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No. 98-1109, Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care
Argued: November 8, 1999

	Jeffrey A. Lamken argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the
briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General
Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Barbara C. Biddle, Jeffrey Clair,
Harriet S. Rabb, and  Jeffrey Golland.

	Kimball R. Anderson argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
brief were Charles P. Sheets, Bruce R. Braun, and Brian E. Neuffer.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Association of Homes and Services for the Aging by Mark H. Gallant; for the
American Health Care Association et al. by Thomas C. Fox and Harvey M.
Tettlebaum; for the American Hospital Association by Charles G. Curtis, Jr.,
and Edward J. Green; and for the American Medical Association et al. by
Paul M. Smith, Robert M. Portman, Michael L. Ile, Leonard A. Nelson, Rich-
ard N. Peterson, Ann E. Allen, Stuart M. Gerson, Saul J. Morse and Robert J.
Kane.

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No. 98-1696, United States v. Johnson
Argued: December 8, 1999

	Barbara McDowell argued the cause for the United States.  With her on
the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Robin-
son, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Richard A. Friedman.

	Kevin M. Schad argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	Edward M. Chikofsky, Barbara E. Bergman, and Henry J. Bemporad
filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al.
as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 98-1170, Portundo v. Agard
Argued: November 1, 1999

	Andrew A. Zwerling  argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Richard A. Brown, John M. Castellano, and Ellen C. Abbot.

	Jonathan E. Nuechterlein argued the cause for the United States as
amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General
Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General
Dreeben, and Deborah Watson.

	Beverly Van Ness argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Criminal Justice
Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson; and for the
New York State District Attorneys Association by William J. Fitzpatrick,
Steven A. Hovani, and Michael J. Miller.

	Deanne E. Maynard and Lisa Kemler filed a brief for the National Asso-
ciation of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 98-1701, United States v. Locke, Governor of Washington. et al.
No. 98-1706, International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Inter
	tanko) v. Locke, Governor of Washington, et al.
Argued: December 7, 1999

	David C. Frederick argued the cause for the United States in No. 98-
1701.  With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assis-
tant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Douglas N.
Letter, Michael Jay Singer, H. Thomas Byron III, David R. Andrews, Judith
Miller, Nancy E. McFadden, Paul M. Geier, Dale C. Andrews, James S.
Carmichael, Malcolm J. Williams, Jr.,  and  Paul M. Wasserman.  C. Jona-
than Benner argued the cause for petitioner in No. 98-1706.  With him on the
briefs were Timi E. Nickerson and Sean T. Connaughton.

	William Berggren Collins, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Wash-
ington, argued the cause for respondents in both cases.  With him on the brief
for the state  respondents were Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and
Jay D. Geck, Thomas C. Morrill, and Jerri Lynn Thomas, Assistant Attorneys
General.  Jeffrey L. Needle filed a brief for respondent Washington Environ-
mental Council et al.  With him on the brief was John M. MacDonald.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Government of
Belgium et al. by Alex Blanton and Laurie C. Sahatjian; for the American
Waterways Operators by Eldon V. C. Greenberg and Barbara L. Holland; for
the Baltic and International Maritime Council et al. by Dennis L. Bryant,
Charles L. Coleman III, Brian D. Starer, and Jovi Tenev; for the Interna-
tional Chamber of Shipping et al. by William F. Sheehan, John Townsend
Rich, and Heather H. Anderson; for the Maritime Law Association of the
United States by Howard M. McCormack, James Patrick Cooney, and David
J. Bederman; for the National Association of Waterfront Employers et al. by
F. Edwin Froelich and Charles T. Carroll, Jr.; for the Product Liability Advi-
sory Council, Inc., et al. by Kenneth S. Geller, Charles Rothfeld, and Robin S.
Conrad; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and R.
Shawn Gunnarson.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Richard M.
Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht and J.
Matthew Rodriquez, Assistant Attorneys General, Dennis M. Eagan and
Michael W. Neville, Deputy Attorneys General, Maya B. Kara, Acting Attor-
ney General of the Northern Mariana Islands, and by the Attorneys General
for their respective States as follows: Bruce M. Botelho of Alaska, Richard
Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Earl I. Anzai of
Hawaii, James E. Ryan of Illinois, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Andrew
Ketterer of Maine,  Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Moore of Missis-
sippi, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, John J. Farmer, Jr., of New Jersey,
Eliot Spitzer of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, Betty D.
Montgomery of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of
Oregon, Sheldon Whitestone of Rhode Island, Charlie Condon of South Caro-
lina, and Jan Graham of Utah; for San Juan County, Washington, et al. by
Randall K. Gaylord and Karen E. Vedder; and for the Steamship Association
of Southern California by David E. R. Woolley and Thomas A. Russell.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Government of Canada by
Margaret K. Pfeiffer; for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associa-
tions et al. by Bryan P. Coluccio; for the Pacific Merchant Shipping Associa-
tion by Sam D. Delich and James B. Nebel; for the Prince William Sound
Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council by Avrum M. Gross and Susan A. Burke;
and for the Puget Sound Steamship Operators Association et al. by Richard
W. Buchanan and Robert W. Nolting.

