No. 10-1024
Title:
Federal Aviation Administration, et al., Petitioners
v.
Stanmore Cawthon Cooper
Docketed:February 14, 2011
Linked with 10A569
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-17074)
  Decision Date:February 22, 2010
  Rehearing Denied:September 16, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 3 2010 Application (10A569) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2010 to January 14, 2011, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Dec 6 2010 Application (10A569) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until January 14, 2011.
Jan 4 2011 Application (10A569) to extend further the time from January 14, 2011 to February 13, 2011, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jan 12 2011 Application (10A569) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until February 13, 2011.
Feb 14 2011 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 16, 2011)
Feb 14 2011 Appendix of Federal Aviation Administration, et al. filed.
Mar 8 2011 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 15, 2011.
Apr 7 2011 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 16, 2011.
May 16 2011 Brief of respondent Stanmore Cawthon Cooper in opposition filed.
May 31 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2011.
May 31 2011 Reply of petitioners Federal Aviation Administration, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 20 2011 Petition GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Jul 21 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 19, 2011.
Jul 21 2011 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 27, 2011.
Aug 3 2011 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the Solicitor General.
Aug 19 2011 Brief of petitioners Federal Aviation Administration, et al. filed.
Sep 12 2011 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday November 30, 2011.
Sep 19 2011 CIRCULATED
Sep 21 2011 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Sep 27 2011 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Sep 27 2011 Brief of respondent Stanmore Cawthon Cooper filed. (Distributed)
Sep 30 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from the Solicitor General.
Oct 4 2011 Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed. (Distributed)
Oct 4 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed. (Distributed)
Oct 4 2011 Brief amici curiae of AIDS Foundation of Chicago, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2011 Reply of petitioners Federal Aviation Administration, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2011 Argued. For petitioners: Eric J. Feigin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raymond A. Cardozo, San Francisco, Cal.
Mar 28 2012 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Apr 30 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
 
Eric J. Feigin Assistant to the Solicitor General(202)-305-2452
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC  20530
eric.feigin@usdoj.gov
Party name: Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Raymond A. Cardozo Reed Smith LLP(415) 659-5990
    Counsel of Record101 Second Street, Ste. 1800
San Francisco, CA  94105
rcardozo@reedsmith.com
Party name: Stanmore Cawthon Cooper
 
David J. Bird Reed Smith LLP(412) 288-3131
225 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1200
Pittsburgh, PA  15222
dbird@reedsmith.com
Party name: Stanmore Cawthon Cooper
Other:
David K. Colapinto National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund(202) 342-6980
3238 P Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20007
dc@whistleblowers.org
Party name: National Whistleblower Center
 
Hayley J. Gorenberg Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.(212)-809-8585
120 Wall Street Suite 1500
New York, NY  10005
hgorenberg@lambdalegal.org
Party name: AIDS Foundation of Chicago, et al.
 
Marc Rotenberg Electronic Privacy Information Center(202) 483-1140
1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC  20009
rotenberg@epic.org
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center