No. 08-970
Title:	Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al., Petitioners v. Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al.
Docketed:	February 2, 2009
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Case Nos.:	(06-15514, 06-15874)
Decision Date:	July 3, 2008
Rehearing Denied:	November 5, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 29 2009	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2009)
Mar 4 2009	Brief of respondents Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al. in opposition filed.
Mar 18 2009	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 3, 2009.
Apr 6 2009	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition for a writ of certiorari.
Apr 16 2009	The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 22, 2009.
Jun 9 2009	The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 21, 2009.
Jun 20 2009	Brief amici curiae of National Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed.
Jun 22 2009	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jun 22 2009	Brief of petitioners Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al. filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amici curiae of Old Republic Insurance Company, et al. filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amicus curiae of National School Boards Association filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed.
Jun 29 2009	Brief amicus curiae of Association County Commissioners of Georgia filed.
Jul 16 2009	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
Jul 30 2009	CIRCULATED.
Aug 3 2009	Record for the U.S.D.C. for the District of Georgia received from U.S.C.A. for the 11th Circuit. (20 boxes) There are sealed documents in the record.
Aug 3 2009	Record received from the U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Aug 12 2009	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 21 2009	Brief of respondents Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2009	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of Small Private Law Firms That Rely on Statutory Fee Awards in Public Interest Litigation filed.
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of Liberty Legal Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of New York State Bar Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of Law and Economics Scholars Lucian A. Bebchuk, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2009	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed.
Aug 28 2009	Brief amicus curiae of Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Sep 21 2009	Reply of petitioners Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 30 2009	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 14 2009	Argued. For petitioners: Mark H. Cohen, Atlanta, Ga; and Pratik A. Shah, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D.C.

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~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Mark H. Cohen	Troutman Sanders LLP	(404) 885-3597
Counsel of Record	Bank of America Plaza, Suite 5200
	600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
	Atlanta, GA  30308
	mark.cohen@troutmansanders.com
Party name: Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Paul D. Clement	King and Spalding L.L.P.	(202) 737-0500
Counsel of Record	1700 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
	Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al.
Michael B. de Leeuw	Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP	(212) 859-8000
	One New York Plaza
	New York, NY  10004
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.
Marcia Robinson Lowry	Children's Rights	(212) 683-2210
	330 7th Avenue, Fourth Floor
	New York, NY  10016
	mlowry@childrensrights.org
Party name: Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al.
Other:
Lisa E. Cleary	Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP	(212) 336-2000
	1133 Avenue of the Americas
	New York, NY  10036-6710
Party name: New York State Bar Association, et al.
Aderson Bellegarde Francois	Associate Professor of Law	(202) 806-8065
	Supervising Attorney Civil Rights Clinic
	Howard University School of Law
	2900 Van Ness Street NW
	Washington, DC  20008
Party name: Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law
James F. Grubiak	Association County Commissioners of Georgia	(404)-522-5022
	50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 1000
	Atlanta, GA  30303
	jgrubiak@accg.org
Party name: Association County Commissioners of Georgia
Elena Kagan	Solicitor General	(202) 514-2217
	United States Department of Justice
	950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20530-0001
	SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
Deanne E. Maynard	Morrison & Foerster LLP	(202) 887-8740
	2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
	Washington, DC  20006
	dmaynard@mofo.com
Party name: Law and Economics Scholars Lucian A. Bebchuk, et al.
Corey L. Maze	Solicitor General	(334) 353-4336
	Office of the Attorney General
	500 Dexter Avenue
	Montgomery, AL  36130
	cmaze@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Alabama, et al.
John A. Payton	NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.	(212) 965-2268
	99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
	New York, NY  10013
	jpayton@naacpldf.org
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Sanford Jay Rosen	Rosen Bien & Galvan LLP	(415) 433-6830
	315 Montgomery Street
	10th Floor
	San Francisco, CA  94104-1823
Party name: Small Private Law Firms That Rely on Statutory Fee Awards in Public Interest Litigation
Richard Ruda	State and Local Legal Center	(202) 434-4850
	444 North Capitol Street, N.W.,
	Suite 309
	Washington, DC  20001
Party name: National Governors Association, et al.
Richard A. Samp	Washington Legal Foundation	(202) 588-0302
	2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW
	Washington, DC  20036
Party name: washington Legal fFoundation
Kelly J. Shackelford	Liberty Legal Institute	(972) 423-3131
	903 East 18th Street
	Suite 230
	Plano, TX  75074
Party name: Liberty Legal Institute, et al.
Pratik A. Shah	Assistant to the Solicitor General
	Department of Justice
	Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, et al. v. Kenny A., By His Next Friend Linda Winn, et al.
Mark E. Solomons	Greenberg Traurig LLP	(202) 533-2361
	2101 L Street, N. W.
	Suite 1000
	Washington, DC  20037
Party name: Old Republic Insurance Company, et al.
Thomas E. Wheeler II	Frost Brown Todd LLC	(317) 237-3810
	201 North Illinois,
	Suite 1900
	Indianapolis, IN  46244
Party name: National School Boards Association
Jeffrey Robert White	Center for Constitutional Litigation PC	(202) 944-2839
	777 Sixth Street, NW
	Suite 250
	Washington, DC  20001
	jeffrey.white@cclfirm.com
Party name: American Association for Justice, et al.
Travis Russell Wisdom	Travis Wisdom LLC	(334) 826-0722
	861 N. Dean Rd.
	Suite C
	Auburn, AL  36830
Party name: National Sheriffs' Association, et al.