed. VIDED. (Statement of costs received)
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Amnesty International, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Salim Hamdan filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Retired Military Officers filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Specialists in Israeli Military Law and Constitutional Law filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United States Senator Arlen Specter filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of 383 United Kingdom and European Parliamentarians filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Canadian Parliamentarians and Professors of Law filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts and International Law Professors filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of National Institute of Military Justice filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for respondent Ridouane Khalid. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and Public Justice filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Lawyers Association filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of Scholars Paul Finkelman, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 24 2007 Brief amici curiae of International Humanitarian Law Experts filed. VIDED.
Sep 4 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for Al Odah, et al. VIDED.
Sep 13 2007 Application (07A229) of respondents to file a consolidated brief on the merits in excess of the page limits, submitted to The Chief Justice. VIDED
Sep 17 2007 Application (07A229) to file a consolidated brief on the merits in excess of page limits granted by The Chief Justice. The document may not exceed 75 pages.
Sep 21 2007 Letter from counsel for the petitioners proposing to lodge copies of the records of unreported cases cited in petitioners' brief. (Distributed)
Oct 8 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Oct 9 2007 Brief of respondents George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. filed. VIDED.
Oct 9 2007 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Center for Law and Justice. VIDED.
Oct 9 2007 Brief amici curiae of Retired Generals and Admirals, et al. filed. VIDED.
Oct 9 2007 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, et al. filed.
Oct 15 2007 SET FOR ARGUMENT Wednesday, December 5, 2007. VIDED.
Oct 19 2007 CIRCULATED.
Oct 22 2007 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the District of Columbia Circuit. (3 boxes) There are sealed documents in this record.
Oct 26 2007 Application (07A369) of petitioners Boumediene, et al. for leave to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limitation, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Oct 30 2007 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia Circuit. (1 box). There are sealed documents in this record.
Oct 30 2007 Application (07A369) of petitioners Boumediene, et al. for leave to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limitation granted by The Chief Justice. The brief may not exceed 25 pages.
Nov 13 2007 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Center for Law and Justice GRANTED. VIDED.
Nov 13 2007 Reply of petitioners Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. filed. (Distributed).
Nov 21 2007 Copies of the records of unreported cases cited in petitioners' brief LODGED by petitioners at the request of the Clerk. (Distributed)
Dec 5 2007 Argued. For petitioners: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Dec 10 2007 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by Boumediene petitioners. (Distributed).
Dec 20 2007 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by respondents George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. VIDED.
Jan 7 2008 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Jan 7 2008 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by the Solicitor General is granted as to Section 1 of the brief and denied as to Section 2 of the brief. VIDED
Feb 19 2008 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners Lakhdar Boumediene, et al.
Mar 17 2008 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Mar 31 2008 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by respondents George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. VIDED. (Distributed).
Apr 14 2008 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Jun 12 2008 REVERSED AND REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined. Roberts, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C.J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
Jun 19 2008 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 19 2008 Application (07A1011) for order to issue judgment forthwith, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jun 19 2008 Application (07A1011) for order to issue the judgment forthwith granted by Justice Kennedy
Jul 22 2008 Acknowledgement of receipt (06/20/08) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit received.
Jul 25 2008 Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Jul 25 2008 Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
    Counsel of Record1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Lakhdar Boumediene, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Karma B. Brown Hunton & Williams LLP(202) 955-1500
    Counsel of Record2200 Ppennsylvania Avnue, NW
Washington, DC  20037
kbbrown@hunton.com
Party name: Ridouane Khalid
 
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
Party name: George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al.
Other:
Beth S. Brinkmann Morrison & Foerster LLP(202) 887-1544
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20006-1888
bbrinkmann@mofo.com
Party name: Former Federal Judges
 
Douglass W. Cassel Notre Dame Law School(574) 631-7896
2142 Eck Hall of Law
Notre Dame, IN  46556
Doug.Cassel@nd.edu
Party name: Former United States Diplomats Diego C. Asencio, et al.
 
Timothy Cone Asst. Federal Public Defender772-489-2123 (ext. 8758)
109 North 2nd Street
Fort Pierce, FL  34950
Party name: Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida
 
Donald Francis Donovan Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP(212) 909-6000
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY  10022
dfdonovan@debevoise.com
Party name: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
 
Arthur F. Fergenson DLA Piper US LLP(212) 335-4500
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  11200
Party name: Association of the Bar of the City of New York
 
Harrison J. Frahn IV. 2550 Hanover Street (650)-251-5065
Palo Alto, CA  94304
Party name: International Humanitarian Law Experts
 
Jonathan S. Franklin Norton Rose Fulbright 'US L.L.P.(202) 662-0466
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
jonathan.franklin@nortonrosefulbright.com
Party name: Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations
 
Paul L. Hoffman Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP(310) 396-0731
723 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA  90291
hoffpaul@aol.com
Party name: Amnesty International, et al.
 
Gary A. Isaac Mayer Brown LLP(312) 782-0600
17 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
Party name: Retired Military Officers
 
Neal Kumar Kaytal 555 13th Street NW(202) 637-5528
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Salim Hamdan
 
Timothy Lynch Cato Institute(202) 842-0200
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
Party name: Cato Iinstitute
 
Jennifer S. Martinez International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic(650) 725-2749
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305
jmartinez@law.stanford.edu
Party name: National Institute of Military Justice
 
Andrew G. McBride Wiley, Rein LLP(202) 719-7135
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
amcbride@wileyrein.com
Party name: Foundation for Defense of Democracies, et al.
 
William H Neukom American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
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
 
John Townsend Rich Goodwin Procter LLP(202) 346-4000
901 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
Party name: Commonwealth Lawyers Association
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Retired Generals and Admirals, et al.
 
Margaret L. Sanner Reed Smith LLP(804) 344-3400
901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1700
Richmond, VA  23219
Party name: Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
briefs@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: Specialists in Israeli Military Law and Constitutional Law
 
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
 
Steven R. Shapiro American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(212) 549-2500
125 Broad Street
New York, NY  10004
sshapiro@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and Public Justice
 
Arlen Specter Ranking Member(202) 224-4254
Senate Judiciary Committee
711 Hart Senate Off. Bldg.
Washington, DC  20510
Party name: United States Senator Arlen Specter
 
Claude B. Stansbury Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP(202) 777-4507
701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: 383 United Kingdom and European Parliamentarians
 
William R. Stein Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP(202) 721-4600
1775 I Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
william.stein@hugheshubbard.com
Party name: Canadian Parliamentarians and Professors of Law
 
David Overlock. Stewart Ropes & Gray(202) 508-4600
One Metro Center
700 12th Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20005-3948
David.Stewart@ropesgray.com
Party name: Scholars Paul Finkelman, et al.
 
David C. Vladeck Georgetown University Law Center(202) 662-9540
600 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
Party name: Federal Courts and International Law Professors