Decided

No. 08-1448

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Motion for attorneys' fees and expenses is referred to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for adjudication.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2011.

Respondents' reply to petitioners' opposition to motion for attorneys' fees and expenses filed.

Petitioners' opposition to respondents' motion for attorneys' fees and expenses filed.

Exhibits returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Order extending time to file response to the motion for attorneys' fees and expenses to and including August 15, 2011.

Motion for attorneys' fees and expenses filed by respondents Entertainment Merchants Association, et al.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Roberts, C. J., joined. Thomas, J., and Breyer, ... (orders list)

Argued. For petitioners: Zackery P. Morazzini, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, Cal. For respondents: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioners Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Rhode Island, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Social Scientists, Medical Scientists, and Media Effects Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Future of Music Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Progress and Freedoom Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Vindicia, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of ID Software LLC filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Cable & Telecommunications Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Entertainment Consumers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Game Developers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Broadcasters filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Consumer Electronic Retailers Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Activision Blizzard, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Comic Book Legal Defense Fund filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Coalition filed. (Distributed)

Record for U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California is electronic.

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

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Entertainment Merchants Association, et al. filed.

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

Brief amici curiae of California State Senator Leland Y.Yee, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Common Sense Media filed.

Copies of trial exhibit "Video Game Violence Sampler" received from counsel for the petitioners.

Brief of petitioners Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed (4 volumes). (Statement of costs filed)

The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 10, 2010.

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

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 12, 2010.

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

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by California State Senator Leland Y. Yee, et al. out of time DENIED. (orders list)

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 23, 2010.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009 (Pag (CL Page 10).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009.

Motion for leave to file amici brief by California State Senator Leland Y.Yee, et al. out of time filed..

Brief of respondents Entertainment Merchants Association, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 22, 2009, for all respondents.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 22, 2009)

Parties

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, et al., Petitioner, represented by Zackery P. Morazzini

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Petitioner, represented by Zackery P. Morazzini

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Petitioner, represented by Daniel J. Powell

Entertainment Merchants Association, et al., Respondent, represented by Paul M. Smith

Amici Curiae

Activision Blizzard, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul J. Watford

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael A. Bamberger

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher A. Hansen

California State Senator Leland Y.Yee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven F. Gruel

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John P. Elwood

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa S. Blatt

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert L. Corn-Revere

Common Sense Media, Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore M. Shaw

Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John B. Morris Jr.

Consumer Electronic Retailers Coalition, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Seth D. Greenstein

Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Schlafly

Entertainment Consumers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by William R. Stein

First Amendment Coalition, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jean-Paul Jassy

First Amendment Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence G. Walters

First Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald M. Falk

ID Software LLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul E. Salamanca

International Game Developers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Wright

Louisiana, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kyle Duncan

Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Clay Calvert

Microsoft Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore B. Olson

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kannon K. Shanmugam

National Association of Broadcasters, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Long Jr.

National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Bartow Farr III

Progress and Freedoom Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cindy Ann Cohn

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lucy A Dalglish

Rhode Island, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick C. Lynch

Social Scientists, Medical Scientists, and Media Effects Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patricia A. Millett

The Future of Music Coalition, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Jay Schwartzman

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead

Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Joshua Wheeler

Vindicia, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Gura

 
Last updated: November 7, 2011