| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Sep 29 2005 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2005) |
| Oct 13 2005 |
Brief of respondent Viet Mike Ngo in opposition filed. |
| Oct 26 2005 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 10, 2005. |
| Oct 31 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 14 2005 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Dec 29 2005 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Dec 29 2005 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Dec 29 2005 |
Brief of petitioners Jeanne S. Woodford, et al. filed. |
| Dec 29 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. |
| Jan 23 2006 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 22,2006. |
| Feb 1 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 2 2006 |
Brief of respondent Viet Mike Ngo filed. |
| Feb 2 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
| Feb 2 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School filed. |
| Feb 2 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Feb 3 2006 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Feb 7 2006 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 9 2006 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. - 9th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| Feb 17 2006 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. - Northern District of California. (1 envelope)
Some pleadings in this case have been electronically filed. |
| Feb 21 2006 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Mar 9 2006 |
Reply of petitioners Jeanne S. Woodford, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 22 2006 |
Argued. For petitioners: Jennifer G. Perkell, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, Cal.; and Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for the United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Meir Feder, New York, N.Y. |
| Jun 22 2006 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J. delivered the opinon of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 24 2006 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 1 2006 |
Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. |
| Aug 1 2006 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Nothern District of California. |