Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit.

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Georgia.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Opinion per curiam. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for further consideration in light of Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply (orders list)

Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Opinion per curiam. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for further consideration in light of Anza v. Ideal Steel Sup... (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Howard W. Foster, Chicago, Ill.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioner Mohawk Industries, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2006.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern District of Georgia. (1 box)

Record received from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)

CIRCULATED.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Shirley Williams, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Political Action Committee, U.S., Inc., et al filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 26, 2006.

Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including March 16, 2006.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner Mohawk Industries, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support if either party received from counsel for the respondents.

Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including February 2, 2006.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2005.

Reply of petitioner Mohawk Industries, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Shirley Williams, et al. in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2005)

Mohawk Industries, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Carter G. Phillips

Shirley Williams, et al., Respondent, represented by Howard W. Foster

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth S. Brinkmann

Immigration Political Action Committee, U.S., Inc., et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by Barnaby W. Zall

National Association of Manufacturers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael John Mueller

National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kevin P. Roddy

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement