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Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of Maryland.
Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit.
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Argued. For Petitioner: Sean E. Summers, York, Penn. For respondents: Margie J. Phelps, Topeka, Kan.
Record received fro U.S.D.C. for District of Maryland (Baltimore) (2 boxes)
Reply of petitioner Albert Snyder filed. (Distributed)
Record received from U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit. (1 box)
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
CIRCULATED.
Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of First Amendment Law filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.
Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. filed.
The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2010.
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.
Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party filed.
Brief of petitioner Albert Snyder filed.
Supplemental joint appendix filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 24, 2010.
Petition GRANTED. (orders list)
Brief of respondents Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al. in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2010)
Albert Snyder, Petitioner, represented by Sean E. Summers
Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al., Respondent, represented by Margie J. Phelps
American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow
American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Joel B. Kleinman
Anti-Defamation League in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Leonard M. Niehoff
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Lewis Llewellyn Jr.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Greg Lukianoff
Kansas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen R. McAllister
Liberty Counsel, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mathew D. Staver
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by John H. Blume
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert L. Corn-Revere
Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead
Scholars of First Amendment Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles F. Smith
Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and 40 Other Members of the U.S. Senate, Amicus Curiae, represented by Walter Dellinger III
The American Legion, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene C. Schaerr
The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael P Seng
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Joshua Wheeler
Veterans of Foreign Wars., Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy J. Nieman