Decided

No. 07-1125

Lisa Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

See other cases from the First Circuit.

Docket Entries

Record returned to U. S.C.A. for 1st Circuit.

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of Massachusetts.

Judgment Issued

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. (orders list)

Argued. For petitioners: Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Kay H. Hodge, Boston, Mass.

Reply of petitioners Lisa Ryan Fitzgerald, and Robert Fitzgerald filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Barnstable School Committee and Dr. Russell Dever filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Massachusetts. (1 box).

Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 1st Circuit. (1 box)

CIRCULATED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 2, 2008.

Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Women Lawyers filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.

Brief of petitioners Lisa Ryan Fitzgerald, and Robert Fitzgerald filed.

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 5, 2008.

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 22, 2008.

The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2008.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 5, 2008.

Reply of petitioners Lisa Ryan Fitzgerald, and Robert Fitzgerald filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Barnstable School Committee, and Dr. Russell Dever in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 5, 2008.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 3, 2008)

Application (07A542) granted by Justice Souter extending the time to file until March 3, 2008.

Application (07A542) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 3, 2008 to March 3, 2008, submitted to Justice Souter.

Parties

Lisa Fitzgerald, et vir, Petitioner, represented by Charles A. Rothfeld

Lisa Ryan Fitzgerald, and Robert Fitzgerald, Petitioner, represented by Charles A. Rothfeld

Barnstable School Committee, et al., Respondent, represented by John M. Simon

Barnstable School Committee, et al., Respondent, represented by Kay H. Hodge

Amici Curiae

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Thomas Wells Jr.

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven R. Shapiro

National Association of Women Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth L. Kaufman

National School Boards Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa A. Brown

Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Geoffrey Gieseler

 
Last updated: July 21, 2008