| No. 09-751 | ||||
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| Docketed: | December 29, 2009 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (08-1026) |
| Decision Date: | September 24, 2009 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Dec 23 2009 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2010) |
| Jan 20 2010 | Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Feb 3 2010 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2010. |
| Feb 16 2010 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 26, 2010. |
| Mar 1 2010 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 5, 2010. |
| Mar 8 2010 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Mar 22 2010 | The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 24, 2010. |
| May 24 2010 | Brief of petitioner Albert Snyder filed. |
| May 24 2010 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received) |
| May 24 2010 | Supplemental joint appendix filed. |
| May 27 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party filed. |
| May 28 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. filed. |
| Jun 1 2010 | Brief amici curiae of The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al. filed. |
| Jun 15 2010 | The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2010. |
| Jul 7 2010 | Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. filed. |
| Jul 13 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars of First Amendment Law filed. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. |
| Jul 14 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 20 2010 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jul 20 2010 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 6, 2010. |
| Jul 26 2010 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit. (1 box) |
| Aug 6 2010 | Reply of petitioner Albert Snyder filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 2 2010 | Record received fro U.S.D.C. for District of Maryland (Baltimore) (2 boxes) |
| Oct 6 2010 | Argued. For Petitioner: Sean E. Summers, York, Penn. For respondents: Margie J. Phelps, Topeka, Kan. |
| Mar 2 2011 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Apr 4 2011 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| May 9 2011 | Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit. |
| May 9 2011 | Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of Maryland. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Sean E. Summers | Barley Snyder LLC | (717) 846-8888 |
| Counsel of Record | 100 East Market Street | |
| P.O. Box 15012 | ||
| York, PA 17405-7012 | ||
| ssummers@barley.com | ||
| Party name: Albert Snyder | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Margie J. Phelps | 3734 SW 12th Street | (785) 408-4598 |
| Counsel of Record | Topeka, KS 66604 | |
| margie.phelps@cox.net | ||
| Party name: Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Robert L. Corn-Revere | Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP | (202) 973-4200 |
| 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006-3401 | ||
| bobcornrevere@dwt.com | ||
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. | ||
| Walter Dellinger | O'Melveny & Myers LLP | (202) 383-5319 |
| 1625 Eye Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| wdellinger@omm.com | ||
| Party name: Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate | ||
| Joel B. Kleinman | Dickstein Shapiro LLP | (202) 420-2200 |
| Dickstein Shapiro LLP | ||
| 1825 Eye Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| kleinmanj@dicksteinshapiro.com | ||
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| David Lewis Llewellyn Jr. | 5530 Birdcage Street | (916) 966-9036 |
| Suite 210 | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA 95610 | ||
| DLlewellyn@LSlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party | ||
| Greg Lukianoff | Foundation for Individual Rights in Education | (215) 717-3473 |
| 601 Walnut St., Suite 510 | ||
| Philadelphia, PW 19106 | ||
| greg@thefire.org | ||
| Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. | ||
| Stephen R. McAllister | Solicitor General | (785) 296-2215 |
| Office of Attorney General | ||
| 120 S.W. 10th Street, 2nd Floor | ||
| Topeka, KS 66612 | ||
| stevermac@fastmail.fm | ||
| Party name: Kansas, et al. | ||
| Leonard M. Niehoff | Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP | (734) 418-4246 |
| 130 S. First St., 4th Floor | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48118 | ||
| lniehoff@honigman.com | ||
| Party name: Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party | ||
| Timothy J. Nieman | Rhoads - Sinon LLP | (717) 231-6614 |
| One South Market Square, P.O. Box 1146 | ||
| Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146 | ||
| TNieman@Rhoads-Sinon.com | ||
| Party name: Veterans of Foreign Wars. | ||
| Gene Schaerr | Winston & Strawn LLP | (202) 282-5000 |
| 1700 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| gschaerr@winston.com | ||
| Party name: The American Legion | ||
| 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 and Justice in support of neither party | ||
| Michael P Seng | The John Marshall Law School | (312) 987-1446 |
| Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic | ||
| 315 S. Plymouth Ct. | ||
| Chicago, IL 60604 | ||
| 7seng@jmls.edu | ||
| Party name: The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al. | ||
| Charles F. Smith | Skadden Arps Late Meagher & Flom LLP | (312) 407-0516 |
| 155 North Wacker Drive | ||
| Chicago, IL 60606-1720 | ||
| charles.smith@skadden.com | ||
| Party name: Scholars of First Amendment Law | ||
| Mathew D. Staver | Liberty Counsel | (800) 671-1776 |
| 1055 Maitland Center Commons | ||
| Second Floor | ||
| Maitland, FL 32751 | ||
| court@lc.org | ||
| Party name: Liberty Counsel | ||
| J. Joshua Wheeler | Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression | (434) 295-4784 |
| 400 Worrell Drive | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22911 | ||
| jjw@tjcenter.org | ||
| Party name: Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. | ||
| John W. Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute | (434) 978-3888 |
| 1440 Sachem Place | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22901 | ||
| johnw@rutherford.org | ||
| Party name: Rutherford Institute | ||