No. 09-834
Title:
Kevin Kasten, Petitioner
v.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
Docketed:January 14, 2010
Linked with 10A260
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-2820)
  Decision Date:June 29, 2009
  Rehearing Denied:October 15, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 12 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2010)
Feb 12 2010 Brief of respondent Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation in opposition filed.
Feb 23 2010 Reply of petitioner Kevin Kasten filed.
Feb 24 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 19, 2010.
Mar 22 2010 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 21 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 17, 2010.
Apr 21 2010 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 16, 2010.
May 26 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jun 8 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in supportof either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent
Jun 16 2010 Brief of petitioner Kevin Kasten filed.
Jun 16 2010 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jun 21 2010 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Jun 23 2010 Brief amici curiae of National Employment Law Project, et al. filed.
Jun 23 2010 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed.
Jun 23 2010 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
Jul 20 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 13, 2010.
Jul 22 2010 Record from U.S.C.A. for 7th Circuit is electronic.
Jul 29 2010 CIRCULATED.
Aug 16 2010 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 16 2010 Brief of respondent Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2010 Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 7 2010 Justice Kagan is recused in this case.
Sep 8 2010 Application (10A260) to extend the time to file a reply brief from September 15, 2010 to September 22, 2010, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Sep 9 2010 Application (10A260) denied by Justice Breyer.
Sep 14 2010 Reply of petitioner Kevin Kasten filed. (Distributed)
Sep 16 2010 Record for U.S.D.C. for Western District of Wisconsin is electronic.
Sep 28 2010 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Oct 13 2010 Argued. For petitioner: James H. Kaster, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C.
Mar 22 2011 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but n. 6. Kagan, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Apr 25 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
James H. Kaster Nichols Kaster, PLLP(612) 256-3202
    Counsel of Record4600 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN  55402
kaster@nka.com
Party name: Kevin Kasten
Attorneys for Respondent:
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
    Counsel of Record1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
 
Thomas P. Godar Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC(608) 255-4440
33 East Main Street, Suite 300
Madison, WI  53703
tgodar@whdlaw.com
Party name: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
Other:
James B. Coppess American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(202) 637-5337
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
jcoppess@aflcio.org
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
 
Michael B. de Leeuw Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP(212) 859-8000
One New York Plaza
New York, NY  10004
Michael.deLeeuw@friedfrank.com
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.
 
Neal Kumar Katyal Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ
Party name: the United States
 
Catherine K. Ruckelshaus National Employment Law Project(212) 285-3025
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 601
New York, NY  10038
cruckelshaus@nelp.org
Party name: National Employment Law Project, et al.
 
Rae T. Vann Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis LLP(202) 629-5600
1501 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20005
rvann@ntll.com
Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al.
 
Jeffrey B. Wall Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Kevin Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation