Decided

No. 07-615

Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Dariush Elahi

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

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

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined as to Parts I and II. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion

Received 12 copies of sealed materials from the Solicitor General to be lodged at the request of the Court (3 volumes)

Proposed lodging of petitioner approved by the Clerk.

Letter and attachment received from counsel for the respondent. (Distributed).

Argued. For petitioner: David J. Bederman, Atlanta, GA For United States as amicus curiae: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D.C.

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

Reply of petitioner Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran filed. (Distributed)

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 the U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)

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

Brief of respondent Dariush Elahi filed. (Distributed)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, January 12, 2009.

Letter from the Solicitor General proposing to lodge copies of non-record material under seal.

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran filed.

The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 12, 2008.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2008.

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

Supplemental brief of petitioner Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2008.

Supplemental brief of respondent in response to brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2008.

Reply of petitioner Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran filed.

Brief of respondent Dariush Elahi in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 9, 2008.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2007)

Application (07A247) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until November 14, 2007.

Application (07A247) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 15, 2007 to November 14, 2007, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Parties

Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Petitioner, represented by David J. Bederman

Dariush Elahi, Respondent, represented by Carter G. Phillips

Dariush Elahi, Respondent, represented by Jonathan R. Mook

Amici Curiae

Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Dariush Elahi, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas Hallward-Driemeier

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elena Kagan

 
Last updated: February 21, 2010