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No. 98-1152, Food and Drug Administration et al. v. Brown & Williamson
Tobacco Corp. et al.
Argued: December 1, 1999

	Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on
the briefs were Acting Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor
General Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Schultz, Irving L.
Gornstein, Eugene  Thirolf, Douglas Letter, Gerald C. Kell, Christine N. Kohl,
Margaret Jane Porter, Karen E. Schifter, and Patricia J. Kaeding.

	Richard M. Cooper argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief for respondent R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was Steven M. Umin.  Andrew
S. Krulwich, Bert W. Rein, Thomas W. Kirby, and Michael L. Robinson filed a
brief for respondent Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.  Larry B. Sitton filed
a brief for respondents United States Tobacco Co. et al.  William C. MacLeod
filed a brief for respondents National Association of Convenience Stores et al.
Peter T. Grossi, Jr., Arthur N. Levine, Jeff Richman, Richard A. Merrill, and
Herbert Dym filed a brief for respondents Phillip Morris Inc. et al.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Minne-
sota et al. by Mike Hatch, Attorney General of Minnesota, James S. Alexan-
der, Assistant Attorney General,  Louise H. Renne, and by the Attorneys
General for their respective States as follows:  Bruce M. Botehlo of Alaska,
Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer of Cali-
fornia, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert
A. Butterworth of Florida, Earl I. Anzai of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho,
James E. Ryan of Illinois, Jeffrey A. Modisett of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of
Iowa, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Andrew Ketterer of Maine, J. Joseph Cur-
ran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Jennifer M. Gran-
holm of Michigan, Mike Moore of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. Nixon of Missouri,
Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Philip T.
McLaughlin of New Hampshire, John J. Farmer, Jr., of New Jersey, Patricia
A. Madrid of New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, Heidi Heitkamp of
North Dakota, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of
Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania,
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Mark Barnett of South Dakota, John
Cornyn of Texas, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Chris-
tine O. Gregoire of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia,
James E. Doyle of Wisconsin, and Gay Woodhouse of Wyoming; for Action on
Smoking and Health by John F. Banzhaf III and Kathleen E. Scheg; for the
American Cancer Society, Inc., by Russell E. Brooks, David R. Gelfand,
Charles W. Westland, and William J. Dalton; for the American College of
Chest Physicians by Raymond D. Cotton; and for Public Citizen, Inc., et al. by
Allison M. Zieve, Alan B. Morrison, and David C. Vladeck.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Pacific Legal
Foundation by Anne M. Hayes and M. Reed Hopper; for the Product Liability
Advisory Council, Inc., by Kenneth S. Geller; and for the Washington Legal
Foundation et al. by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.

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No. 98-1960, Cortez Byrd Chips v. Bill Harbert Construction Co.
Argued: January 10, 2000

	Daniel H. Bromberg argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were John L. Maxey II and John F. Hawkins.

	Susan S. Wagner argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief
was Edward P. Meyerson.

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No. 99-150, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros., Inc.
Argued: January 19, 2000

	William D. Coston argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Kenneth C. Bass III and Martin L. Saad.

	Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor Gen-
eral Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Edward C. DuMont,
Barbara C. Biddle, Alfred Mollin, Albin F. Drost, and Nancy C. Slutter.

