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Docket for 00-201
No. 00-201 Status: DECIDED
Title: New York Times Company, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Jonathan Tasini, et al.
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
August 7, 2000 (97-9181, 97-9650)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 22 2000Application (A99-1063) to extend the time to file a petition for a
writ of certiorari from July 5, 2000 to August 4, 2000, submitted
to Justice Ginsburg.
Jun 22 2000 Application (A99-1063) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the
time to file until August 4, 2000.
Aug 4 2000Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 2, 2000)
Aug 10 2000 LODGING consisting of one box containing seven bound documents and
eight loose documents of record material submitted by counsel for
the petitioners.
Aug 23 2000Brief amici curiae of Advance Publications, Inc., et al. filed.
Aug 25 2000 Order extending time to file response to petition until October 2,
2000.
Aug 25 2000 This extension of time is granted for all respondents.
Sep 29 2000Brief of respondents J. Tasini, M.K. Blakely, M. Mifflin, and D.
Whitford in opposition filed.
Oct 2 2000Brief of respondents Barbara Garson and Sonia Jaffe Robbins in
opposition filed.
Oct 2 2000 Motion of Northern Light Technology, Inc. for leave to file a
brief as amicus curiae filed.
Oct 2 2000Brief amici curiae of Ken Burns, et al. filed.
Oct 17 2000 LODGING consisting of twenty copies of declarations from the lower
court record submitted by counsel for the petitioner.
Oct 17 2000Reply brief of petitioners The New York Times Company, Inc., et al.
filed.
Oct 18 2000 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 3, 2000
Nov 6 2000 Motion of Northern Light Technology, Inc. for leave to file a
brief as amicus curiae GRANTED.
Nov 6 2000 Petition GRANTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT March 28, 2001.
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Dec 7 2000 Order extending time to file briefs on the merits. Petitioners'
brief on the merits is to be filed on or before January 5, 2001.
Respondents' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before
February 16, 2001. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed on or
before March 14, 2001.
Jan 5 2001Brief amicus curiae of National Geographic Society filed.
Jan 5 2001Joint appendix filed.
Jan 5 2001Brief of petitioners The New York Times Company, Inc., et al. filed.
Jan 5 2001Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association
filed.
Jan 5 2001Brief amici curiae of Software & Information Industry Association, et
al. filed.
Jan 5 2001Brief amici curiae of Ken Burns, et al. filed.
Jan 5 2001Brief amici curiae of Advance Publications, Inc., et al. filed.
Jan 8 2001 LODGING consisting of two bound volumes of Legislative History and
Articles and Registration submitted by counsel for the parties.
Jan 26 2001 CIRCULATED.
Feb 7 2001 Record filed.
Feb 15 2001 Order extending time to file respondents' briefs on the merits to
and including February 20, 2001. A reply brief, if any, is to be
filed on or before March 21, 2001. Rule 29.2 does not apply.
Feb 16 2001Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed.
Feb 16 2001Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers, Inc, et
al. filed.
Feb 16 2001Brief amici curiae of Authors Guild, Inc., et al. filed.
Feb 16 2001Brief amici curiae of Ellen Schrecker, et al. filed.
Feb 16 2001Brief amicus curiae of International Federation of Journalists filed.
Feb 20 2001 L0DGING consisting of twenty bound copies of documents submitted
by cousel for amicus Internatl. Federation of Journalists and
distributed.
Feb 20 2001Brief of respondents Barbara Garson and Sonia Jaffe Robbins filed.
Feb 20 2001Brief of respondents Jonathan Tasini, Mary Kay Blakely, M. Mifflin &
D. Whitford filed.
Mar 16 2001Reply brief of petitioners The New York Times Company, Inc., et al.
filed.
Mar 26 2001 Letter and attachment received from counsel for the petitioner and
distributed.
Mar 28 2001 ARGUED.
Jun 25 2001 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of
the Court, in which REHNQUIST, C.J., and O'CONNOR, SCALIA,
KENNEDY, SOUTER, and THOMAS, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed a
dissenting opinion, in which BREYER, J., joined.
Jul 25 2001 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 15 2001 Record returned to USCA 2nd Circuit Record returned to USDC
Southern District of New York
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Laurence Henry Tribe Hauser Hall 420 6174954621
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Party name: The New York Times Company, Inc., et al.
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Emily M. Bass Gaynor & Bass 2129534300
535 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017-3610
Party name: Barbara Garson and Sonia Jaffe Robbins
 
Patricia A. Felch Barner & Witcoff 3127151000
10 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-7479
Party name: Jonathan Tasini, Mary Kay Blakely, M. Mifflin & D. Whitford
 
Other Attorneys:
Charles S. Sims Proskauer Rose 2129693950
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Party name: Advance Publications, Inc., et al.
 
Michael F. Clayton Morgan Lewis Bockius 2024677000
1800 M street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Party name: Ken Burns, et al.
 
Bernard,J. Bonn III Dechert Price & Rhodes 6177287100
Ten Post Office Square South
Boston, MA 02109-4603
Party name: Northern light Technology, Inc.
 
Kenneth W. Starr Kirkland & Ellis 2028795000
655 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Party name: National Geographic Society
 
Daniel W. McDonald Merchant & Gould 6123325300
3200 IDS Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Henry B. Gutman Simpson Thacher Bartlett 2124552000
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Party name: Software & Information Industry Association, et al.
 
Arnold P. Lutzker Lutzker & Lutzker, #450 2024087600
1000 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Party name: American Library Association, et al.
 
L Donald Prutzman 900 Third Avenue 2125086700
New York, NY 10022
Party name: American Society of Media Photographers, Inc, et al.
 
Leon Friedman 148 East 78th Street 2127370400
New York, NY 10021
Party name: Authors Guild, Inc., et al.
 
Theodore M. Lieverman Spector Roseman & Kodroff 2154960300
1818 Market Street, #2500
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Party name: Ellen Schrecker, et al.
 
Thomas M. Peterson One Market, Spear Tower 4154420900
San Francisco, CA 94105
Party name: International Federation of Journalists
 
 

 

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