| No. 08-22 | ||||
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| Docketed: | July 3, 2008 | |||
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia |
| Case Nos.: | (33350) |
| Decision Date: | April 3, 2008 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jul 2 2008 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2008) |
| Jul 14 2008 | Consent to the filing of any amicus briefs received from the counsel for the petitioners . |
| Jul 22 2008 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 3, 2008. |
| Aug 1 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. |
| Aug 1 2008 | Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, et al. filed. |
| Aug 4 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Appellate Lawyers Association filed. |
| Aug 4 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Aug 4 2008 | Brief amicus curiae of Committee for Economic Development filed. |
| Aug 15 2008 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Hugh M. Caperton, et al. filed. |
| Sep 3 2008 | Brief of respondents A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Sep 16 2008 | Reply of petitioners Hugh M. Caperton, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 17 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2008. |
| Oct 14 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2008. |
| Oct 27 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2008. |
| Nov 3 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2008. |
| Nov 10 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2008. |
| Nov 14 2008 | Petition GRANTED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Theodore B. Olson | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| Counsel of Record | 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| TOlson@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: Hugh M. Caperton, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Lewis F. Powell III | Hunton & Williams LLP | (804) 788-8200 |
| Counsel of Record | 951 E. Byrd Street | |
| Richmond, VA 23219 | ||
| Party name: A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Aziz Huq | Brennan School for Justice | (212) 998-6730 |
| at New York University School of Law | ||
| 161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10013 | ||
| Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, et al. | ||
| Daniel F Kolb | Davis Polk & Wardwell | (212) 450-4000 |
| 450 Lexington Ave. | ||
| New York, NY 10017 | ||
| Party name: Committee for Economic Development | ||
| William H Neukom | American Bar Association | (312) 988-5000 |
| 321 North Clark Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60610 | ||
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Charles K. Wiggins | Wiggins & Masters PLLC | (206) 780-5033 |
| 241 Madison Avenue North | ||
| Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 | ||
| Party name: Washington Appellate Lawyers Association | ||
| Allison M. Zieve | Public Citizen Litigation Group | (202) 588-7723 |
| 1600 20th St., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| azieve@citizen.org | ||
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||