JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined, in which Scalia, J., joined except for n... (orders list)

Argued. For petitioners in No. 08-1119 and respondents in No. 08-1225: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Hartford, Conn. For respondents in No. 08-1119 and petitioner in No. 08-1225: William M. Jay, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, ...

U.S.D.C. for the District of Minnesota is electronic.

Reply of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Public Good, et al. filed. (Distributed) VIDED.

Brief of respondent United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 8th Circuit.

CIRCULATED

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 1 , 2009.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Commercial Law League of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al. filed. VIDED.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED.

Brief of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief of petitioner Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED.

Joint appendix filed (statement of costs received.) VIDED.

Joint appendix filed. VIDED.

Motion of the parties to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits GRANTED. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file an opening brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before August 25, 2009. Petitioner in No. 08-1225 will file a response brief (orders list)

Motion of the parties to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits GRANTED. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file an opening brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before August 25, 2009. Petitioner in No. 08-1225 will file a response b... (orders list)

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 25, 2009.

Joint motion to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits filed. VIDED.

The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2009.

Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 08-1225 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2009.

Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 8, 2009.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2009)

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al., Petitioner, represented by Alan Scott Milavetz

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al., Petitioner, represented by G. Eric Brunstad Jr.

United States, Respondent, represented by Elena Kagan

United States, Respondent, represented by William McGinley Jay

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carolyn B. Lamm

Commercial Law League of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by William H. Schorling

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan S. Massey

Public Good, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Seth E. Mermin