Record return to the USDC for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria). (1-envelope)

Record returned to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. 1-envelope

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment is affirmed and case remanded. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion ... (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Patricia A. Millett, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Reply of petitioner Mohamed Ali Samantar filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors of Public International Law and Comparative Law filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of Retired Military Professionals filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Academic Experts in Somali History and Current Affairs filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former United States Diplomats Morton I. Abramowitz, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Senator Arlen Specter, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors of International Litigation and Foreign Relations Law filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Foreign Minister for the Republic of Somaliland, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Dolly Filartiga, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Martin Weiss, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al. filed. (Distributed)

The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including January 20, 2010.

Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Virginia. (1 box) There are sealed documents in the record.

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

Brief amici curiae of Zionist Organization of America, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys General of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Jewish Congress filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Mohamed Ali Samantar filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

The time within which to file petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 30, 2009.

The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 13, 2010.

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

Reply of petitioner Mohamed Ali Samantar filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009.

Brief of respondents Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al. in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 3, 2009.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 20, 2009)

Application (08A928) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 18, 2009.

Application (08A928) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 3, 2009 to June 18, 2009, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Mohamed Ali Samantar, Petitioner, represented by Michael A. Carvin

Mohamed Ali Samantar, Petitioner, represented by Shay Dvoretzky

Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al., Respondent, represented by Robert R. Vieth

Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al., Respondent, represented by Patricia A. Millett

Academic Experts in Somali History and Current Affairs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven M. Schneebaum

American Jewish Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc D. Stern

Anti-Defamation League, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles S. Sims

Dolly Filartiga, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Tyler Richard Giannini

Foreign Minister for the Republic of Somaliland, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nancy L. Tompkins

Former Attorneys General of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael James Edney

Former United States Diplomats Morton I. Abramowitz, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglass W. Cassel

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael K. Kellogg

Martin Weiss, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Sonya D. Winner

Mohamed Ali Samantar v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Edwin S. Kneedler

Professors of International Litigation and Foreign Relations Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael D. Ramsey

Professors of Public International Law and Comparative Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Chimene I. Keitner

Retired Military Professionals, Amicus Curiae, represented by Virginia A. Seitz

Senator Arlen Specter, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Arlen Specter

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elena Kagan

Zionist Organization of America, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Lewin