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Petition DENIED. (orders list)
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Organization of Veterans' Advocates GRANTED. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner Ellis C. Smith filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States filed.
Brief of respondent Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Organization of Veterans' Advocates.
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 20, 2006.
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 20, 2006.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2006)
Ellis C. Smith, Petitioner, represented by Ronald Lee Smith
Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent, represented by Paul D. Clement
National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kenneth M. Carpenter
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by York Moody Faulkner