	Stuart M. Riback argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the
brief was Mark  I. Levy.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the International
Mass Retail Association by Jeffrey S. Sutton and Robert J. Verdisco; for the
Private Label Manufacturers Association by Arthur M. Handler; and for Scott
P. Zimmerman by Charles W. Calkins.

	H. Bartow Farr III, Richard G. Taranto, and Stephen M. Trattner filed a
brief for Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging
affirmance.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Intellectual Property
Law Association by Sheldon H. Klein, Michael A. Grow, and Louis T. Pirkey;
for the International Trademark Association by Theodore H. Davis, Jr.,
Morton D. Goldberg, and Marie V. Driscoll; and for Payless Shoesource, Inc.,
by William A. Rudy and Robert Kent Sellers.

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No. 98-1189, Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System v. South-
worth et al.
Argued: November 9, 1999

	Susan K. Ullman, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the
cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were James E. Doyle, Attorney
General, and Peter C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General.

	Jordan W. Lorence argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief was Daniel Kelly.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of New
York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Preeta D. Bansal,
Solicitor General, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General, Laura Etlinger,
Assistant Attorney General, and Mark B. Rotenberg, and by the Attorneys
General for their respective States as follows: Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Ken
Salazar of Colorado, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Thomas R. Keller of
Hawaii, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, J. Joseph
Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch of
Minnesota, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Michael F. Easley of North Caro-
lina, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, and Paul G. Summers of Tennessee; for
the State of Oregon by Hardy Myers, Attorney General, David Schuman,
Deputy Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General; for the
American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Jon G. Furlow, Steven R. Shapiro,
Elliot M. Mincberg, and Judith E. Schaeffer; for the American Council on
Education et al. by Stephen S. Dunham, Leonard M. Niehoff, and Sheldon E.
Steinbach; for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations by Jonathan P. Hiatt, James B. Coppess, and Laurence Gold;
for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law by
Scott D. Makar, Robert Bergen, Michael J. Frevola, and Burt Neuborne; for
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Campus Center at UW-
Madison et al. by Patricia M. Logue and Ruth E. Harlow; for the National
Legal Aid Defenders Association, Student Legal Services Section, by Ned R.
Jaeckle and Kathleen A. Cushing; for the National Education Association by
Robert H. Chanin, Andrew D. Roth, and Michael D. Simpson; for the New
York Public Interest Research Group by Alexander R. Sussman; for the
Student Press Law Center et al. by Lucy A. Dalglish; for Student Rights Law
Center, Inc., by Mitchel D. Grotch; for the United States Student Association
et al. by David C. Vladeck and Alan B. Morrison; for United Council of Uni-
versity of Wisconsin Students, Inc., by Mark B. Hazelbaker; for the Univer-
sity of California Student Association by Michael S. Sorgen and Amy R.
Levine; and for the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group et al.
by Daniel H. Squire, Craig Goldblatt, and Francisco Medina.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Atlantic Legal
Foundation by Martin S. Kaufman and Edwin L. Lewis III; for the American
Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Mark Nathan Troobnick,
and James Matthew Henderson, Sr.; for the Christian Legal Society by Steven
T. McFarland, Samuel B. Casey, and Thomas C. Berg; for the Family Re-
search Institute by Roy H. Nelson; for Liberty Counsel by Mathew D. Staver;
for the National Legal Foundation by Barry C. Hodge; for the National Right
to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., by Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr.; for
the National Smokers Alliance by Renee Giachino; for the Pacific Legal
Foundation et al. by Deborah J. La Fetra; and for the Washington Legal
Foundation et al. by Daniel E. Troy, Daniel J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for Americans United for Separation of
Church and State et al. by Steven K. Green, Steven M. Freeman, and Ayesha
N. Khan; for First Freedoms Foundation by Michael D. Dean; for the Ruther-
ford Institute by John W. Whitehead and Steven H. Aden; and for Owen
Brennan Rounds et al. by Thomas H. Nelson.

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No. 99-137, Garner et al. v. Jones
Argued January 1, 2000

	Christopher S. Brasher, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Georgia,
argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Thurbert E.
Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral, and Jacqueline F. Bunn, Assistant Attorney General.

