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No. 99-5746, Weeks v. Angelone, Director,
 Virginia Department of Corrections
Argued: December 6, 1999

	Mark Evan Olive argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Glen A. Huff, Timothy M. Richardson, and Sterling H. Weaver.

	Robert H. Anderson III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief was Mark L. Earley, Attorney
General.

	Kent S. Scheidegger filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as
amicus curiae urging affirmance.

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No. 99-51, Gutierrez et al v. Ada et al.
Argued: December 6, 1999

	Seth M. Hufstedler argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the
briefs were Shirley M. Hufstedler, Diane E. Pritchard, and F. Philip Carbullido.

	Dennis P. Riordan argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the
brief were Donald M. Horgan, Dylan L. Schaffer, Robert H. Bork, and  Curtis
Charles Van De Veld.

	William J. Carter and M. Miller Baker filed a brief for the Voting Integ-
rity Project as amicus curiae urging reversal.

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No. 98-1037, Smith v. Robbins
Argued: October 5, 1999

	Carol Frederick Jorstad, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued
the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney
General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin
Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Donald E. De Nicola, Deputy
Attorney General.

	Ronald J. Nessim, by appointment of the Court, 526 U. S.1003, argued
the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Thomas R. Freeman and
Elizabeth A. Newman.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Arizona
et al. by Janet Napolitano, Attorney General of Arizona, Colleen L. French,
Assistant Attorney General, and Paul J. McMurde; and by the Attorneys
General for their respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, M. Jane
Brady of Delaware, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mike Moore of Mississippi,
Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Robert A. Butterworth of
Florida, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Don Steinberg of Nebraska, Patricia A.
Madrid of New Mexico, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, and Mark L.
Earley of Virginia; for the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers by Robert
S. Gerstein, Jay-Allen Eisen, Michael M. Berger, Peter W. Davis, Rex S. Heinke,
Wendy C. Lascher, Gerald Z. Marer, and Jonathan B. Steiner, and for the
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L.
Hobson.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Asso-
ciation of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Leon Friedman; and for Jesus Garcia
Delgado by Michael B. Dashjian.

	Gregory R. Smith filed a brief for Retired Justice Armand Arabian et al. as
amici curiae.

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No. 98-1255, United States v. Martinez-Salazar
Argued: Argued November 29, 1999

	Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States.
With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney
General Robinson, David C. Frederick, and Richard A. Friedman.

	Michael D. Gordon, by appointment of the Court, 527 U. S. -, argued
the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

	David A. Reiser and Barbara Bergman filed a brief for the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae urging affir-
mance.

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No. 98-405, Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier
Parish School Board; and
98-406, Price et al. v. Bossier Parish School
Board
Argued: April 26, 1999; reargued October 6, 1999

	Paul R. Q. Wolfson reargued the cause for appellant in No. 98-405.  On the
briefs on reargument was Solicitor General Waxman.  With Mr. Wolfson on the
briefs on the original argument were Mr. Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney
General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Mark L. Gross, and Louis E.
Peraertz.

	Patricia A. Brannan reargued the cause for appellants in No. 98-406.  With
her on the briefs were John W. Borkowski, Barbara R. Arnwine, Thomas J.
Henderson, and Edward Still.

	Michael A. Carvin reargued the cause for appellee in both cases.  With him
on the brief were David H. Thompson, Craig S. Lerner, and Michael E. Ros-
man.

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No. 98-963, Nixon et al. v. Shrink Missouri
Government PAC et al.
Argued: 	October 5, 1999

	Jeremiah W. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, pro se, argued the cause
for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were James R. Layton, State Solicitor,
Paul R. Maguffee, Assistant Attorney General, Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A.
Seitz, and Joseph R. Guerra.

	Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for the United States as amicus
curiae urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Acting Assistant Attorney
General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Malcolm L. Stewart,
Douglas N. Letter, and Michael Jay Singer.

	D. Bruce La Pierre argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the briefs
for respondents Shrink Missouri Government PAC et al. was Patric Lester.
Deborah Goldberg, Burt Neuborne, and Gerald P. Greiman filed briefs for Joan
Bray as respondent under this Court's Rule 12.6.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Ohio
et al. by Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, Edward B. Foley,
State Solicitor, David M. Gormley, Iver A. Stridiron, Acting Attorney Gerneral
of the U. S. Virgin Islands, and by the Attorneys General for their respective
States as follows: Barbara Ritchie of Alaska, Janet Napolitano of Arizona,
Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of
Connecticut, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida,
Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, Jeffrey A. Modisett of
Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Albert B. Chan-
dler III of Kentucky, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Andrew Ketterer of Maine,
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts, Mike
Hatch of Minnesota, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Patricia A. Madrid of New
Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, W. A.
Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Paul G.
Summers of Tennessee, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont,
and Christine O. Gregoire of Washington; for Common Cause et al. by Roger M.
Witten, Daniel H. Squire, Donald J. Simon, and Fred Wertheimer; for Public
Citizen by Alan B. Morrison and David C. Vladeck; for the Secretary of State of
Arkansas et al. by Gregory Luke, John C. Bonifaz, and Brenda Wright; for
Senator John F. Reed et al. by Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Deanne E. Maynard, and
Gregory P. Magarian; for Paul Allen Beck et al. by Evan A. Davis; and for
Norman Dorsen et al. by Charles S. Sims.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil
Liberties Union et al. by Joel M. Gora and Steven R. Shapiro; for The First
Amendment Project of the Americans Back in Charge Foundation et al. by
Cleta D. Mitchell and Paul E. Sullivan; for Gun Owners of America et al. by
William J. Olson and John S. Miles; for the James Madison Center for Free
Speech by James Bopp, Jr.; for the National Right to Life PAC State Fund
et al. by Mr. Bopp.; for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. by Sharon L.
Browne; for Senator Mitch McConnell et al. by Bobby R. Burchfield; and for
U. S. Term Limits, Inc., by Stephen J. Safranek.

