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Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner James LaRue
• Brief for Respondent DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., Employees' Savings Plan
• Reply Brief for Petitioner James LaRue

Amicus briefs

• Brief for Eleven Law Professors in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the American Council of Life Insurers in Support of Respondents

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Michael J. Knight, Trustee of the William L. Rudkin Testamentary Trust
• Brief for Respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Michael J. Knight, Trustee of the William L. Rudkin Testamentary Trust

Amicus briefs

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On Exceptions to the Report of the Special Master

• Exceptions By New Jersey to the Report of the Special Master with Supporting Brief
• Reply Brief Of Delaware In Response To Exceptions By New Jersey To The Report Of The Special Master.

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner G. Steven Rowe
• Brief for Respondent New Hamshire Motor Transport Association, Massachusetts Motor Transportation Association, Inc., and the Vermont Truck & Bus Association, Inc.
• Reply Brief for Petitioner G. Steven Rowe

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Lung Association of Maine, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Legacy Foundation, Americans for NonSmokers' Rights, the American Medical Association, and the Maine Medical Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Federal Express Corporation and the Air Transport Association of America in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Respondent

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Sprint/United Management Co.
• Brief for Respondent Ellen Mendelsohn
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Sprint/United Management Co.

Amicus briefs

• Brief of the United States of America
• Brief of AARP in Support of Respondent
• Brief of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Asian American Justice Center, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Association of Social Workers, National Employment Lawyers Association, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Women’s Law Center, People for the American Way Foundation, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Women Employed in Support of Respondent

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Donna S. Riegel, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Charles S. Riegel
• Brief for Respondent Medtronic, Inc
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Donna S. Riegel, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Charles S. Riegel

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the United States Chamber of Commerce in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the United States in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Respondent

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Allen Snyder
• Brief for Respondent State of Louisiana
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Allen Snyder

Amicus briefs

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Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Lakhdar Boumediene (in No. 06-1195)
• Brief for Petitioner Khaled A.F. Al Odah, et al. (in No. 06-1196)
• Brief for Petitioner El-Banna, et al. (in No. 06-1196)
• Brief for Respondent George W. Bush, President of the United States
• Brief for Respondent Omar Khadr Supporting Petitioner (in No. 06-1196)
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Lakhdar Boumediene (in No. 06-1195)
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Khaled A.F. Al Odah, et al. (in No. 06-1196)
• Reply Brief for Petitioner El Banna (in No. 06-1196)
• Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief and Supplemental Brief for Respondents George W. Bush and the United States of America After Oral Argument (granted 1/7/08 as to Section I and denied as to Section II)
• Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief and Supplemental Brief for Petitioner Lakhdar Boumediene After Oral Argument (in No. 06-1195)(granted 1/7/08)
• Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief and Supplemental Brief for Boumedine Petitioner After Oral Argument (in No. 06-1195)
• Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Reply Brief and Supplemental Reply Brief for Petitioner El-Banna After Oral Argument (in No. 06-1196)

Amicus briefs

• Brief for United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Legal Historians in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the American Bar Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for International Humanitarian Law Experts in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the New York City Bar Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for 383 United Kingdom and European Parliamentarians in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Retired Military Officers in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Coalition of Non Governmental Organizations in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Federal Courts and International Law Professors in Support of Petitioner (Geneva Enforceability)
• Brief for the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Justice in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Amnesty International, the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association, the International Federation for Human Rights, and the International Law Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National Institute of Military Justice in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Former United States Diplomats Diego C. Asencio, J. Brian Atwood, Harry G. Barnes, Jr., A. Peter Burleigh, William C. Harrop, Samuel F. Hart, John L. Hirsch, Allen Holmes, Genta Hawkins Holmes, Robert V. Keeley, L. Bruce Laingen, Anthony Lake, Samuel W. Lewis, Stephen Low, Arthur Mudge, David D. Newsom, Thomas R. Pickering, Laurence E. Pope, Anthony Quainton, William D. Rogers, J. Stapleton Roy, Paul K. Stahnke, Michael Sterner, Richard N. Viets, and Alexander F. Watson in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the CATO Institute in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Scholars of Government and Constitutional History in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Center for Security Policy, and the Committee on the Present Danger in Support of Respondent (in No. 06-1195)
• Brief of the American Center for Law and Justice in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Retired Generals and Admirals, the Washington Legal Foundation, and the National Defense Committee in Support of Respondent