No. 04-1152
Title:
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al., Petitioners
v.
Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., et al.
Docketed:February 28, 2005
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  Case Nos.:(03-4433)
  Decision Date:November 29, 2004
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 28 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2005)
Feb 28 2005 Appendix of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. filed.
Mar 30 2005 Brief of respondents Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Mar 30 2005 Brief amici curiae of Richard Pombo, et al. filed.
Apr 13 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 29, 2005.
Apr 15 2005 Reply of petitioners Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. filed. (Distributed)
May 2 2005 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 3 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits to and including July 18, 2005.
Jun 3 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Judge Advocates Association filed.
Jun 6 2005 Brief amici curiae of Center for Individual Rights, et al. filed.
Jul 15 2005 Brief amicus curiae of American Legion filed.
Jul 15 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Jul 15 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation in support of Neither Party filed.
Jul 18 2005 Joint appendix filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief of petitioners Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund in support of neither party filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors and Law Students filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Boys Scouts of America filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Admiral Charles S. Abbot, et al. filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of Richard Pombo, et al. filed.
Jul 18 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Jul 25 2005 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Civil Rights Union. (Distributed)
Jul 25 2005 SET FOR ARGUMENT on December 6, 2005.
Jul 26 2005 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including September 21, 2005.
Aug 5 2005 CIRCULATED.
Sep 20 2005 Brief amici curiae of 56 Columbia Law School Faculty Members filed. (Distributed)
Sep 20 2005 Brief amici curiae of NALP (The National Association for Law Placement), et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 20 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief of respondents Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Columbia University, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amicus curiae of American Association of University Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Student/Faculty Alliance for Military Equality (SAME) and Outlaws filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Law Schools filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Robert A. Burt, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amicus curiae of National Lawyers Guild filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of William Alford, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2005 Brief amici curiae of National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 3 2005 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Civil Rights Union GRANTED. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Oct 26 2005 Reply of petitioner Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. filed.
Nov 25 2005 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the District of New Jersey (Newark). (1 box)
Nov 25 2005 Record received from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit. (1 box)
Dec 6 2005 Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondents: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N.Y.
Mar 6 2006 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Alito, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Apr 7 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 18 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (04/11/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit received.
Jun 14 2006 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 3rd Circuit.
Jun 14 2006 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of New Jersey.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
E. Joshua Rosenkranz Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP(212) 506-5380
    Counsel of Record51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY  10019-6142
jrosenkranz@orrick.com
Party name: Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., et al.
Other:
Gregory S. Baylor Center for Law & Religious Freedom(703) 642-1070
Christian Legal Society
8001 Braddock Rd., Suite 300
Springfield, VA  22151
Party name: Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund
 
Carmine D. Boccuzzi Jr. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton(212) 225-2000
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY  10006
cboccuzzi@cgsh.com
Party name: Student/Faculty Alliance for Military Equality (SAME) and Outlaws
 
Beth S. Brinkmann Morrison & Foerster LLP(202) 887-1544
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20006-1888
bbrinkmann@mofo.com
Party name: Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, et al.
 
Kenneth Y. Choe American Civil Liberties Union Fdtn., Inc;.(212) 549-2500
125 Broad Street
New York, NY  10004
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
Linda T. Coberly Winston & Strawn LLP(312) 558-5600
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60601
LCoberly@winston.com
Party name: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
 
Gregory S. Coleman Yetter Coleman LLP(512) 533-0150
221 West Sixth Street, Suite 750
Austin, TX  78701
gcoleman@yettercoleman.com
Party name: Cato Institute
 
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.
 
George A. Davidson Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP(212) 837-6000
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY  10004
Party name: Boys Scouts of America
 
Walter Dellinger O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5319
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
wdellinger@omm.com
Party name: William Alford, et al.
 
Paul Michael Dodyk Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP(212) 474-1000
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY  10019
Party name: Robert A. Burt, et al.
 
John C. Eastman Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence(714) 628-2587
c/o Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA  92886
jeastman@chapman.edu
Party name: Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
 
Peter J. Ferrara 2011 Freedom Lane(703) 582-8466
Falls Church, VA  22043
peterferrara@msn.com
Party name: American Civil Rights Union
 
Jonathan L. Hafetz Gibbons Del Deo Dolan Griffinger & Vechione(212) 649-4743
One Pennsylvania Plaza
37th Floor
New York, NY  10119-3701
Party name: National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, et al.
 
Sam Heldman The Gardner Firm, PC(251) 433-8181
210 South Washington Avenue
P.O. Drawer 3103
Mobile, AL  36652
Party name: NALP (The National Association for Law Placement), et al.
 
Barry C. Hodge National Legal Foundation(757) 463-6133
2224 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Suite 204
Virginia Beach, VA  23454
Party name: National Legal Foundation
 
Gregory M. Huckabee Lt. Col. Army (Ret.)(202) 448-1714
Judge Advocates Association
720 Seventh Street, NW
3rd Floor
Washington, DC  20001-3716
Party name: Judge Advocates Association
 
Harold E. Johnson Pacific Legal Foundation(916) 419-7111
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
mlh@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation in support of Neither Party
 
Martin S. Kaufman Atlantic Legal Foundation(914) 834-3322
2039 Palmer Avenue
Larchmont, NY  10538
mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org
Party name: Admiral Charles S. Abbot, et al.
 
Andrew G. McBride Wiley, Rein LLP(202) 719-7135
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
amcbride@wileyrein.com
Party name: Law Professors and Law Students
 
Robert Paul Parker Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison01242005
1615 L Street, NW
Washington, DC  20036
Party name: American Legion
 
William Perry Pendley Mountain States Legal Foundation(303) 292-2021
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO  80227
Party name: Richard Pombo, et al.
 
Jonathan D. Schiller Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP(202) 237-2727
5301 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20015
Party name: 56 Columbia Law School Faculty Members
 
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
 
Paul M. Smith Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001
psmith@jenner.com
Party name: Association of American Law Schools
 
Kathleen M. Sullivan Stanford Constitutional Law Center(650) 725-9875
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
Party name: American Association of University Professors
 
Gerald Walpin Katten Muchin Rosenman(212) 940-7100
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY  10022
Party name: Center for Individual Rights, et al.
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Columbia University, et al.
 
Zachary Wolfe Professor(202) 994-3053
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street, NW
Rome Hall 557
Washington, DC  20052
zwolfe@gwu.edu
Party name: National Lawyers Guild