The following briefs are for cases to be heard by the Supreme Court in December 2008. They will be posted on a rolling basis. To see briefs for Unscheduled cases during this term, or to return to the main Briefs page, use the Argument Date Menu below.

Merit briefs

• Fifth and Final Report of the Special Master, Vol I
• Fifth and Final Report of the Special Master, Vol II
• Fifth and Final Report of the Special Master, Vol III
• Kansas' Exception and Brief
• Colorado's Reply in Opposition to Kansas' Exception
• Kansas' Motion for Leave to File and Sur-Reply
• Colorado's Response to Kansas' Motion for Leave to File and Sur-Reply

Amicus briefs

• Coming Soon!

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner 14 Penn Plaza, LLC., and Temco Service Industries, Inc.
• Brief for Respondent Steven Pyett, Thomas O'Connell, and Michael Phillips
• Reply Brief for Petitioner 14 Penn Plaza, LLC., and Temco Service Industries, Inc.

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National Academy of Arbitrators in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and Change to Win in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Asian American Justice Center, Legal Momentum, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Women’s Law Center, in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Employment Lawyers Association, AARP, and American Association for Justice in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Utility Water Act Group (in 07-597)
• Brief for Petitioner Entergy Corporation and PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC(in 07-588 and 07-589)
• Brief for the Federal Parties as Respondents Supporting Petitioners
• Brief for Respondent Riverkeeper, Inc.(in 07-589 and 07-597 only)
• Brief for the States as Respondents
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Utility Water Act Group (in 07-597)
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Entergy Corporation and PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC (in 07-588 and 07-589)

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for State of Nebraska, et al. in Support of Petitioner(in 07-597 only)
• Brief for the American Chemistry Council, the American Forest and Paper Association, the American Iron and Steel Institute, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the National Association of Manufacturers in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National Association of Home Builders in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the American Petroleum Institute in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Nuclear Energy Institute in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the AEI Center for Regulatory and Market Studies and 33 Individual Economists in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Environmental Law Professors in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Frank Ackerman, Nathan Sivers Boyce, Peter Dorman, Eban Goodstein, Richard B. Howarth, Peter B. Meyer, Julie A. Nelson, Richard B. Norgaard, Thomas Michael Power, Kristen Sheeran, Benjamin K. Sovacool, and Lyuba Zarsky in Support of Respondent
• Brief for OMB Watch in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Clean Air Task Force & Clean Water Action-New England, et al., in Support of Respondent Riverkeeper, Inc., et al (in 07-589 and 07-597 only)
• Brief for Environment America and the Center for Biological Diversity in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Wildlife Federation and Sierra Club in Support of Respondent Riverkeeper, Inc., et al. (in 07-589 and 07-597 only)
• Brief for Voices of the Wetlands and Coastal Alliance on Plant Expansion in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Commercial Fisherman of America in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Lisa Ryan Fitzgerald and Robert Fitzgerald
• Brief for Respondent Barnstable School Committee and Russell Dever

Amicus briefs

• Brief of the Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief of the National Associaton of Women Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
• Brief of the American Bar Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Women's Law Center in Support of Petitioner
• Brief of the National School Boards Association the American Council on Education, and the American Association of School Administrators in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Philip Morris USA
• Brief for Respondent Mayola Williams
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Philip Morris USA

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the National Association of Manufacturers in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Education Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Associated Oregon Industries, the Northwest Grocery Association, the Oregon Forest Industries Council, Oregonians for Food & Shelter, the Oregon Metals Industries Council, and the Oregon Restaurant Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Federal Procedure Scholars in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Retired Oregon Supreme Court Justices Susan M. Leeson, Hans A. Linde, Betty Roberts, And Richard L. Unis in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Public Justice, P.C., The Tobacco Legal Control Consortium, The Tobacco Products Liability Project, The Tobacco Control Resource Center, Public Health Advocacy Institute, The Tobacco Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the States of Oregon, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Neither Party

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Keith Haywood
• Brief for Respondent Curtis Drown, et al.
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Keith Haywood

