| No. 08-164 | ||||
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| Docketed: | August 11, 2008 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (06-15269) |
| Decision Date: | January 30, 2008 |
| Rehearing Denied: | April 9, 2008 |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jun 10 2008 | Application (07A981) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 8, 2008 to August 7, 2008, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Jun 19 2008 | Application (07A981) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 7, 2008. |
| Aug 7 2008 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2008) |
| Sep 5 2008 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 10, 2008. |
| Sep 10 2008 | Brief amici curiae of Prevent Blindness America et al. filed. |
| Sep 10 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union filed. |
| Sep 10 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of Darryll K. Jones filed. |
| Oct 3 2008 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 17, 2008. |
| Nov 17 2008 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Dec 2 2008 | Reply of petitioner Vision Service Plan, Incorporated filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 3 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009. |
| Jan 12 2009 | Petition DENIED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Kenneth W. Starr | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | (213) 680-8400 |
| 777 S. Figueroa Street | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90017 | ||
| ken.starr@pepperdine.edu | ||
| Party name: Vision Service Plan, Incorporated | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Gregory G. Garre | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other: | ||
| Raymond A. Cardozo | Two Embarcadero Center | (415)-543-8700 |
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
| Party name: National Taxpayers Union | ||
| Philip Cook | Alston & Bird LLP | (404) 881-7000 |
| 1201 West Peachtree Street | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30309-3424 | ||
| Party name: Darryll K. Jones | ||
| Howard R. Rubin | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal | (202) 408-6400 |
| 1301 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Suite 600, East Tower | ||
| Washington, DC 20005-3364 | ||
| Party name: Prevent Blindness America et al. | ||