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Docket for 08-479
No. 08-479
Title:
Safford Unified School District #1, et al., Petitioners
v.
April Redding
Docketed:October 14, 2008
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(05-15759)
  Decision Date:July 11, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 9 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2008)
Nov 3 2008 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 15, 2008.
Nov 13 2008 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
Dec 11 2008 Brief of respondent April Redding in opposition filed.
Dec 23 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2009.
Dec 24 2008 Reply of petitioners Safford Unified School District #1, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 16 2009 Petition GRANTED The brief of petitioners is to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 25, 2009. The brief of respondent is to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 25, 2009. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
Feb 23 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT Tueasday, April 21, 2009.
Feb 25 2009 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.
Feb 25 2009 Brief of petitioners Safford Unified School District #1, et al. filed.
Mar 4 2009 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Mar 4 2009 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
Mar 10 2009 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Mar 10 2009 Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Arizona from Judge Wardlaw. (1 box)
Mar 13 2009 DISTRIBUTED.
Mar 25 2009 Brief of respondent April Redding filed. (Distributed)
Mar 30 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Apr 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Social Workers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Urban Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 3 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 14 2009 Reply of petitioners Safford Unified School District #1, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 21 2009 Argued. For petitioners: Matthew W. Wright, Phoenix, Ariz. For United States as amicus curiae: David O'Neil, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Adam B. Wolf, Santa Cruz, Cal.
Jun 25 2009 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Stevens and Ginsburg, JJ., joined as to Parts I-III. Stevens, J.,. filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.
Jul 27 2009 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 3 2009 Record for the U.S.D.C. for the District of Arizona returned to the Chambers of Judge Kim Wardlaw of the U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Matthew W. Wright Holm Wright Hyde & Hays PLC(480) 961-0236
    Counsel of Record10429 South 51st St., Suite 285
Phoenix, AZ  85044
mwright@holmwright.com
Party name: Safford Unified School District #1, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Adam B. Wolf American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(831) 471-9000
    Counsel of Record1101 Pacific Avenue, Suite 333
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
awolf@aclu.org
Party name: April Redding
Other:
Raymond H. Brescia Albany Law School(518)-445-3247
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY  12208
rbres@albanylaw.com
Party name: Urban Justice Center, et al.
 
Julia M. Carpenter Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
601 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: National Association of Social Workers, et al.
 
David R. Day Church Church Hittle & Antrim(317) 773-2190
12514 Reynolds Drive
Fishers, IN  46038
Party name: National School Boards Association, et al.
 
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Marsha L. Levick Juvenile Law Center(800) 875-8887
1315 Walnut Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA  19107
mlevick@jlc.org
Party name: Juvenile Law Center, et al.
 
David A. O'Neil United States Department of Justice(202)-514-4037
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20530
david.oneil@usdoj.gov
Party name: Safford Unified School District #1, et al. v. April Redding
 
John W. Whitehead The Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
1440 Sachem Place
Charlottesville, VA  22901
johnw@rutherford.org
Party name: Rutherford Institute, et al.

 

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