The following cases are argued before the Supreme Court in February 2008. To access other briefs for the 2007-2008 Term, return to the main Briefs Menu:

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Myrna Gomez-Perez
• Brief for Respondent John E. Potter, Postmaster General
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Myrna Gomez-Perez

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the National Treasury Employees Union in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the AARP in Support of Petitioner

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (in No. 06-1457)
• Brief for Petitioner Calpine Energy Services, LP., American Electric Power Service Corp., and the Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (in No. 06-1462)
• Brief for Respondent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Brief for Respondents Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington; Nevada Power Company; Sierra Pacific Company; and office of the Nevada Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection
• Brief for Respondent the Golden State Water Company
• Brief for Respondent Public Utilities Commission of the State of California and the California Electricity Oversight Board
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., American Electric Power Service Corp., and Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC
• Reply Brief for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the Financial Institutions Energy Group in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Powerex Corp., Avista Corp., the Idaho Power Company, PPL EnergyPlus, LLC., PPL Montana, LLC., Pudget Sound Energy, Inc., Sempra Energy Trading, LLC., Transalta Energy Marketing (US), Inc., and Transcanada Energy, LTD., in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Coral Power, L.L.C., Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., PPM Energy, Inc., and Sempra Generation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Electric Power Supply Association, the Colorado Independent Energy Association, the Electric Power Generation Association, the Independent Energy Producers Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Independent Power Producers of New York, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Natural Gas Supply Association, the New England Power Generators Association, Inc., the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association, the Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition, and the Western Power Trading Forum in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for William J. Baumol, Colin C. Blayden, Charles J. Cicchetti, Jeffrey A. Dubin, Franklin M. Fisher, Robert W. Hahn, Jerry A. Housman, William W. Hagan, Joseph P. Kait, Paul R. Klein-Dorfer, Robert J. Michaels, Bruce M. Owen, Craig Pirrang, Michael A. Salinger, Steven M. Shavell, Vernon L. Smith, Rene M. Stultz, James L. Sweeney, Robert D. Willig, Catherine D. Wolfram in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for AARP in Support of Respondent(reprint)
• Brief for the Large Public Power Council in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the State of Washington in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the States of Illinois, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Public Utility Law Project of New York in Support of Affirmance
• Brief for the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel, the New Mexico Attorney General, Public Citizen, Inc., and the National Consumer Law Center in Support of Affirmance

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner CBOCS West
• Brief for Respondent Hendrick Humphries
• Reply Brief for Petitioner CBOCS West

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council and the National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States Chamber of Commerce in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Employment Lawyers Association in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Members of Congress in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the States of New York, Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Vermont, and West Virginia in Support of Respondent
• Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief for Historians, Mary Frances Berry, Paul Finkelman, Robert J. Kaczorowski, Stanley N. Katz, David Levering Lewis, Leon F. Litwack, James McPherson, William Wiecek, and 40 other Scholars in Support of Respondent

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Humberto Fidel Regalado Cuellar
• Brief for Respondent United States of America
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Humberto Fidel Regalado Cuellar

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Warner-Lambert Company, LLC, and Pfizer, Inc.
• Joint Appendix
• Brief for Respondents Kimberly Kent, et al.
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Warner-Lambert Company, LLC, and Pfizer, Inc.

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the US Chamber of Commerce in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the United States in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the State of Kansas in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Association for Justice in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Public Justice, P.C. in Support of Respondent
• Brief for AARP in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Conference of State Legislatures, Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, and the International City/County Management Association in Support of Respondent

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Allison Engine Company, Inc., et al.
• Brief for Respondents Roger L. Sanders and Roger L. Thacker
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Allison Engine Company, Inc., et al.

Amicus briefs

• Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Brief of Amicus Curiae Continental Common, Inc., and Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., in Support of Petitioner (motion granted 1/7/08)
• Brief for the United States Chamber of Commerce, the American Hospital Association, and the American Health Care Association in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for Marsha Farmer in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Professor Joel D. Hesch in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Senator Charles E. Grassley in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the United States of America in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Grayson & Kubli, P.C., in Support of Respondents

Merits briefs

• Brief for Petitioner Exxon Shipping Company et al.
• Brief for Respondent Grant Baker
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Exxon Shipping Company et al.

Amicus briefs

• Brief for the United States Chamber of Commerce in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Transportation Institute, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, and the Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the American Petroleum Institute et al. in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for American Maritime Safety, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for International Chamber of Shipping, the Baltic and International Maritime Council, Chamber of Shipping of America, Teekay Corporation, the Bahamas Shipowners Association, American Institute of Marine Underwriters, and American Commercial Lines, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Alaska Legislative Council on behalf of the Alaska State Legislature and Former Alaska Governors Walter Hickel, Anthony Knowles, Steve Cowper, and William Sheffield in Support of Respondent
• Brief for United States Senators Theodore F. Stevens and Lisa Murkowski, and United States Representative Don Young in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Trustees for Alaska, The Alaska Center for the Environment, The Alaska Community Action on Toxics, The Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Cook Inletkeeper, Defenders of Wildlife, The Environmental Law & Policy Center, Eyak Preservation Council, The Humane Society of the United States, Izaak Walton League of America, The National Wildlife Federation, The Natural Resources Defense Council, The Northern Alaska Environmental Center, Prince William Soundkeeper, The Waterkeeper Alliance, and The Wilderness Society in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Fisheries Institute in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the American Association for Justice and Public Justice in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Professor Thomas J. Shoenbaum in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council and the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Professor Arthur Miller in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Sociologists, Psychologists, and Law and Economic Scholars in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the National Congress of American Indians, the Alaska Federation of Natives, the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, the Association of Village Council Presidents, the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, North Slope Borough, Indigenous Peoples Council for Marine Mammals, and Additional Alaska Native Organizations, Corporations and Tribes in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the State of Alaska in Support of Respondent
• Brief for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations and the Institute for Fisheries Resources in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Shipmasters and Expert Mariners Captains Mitchell Stoller, Joseph Ahlstrom, Roger Johnson, John Scott Merrill, and Tom Trosvig in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Experts on Alcohol in the Workplace in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Jean-Michael Cousteau and Other Natural and Social Scientists in Support of Respondent