| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Apr 26 2002 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due May 29, 2002) |
| May 2 2002 | Motion of appellees Branch, Barber, Dorsey, Rule, Woodard, Hudson, and |
| | Norvel to affirm filed. VIDED. |
| May 7 2002 | Waiver of right of appellees Eric Clark, Secretary of State of MS, et |
| | al. to respond filed. |
| May 9 2002 | Waiver of right of appellee Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee |
| | to respond filed. |
| May 13 2002 | Reply brief of appellants John Robert Smith, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| May 14 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 30, 2002 |
| Jun 3 2002 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 6, 2002 |
| Jun 10 2002 | PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. The cases are consolidated and a |
| | total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT December 10, 2002. |
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| Jul 5 2002 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' |
| | briefs on the merits to and including August 26, 2002. |
| Aug 23 2002 | Brief of appellants John Robert Smith, et al. filed. |
| Aug 26 2002 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 30 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 30 2002 | Brief of appellees Branch, Barber, Dorsey, Rule, Woodward, Hudson and |
| | Norvel filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 10 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Oct 23 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Oct 30 2002 | Reply brief of appellants Robert Smith, Shirley Hall and Gene Walker |
| | filed. |
| Nov 4 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 22 2002 | Record filed. |
| Dec 10 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Dec 12 2002 | Letter from counsel for the resondent received and distributed. |
| Mar 31 2003 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., announced the judgment of the |
| | Court and delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court with respect |
| | to Parts I and II, the opinion of the Court with respect to Part |
| | III-A, in which Rehnquist, C.J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, |
| | Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to |
| | Parts III-B and IV, in which Rehnquist, C.J., and Kennedy and |
| | Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion in |
| | Part II of which Stevens, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., joined. |
| | Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in |
| | the judgment, in which Souter and Breyer, JJ., joined. O'Connor, |
| | J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in |
| | which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Apr 30 2003 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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