Amicus briefs

• Brief for Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Legal Services of New York, Prisoners Rights Project, the New York State Defenders Association, the Center for Community Alternatives, Prison Legal News, the Uptown People’s Law Center, Jerome N. Frank, the Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School, and the Civil Rights Clinic of New York University School of Law in Support of Petitioner

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner James R. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Brief for Respondent Woodrow F. Sanders (reprint)
• Brief for Respondent Patricia Simmons
• Reply Brief for Petitioner James R. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Federal Circuit Bar Association in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation, the Allied Educational Foundation, the American Military Retirees Association, the National Veterans Organization of America, the National Defense Committee, Rear Admiral (Ret.) James J. Carey, and the Veterans United for Truth in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Legion, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the National Veterans Legal Services Program in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Pacific Bell Telephone Company, D/B/A AT&T California, et al.
• Brief for Respondent Linkline Communications, Inc., et al.
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Pacific Bell Telephone Company, D/B/A AT&T California, et al.

Amicus briefs

• Brief for Professors and Scholars of Law and Economics in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Verizon Communication, Inc., and the National Association of Manufacturers in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Abbott Laboratories in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Commonwealth of Virginia and 8 Other States in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for COMPTEL in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Antitrust Institute in Support of Dismissal of the Writ or Affirmance

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner State of Arizona
• Brief for Respondent Lemon Montrea Johnson
• Reply Brief for Petitioner State of Arizona

Amicus briefs

• Brief for Americans for Effective Law Eforcement, Inc., the International Association for Chiefs or Police, the National Sheriffs' Association, the Arizona Law Enforcement Legal Advisors' Association, and the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Illinois, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National League of Cities, the Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, the International City/County Management Association, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Gary Bradford Cone
• Brief for Respondent Ricky Bell, Warden
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Gary Bradford Cone

Amicus briefs

• Brief for Former Prosecutors in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Veterans For America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner John Ashcroft, Former Attorney General of the United States and Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Brief for Respondent Javaid Iqbal, et al.
• Brief for Respondents Michael Rolince; Former Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; International Terrorism Operations; Section; Counterterrorism Division; Kenneth Maxwell; Former Assistant; Special Agent in Charge; New York Field Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation in Support of Reversal
• Brief of Dennis Hasty as Respondent Supporting Petitioners
• Reply Brief for Petitioner John Ashcroft, Former Attorney General of the United States and Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Amicus briefs

• Brief for William P. Barr, Griffin Bell, Benjamin R. Civiletti, Edwin Meese III, William S. Sessions, Richard Thornburgh, and the Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for National Civil Rights Organizations in Support of Respondent
• Brief for The Sikh Coalition, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Discrimination and National Security Initiative, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, the South Asian Americans Leading Together and United Sikhs in Support of Respondent
• Brief for American Association for Justice in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Japanese American Citizens League, the Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, and Muslim Advocates in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Ibrahim Turkmen, Asif-Ur-Rehman Saffi, Yasser Ebrahim, Hany Ibrahim, Shakir Baloch, Akhil Sachdeva and Ashraf Ibrahim in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Professors of Civil Procedure and Federal Practice in Support of Respondent

Merit briefs

• Brief for Petitioner AT&T Corporation
• Brief for Respondent Noreen Hulteen, Eleanora Collet, Linda Porter, Elizabeth Snyder, and the Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO
• Reply Brief for Petitioner AT&T Corporation

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Erisa Industry Committee in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Caitlin Borgmann, Deborah Brake, Martha Davis, Joanna Grossman, Sylvia Law, Wendy Parmet, Susan Deller Ross, Michelle Travis, Joan Williams, Wendy Williams, and Deborah Widis in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Women's Law Center in Support of Respondent
• Brief for AARP in Support of Respondents Urging Affirmance
• Brief for the National Employment Lawyers Association, Public Justice, P.C., and Pick Up the Pace in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Asian American Justice Center, the National Council of La Raza, and the People for the American Way Foundation in Support of Respondent