No. 04-1144
Title:
Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire, Petitioner
v.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al.
Docketed:February 28, 2005
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-1161)
  Decision Date:November 24, 2004
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 22 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2005)
Mar 14 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 15, 2005.
Mar 23 2005 Brief amici curiae of New Hampshire Legislators filed.
Apr 13 2005 Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 26 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 12, 2005.
May 16 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2005.
May 23 2005 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 23 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 8, 2005.
Jun 23 2005 Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including October 12, 2005.
Jul 1 2005 Motion to allow Counsel Alan Ernest to represent Children Unborn and Born Alive filed..
Jul 1 2005 Brief amicus of Legal Defense For Unborn Children filed.
Jul 25 2005 SET FOR ARGUMENT on November 30, 2005.
Jul 29 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed.
Aug 4 2005 Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,et al. filed.
Aug 4 2005 Brief amici curiae of New Hampshire Representative and HB 763 Sponsor Kathleen Souza, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 4 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Society filed. (Distributed)
Aug 5 2005 CIRCULATED.
Aug 5 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed. (Distributed)
Aug 5 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. (Distributed)
Aug 5 2005 Brief amici curiae of Margie Riley and Laurette Elsberry filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Maureen Curley, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Family Research Council and Focus on the Family filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Association of American Physicians & Surgeons and John M. Thorp, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of New Hampshire Legislators filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law Justice filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amicus curiae of University Faculty for Life filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Loren Leman, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Harlon Reeves, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of James P. Weiers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Horatio R. Storer Foundation, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Joint appendix filed. (Distributed)
Aug 8 2005 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed).
Aug 8 2005 Brief of petitioner Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire filed. (Distributed)
Aug 15 2005 Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief out of time filed by Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota, et al. (Distributed)
Aug 22 2005 Motion to allow Counsel to represent Children Unborn and Born ALive DENIED.
Sep 23 2005 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 3 2005 Motion of Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota, et al. for leave to file amici curiae brief out of time GRANTED. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of Terie Norelli and Over One Hundred Other State Legislators filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of Naral, Pro-Choice America Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Organizations Committed to Women's Equality filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amicus curiae of John H. Lynch, Governor filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of Center for Reproductive Rights and 30 Organizations Committed to Preserving Constitutional Right to Abortion filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and Forty-One Other Religious and Religiously Affiliated Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 12 2005 Brief amici curiae of Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 7 2005 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 16 2005 Reply of petitioners Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire filed. (Distributed)
Nov 16 2005 Record received from U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. (1 envelope)
Nov 21 2005 Record received from U.S.D.C. for District of New Hampshire. (1 envelope)
Nov 22 2005 Supplemental brief of respondents Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2005 Argued. For petitioner: Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General, Concord, N.H.: and Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Jennifer Dalven, New York, N.Y.
Jan 18 2006 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Feb 21 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Mar 9 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (02/27/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit received.
May 1 2006 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 1st Circuit.
May 1 2006 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of New Hampshire.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Daniel J. Mullen Office of the Attorney General (603) 271-1222
    Counsel of Record33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH  03301
Party name: Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire
 
Kelly A. Ayotte Attorney General(603) 271-1202
33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH  03301
Party name: Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire
Attorneys for Respondents:
Jennifer E. Dalven American Civil Liberties Union(212) 549-2633
    Counsel of Record Legal Department
National Office
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY  10004-2400
Party name: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al.
Other:
Steven H. Aden 1440 Sachem Place(434) 978-3888
Charlottesville, VA  22901
Party name: American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al.
 
James Bopp Jr. The Bopp Law Firm(812) 232-2434
1 South 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN  47807-3510
jboppjr@aol.com
Party name: Horatio R. Storer Foundation, Inc.
 
Dorinda C. Bordlee Bioethics Defense Fund(480) 483-3597
6811 E. Viltaire Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ  85254
dbordlee.bdfund.org
Party name: Association of American Physicians & Surgeons and John M. Thorp, Jr.
 