	Elizabeth Thompson Kertscher argued the cause for respondent.  With
her on the brief were William V. Custer and LeeAnn Jones.

	Jill A. Pryor, Steven R. Shapiro, and Gerald Weber filed a brief for the
American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 98-1993, Florida v. J. L.
Argued: February 29, 2000

	Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the
cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs was Robert A. Butterworth,
Attorney General.

	Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Wax-
man, Assistant Attorney General Robinson, and Deputy Solicitor General
Dreeben.

	Harvey J. Sepler argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were Bennett H. Brummer and Andrew Stanton.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Americans for Ef-
fective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. by Wayne W. Schmidt, James. P. Manak,
Richard Weintraub, and Bernard J. Farber;  for the Justice Coalition by Scott
D. Makar;  for the National Association of Police Organizations by Stephen R.
McSpadden;  and for the State of Illinois et al. by James E. Ryan, Attorney
General of Illinois, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William Browers and
Michael M. Glick, Assistant Attorneys General, and Dan Schweitzer, joined
by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of
Alabama, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer
of California, Ken Salazar of Colorado, John M. Bailey of Connecticut, M.
Jane Brady of Delaware, Earl I. Anzai of Hawaii, Jeffrey A. Modisett of
Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Richard P.
Ieyoub of Louisiana, J. Joseph Curran of Maryland, Jennifer M. Granholm of
Michigan, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri,
Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Philip T.
McLaughlin of New Hampshire, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Michael
F. Easley of North Carolina, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, W. A. Drew
Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of
Pennsylvania, Jose A. Fuentes Agostini of Puerto Rico, Sheldon Whitehouse of
Rhode Island, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, Paul G. Summers of
Tennessee, John Cornyn of Texas, Jan Graham of Utah, Christine O. Gre-
goire of Washington, and Gay Woodhouse of Wyoming.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Congress of
Racial Equality, Inc., by Stefan B. Tahmassebi; for the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. by James J. Tomkovicz and Barbara E.
Bergman; for the National Rifle Association of America et al. by Robert
Dowlut and David B. Kopel; and for the Rutherford Institute by John W.
Whitehead and Steven H. Aden.

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No. 98-1161, Erie v. Pap’s A. M., tdba “Kandyland”
Argued: November 10, 1999

	Gregory A. Karle argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs
were Gerald J. Villella and Valerie J. Sprenkle.

	John H. Weston argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the briefs
were G. Randall Garrou, Philip B. Friedman, and Cathy Crosson.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for Brevard County,
Florida, by Scott L. Knox; for the American Liberties Institute et al. by Fre-
derick H. Nelson, Lonnie N. Groot, and Anthony A. Garganese; for Erie
County Citizen’s Coalition Against Violent Pornography by Keith O. Barrows;
for Morality in Media, Inc., et al. by Paul J. McGeady, Bruce A. Taylor, and
Janet M. LaRue; and for the National Family Legal Foundation by Len L.
Munsil.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Association for Nude Recreation by Robert T. Page; for the American Civil
Liberties Union et al. by Steven R. Shapiro, Witold J. Walczak, Bruce J.
Ennis, Jr., and Paul M. Smith; for Deja Vu Consulting, Inc., et al.by Bradley
J. Shafer; for Feminists for Free Expression by Mary D. Dorman; for the First
Amendment Lawyers Association by Randall D. B. Tigue, Steven H. Swan-
der, and Richard L. Wilson; for the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of
Free Expression et al. by J. Joshua Wheeler; and for Bill Conte, on behalf of
The Dante Project: Inferno et al. by Jack R. Burns.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of Kansas et al. by Carla
J. Stovall, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, State Solicitor,
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, Edward B. Foley, State
Solicitor, and Elise Porter, Assistant Solicitor, and by the Attorneys General
for their respective States as follows: Alan G. Lance of Idaho, Richard P.
Ieyoub ofLouisiana, Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan, Mike Moore of Mis-
sissippi, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of Nebraska, D. Mi-
chael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, John Cornyn of Texas, Jan Graham of Utah, and-
Mark L. Earley of Virginia; and for Orange County, Florida, by Joel D. Prin-
sell.

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