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No. 98-1667, Baral v. United States
Argued: January 18, 2000

	Walter J. Rockler argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Julius Greisman and Thomas Klein.

	Kent L. Jones argued the cause for the United States.  With him on the
brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Argrett,
Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Gilbert S. Rothenberg, and Charles Bricken.

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No. 99-161, Weisgram et al. v. Marley Co. et al.
Argued: January 18, 2000

	Paul A. Strandness argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Stephen S. Eckman and Daniel J. Dunn.

	Christine A. Hogan argued the cause for respondents.  With her on the
brief was James S. Hill.

	Jeffrey Robert White filed a brief for the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America as amicus curiae urging reversal.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Brunswick Corp
by Stephen M. Shapiro, Timothy S. Bishop, and Jeffrey W. Sarles; and for the
Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Michael T. Wharton.

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No. 98-2043, Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax
Board of California
Argued: January 12, 2000

	Walter Hellerstein argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Charles J. Moll III, Edwin P. Antolin, Fred O. Marcus, and Drew S.
Days III.

	David Lew, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for
respondent.  With him on the brief were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and
Timothy G. Laddish, Senior Assistant Attorney General.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for General Electric Co.
by Carter G. Phillips, Scott J. Heyman, Nathan C. Sheers, John Amato, Amy
Eisenstadt, and Frank A. Yanover; and for Tax Executives Institute, Inc., by
Timothy J. McCormally and Mary L. Fahey.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for
the State of Idaho et al. by Alan G. Lance, Attorney General of
Idaho, and Geoffrey L. Thorpe, Deputy Attorney General, Bruce
M. Botelho, Attorney General of Alaska, Joseph P. Mazurek,
Attorney General of Montana, and Heidi Heitkamp, Attorney
General of North Dakota; and for the Multistate Tax Commis-
sion by Paull Mines

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No. 98-1441,Roe, Warden v. Flores Ortega
Argued: November 1, 1999

	Paul E. O'Connor, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause
for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General,
David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson and
Arnold O. Overoye, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Margaret Venturi,
Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, Assistant Su-
pervising Deputy Attorney General.

	Edward C. DuMont argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae
urging reversal.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assis-
tant Attorney General Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Nina
Goodman.

	Quin Denvir argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Ann
H. Voris and Mary French.

	Kent S. Scheidegger filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as
amicus curiae urging reversal.

	Lawrence S. Lustberg, Kevin McNulty, and Lisa B. Kemler filed a brief for the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging
affirmance.

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No. 98-818, Rice v. Cayetano, Governor
of Hawaii
Argued: October 6, 1999

	Theodore B. Olson argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs
were Douglas R. Cox and Thomas G. Hungar.

	John G. Roberts, Jr., argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief
were Earl I. Anzai, Attorney General of Hawaii, Girard D. Lau, Dorothy Sell-
ers, and Charleen M. Aina, Deputy Attorneys General, and Gregory G. Garre.

	Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as
amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Solicitor General
Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Schiffer, Deputy Solicitor General Under-
wood, Irving L. Gornstein, and Elizabeth Ann Peterson.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Campaign for a
Color-Blind America et al. by Richard K. Willard and  Shannen W. Coffin; and
for the Center for Equal Opportunity et al. by Brett M. Kavanaugh, Robert H.
Bork, and Roger Clegg.

	Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Cali-
fornia et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, and Thomas F.
Gede, Special Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for
their respective jurisdictions as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, John F. Taran-
tino of Guam, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Patricia A. Madrid of New
Mexico, Maya B. Kara of the Northern Mariana Islands, W. A. Drew Edmond-
son of Oklahoma, and Hardy Myers of Oregon; for the Alaska Federation of
Natives et al. by Jeffrey L. Bleich; for the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate
Trust by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, and C. Michael Hare; for the
National Congress of American Indians by Kim Jerome Gottschalk and Steven
C. Moore; for the State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations et al. by
Paul Alston, William M. Tam, Lea Hong, and David M. Forman; and for the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs et al. by Harry R. Sachse, Reid Peyton Chambers,
Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Sherry P. Broder, and Jon M. Van Dyke.

	Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Hawai'i Congressional Delegations by
Patricia M. Zell, Jennifer M. L. Chock, and Janet Erickson; for the Hou Ha-
waiians et al. by Walter R. Schoettle; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by
John H. Findley and Sharon L. Browne.

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No. 98-896, Rotella v. Wood et al.
Argued: November 3, 1999

	Richard P. Hogan, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the
briefs were Kevin Dubose, Richard W. Mithoff, Tommy Jacks, and Robert F.
Andrews.

	Charles T. Frazier, Jr., argued the cause for respondents.  With him on
the brief were Debora B. Alsup, John H. Martin, Tom Renfro, and Joseph R.
Cleveland, Jr.
Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp filed a brief for the Washington
Legal Foundation et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

	Philip Allen Lacovara, Evan M. Tager, and Gary E. Hughes filed a brief for
the American Council of Life Insurance as amicus curiae.

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No. 98-1288, Village of Willowbrook, et al. v.
Grace Olech

Argued: January 10, 2000

	James L. DeAno argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

	Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae.
With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attor-
ney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, and Mark B. Stern.

	John R. Wimmer argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.?

	Richard Ruda, James I. Crowley, and Donald B. Ayer filed a brief for the
International City/County Management Association et al. as amici curiae
urging reversal.

	Harvey Grossman, Steven R. Shapiro, and Richard J. O'Brien filed a brief
for the ACLU as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


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