Caroline M. Brown Covington & Burling(202) 662-6000
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20044
Party name: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and Forty-One Other Religious and Religiously Affiliated Organizations
 
Jennifer K. Brown Legal Momentum(212) 925-6635
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY  10014
Party name: Organizations Committed to Women's Equality
 
Elizabeth A. Cavendish NARAL Pro-Choice America(202) 973-3000
1156 15th Street, NW #700
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: Naral, Pro-Choice America Foundation, et al.
 
Mark E. Chopko Associate General Counsel(202) 541-3300
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
3211 Fourth Street, N.E.
Washington, DC  20017
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,et al.
 
Kevin Gilbert Clarkson Brena, Bell & Clarkson, P.C.(907) 258-2000
310 K. Street
Suite 601
Anchorage, AK  99501
Party name: Loren Leman, et al.
 
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
Sanford M. Cohen Center for Reproductive Rights(917) 637-3600
120 Wall Street. 14th Floor
New York, NY  10005
Party name: Center for Reproductive Rights and 30 Organizations Committed to Preserving Constitutional Right to Abortion
 
Teresa Stanton Collett University of St. Thomas School of Law(651) 962-4973
MSL 400
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN  55403-2015
tscollett@stthomas.edu
Party name: New Hampshire Legislators
 
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas, et al.
 
Alan Edward Ernest P.O. Box 404107012005
Rio Rico, AZ  85648
Party name: Legal Defense For Unborn Children
 
Clarke D. Forsythe Americans United for Life(312) 492-7234
310 South Peoria Street
Suite 500
Chicago, IL  60607
Party name: New Hampshire Representative and HB 763 Sponsor Kathleen Souza, et al.
 
Robert P. George Robinson & McElwee(609) 258-3270
500 Virginia Street
East Suite 600
Charleston, WV  25326
rgeorge@princeton.edu
Party name: Family Research Council and Focus on the Family
 
Katherine M. Hanna Legal Counsel(603) 271-8784
Office of the Governor
State of New Hampshire
25 Capitol Street
Concord, NH  03301
Party name: John H. Lynch, Governor
 
Bruce M. Hilliard R-4651
PO Box 1419
Leakesville, MS  39451
Party name: Terie Norelli and Over One Hundred Other State Legislators
 
Barry C. Hodge National Legal Foundation(757) 463-6133
2224 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Suite 204
Virginia Beach, VA  23454
Party name: National Legal Foundation
 
Alan Stephen Hut Jr. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al.
 
Paul Benjamin Linton Special Counsel(847) 291-3848
Thomas More Society
921 Keystone Avenue
Northbrook, IL  60062
PBLCONLAW@AOL.COM
Party name: Thomas More Society
 
James Joseph Lynch Jr. 4144 Winding Way(916) 485-8807
Suite 4
Sacramento, CA  95841
www.jamesjosephlynchjr.com
Party name: Margie Riley and Laurette Elsberry
 
Elizabeth B. McCallum Howrey LLP(202) 788-0800
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004-2402
Party name: Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, et al.
 
Philip D. Moran 265 Essex Street(978) 745-6085
Suite 202
Salem, MA  01970
Party name: Maureen Curley, et al.
 
Len L. Munsil Center for Arizona Policy(480) 922-3101
11000 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Ste. 120
Scottsdale, AZ  85254
Party name: James P. Weiers, et al.
 
Andrew L. Schlafly 939 Old Chester Road(908) 719-8608
Far Hills, NJ  07931
aschlafly@aol.com
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
 
Jay Alan Sekulow American Center for Law & Justice(202) 546-8890
201 Maryland Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC  20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Party name: American Center for Law Justice
 
Kelly J. Shackelford Liberty Institute(972) 941-4444
2001 Plano Parkway, Suite 1600
Plano, TX  75075
kshackford@libertyinstitute.org
Party name: Harlon Reeves, et al.
 
Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel(800) 671-1776
1055 Maitland Center Commons
Second Floor
Maitland, FL  32751
court@lc.org
Party name: Liberty Counsel
 
Maria T. Vullo Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison(212) 373-3000
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10019-6064
Party name: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al.
 
John W. Whitehead The Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
1440 Sachem Place
Charlottesville, VA  22901
johnw@rutherford.org
Party name: Rutherford Institute
 
Richard G. Wilkins Professor of Law and Director(801) 422-2669
The World Family Policy Center
513 JRCB
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT  84602
Party name: University Faculty for Life