Record returned to the USCA for the Fifth Circuit. 1-envelope

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Record returned to the USDC for the Western District of Texas. 1-box

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Breyer, JJ., joined. (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Amy Howe, Bethesda, Md.; and Ginger Anders, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Karl E. Hays, Austin, Tex.

Reply of petitioner Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott filed. (Distributed).

Motion of S&W International ChildFind Program, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. (orders list)

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

Letter from counsel for amici curiae Eleven Law Professors proposing to lodge copies of an article cited to in their brief.

Brief amici curiae of Eleven Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Delegates Lawrence H. Stotter, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment & Appeals Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of University of Cincinnati College of Law Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief of respondent Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott filed. (Distributed).

CIRCULATED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

Opposition of respondent to motion of S&W International Childfind Program, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.

Motion of S&W International ChildFind Program, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.

The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 17, 2009.

Brief amicus curiae of California filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Reunite International Child Abduction Centre in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in support of reversal filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law filed.

Brief amici curiae of S&W International ChildFind Program, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott filed.

Joint appendix filed.

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

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party, received from counsel for the respondent.

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

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2009.

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 envelope)

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2009.

Supplemental brief of respondent Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott 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.

Reply of petitioner Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2009.

Brief of respondent Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott in opposition filed. (Distributed)

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 29, 2008.

Brief amicus curiae of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 17, 2008)

Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott, Petitioner, represented by Amy Howe

Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott, Respondent, represented by Karl E. Hays

Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott, Respondent, represented by Stephen B. Kinnaird

California, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Delegates Lawrence H. Stotter, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz

Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment & Appeals Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Leonard O. Evans

Eleven Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carol S. Bruch

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in support of reversal, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin S. Halasz

Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen J. Cullen

Reunite International Child Abduction Centre in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Long Jr.

S&W International ChildFind Program, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barry S. Pollack

Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott v. Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ginger D. Anders

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elena Kagan

University of Cincinnati College of Law Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic, Amicus Curiae, represented by Margaret Bell Drew