| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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| 10/30/2007 | | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2007) |
| 11/15/2007 | | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 17, 2008. |
| 1/16/2008 | | Brief of respondents Steven Pyett, Thomas O'Connell, and Michael Phillips in opposition filed. |
| 1/29/2008 | | Reply of petitioners 14 Penn Plaza LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 1/30/2008 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2008. |
| 2/19/2008 | | Petition GRANTED. |
| 3/6/2008 | | The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including May 5, 2008. |
| 5/5/2008 | | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of Costs received.) |
| 5/5/2008 | | Brief of petitioners 14 Penn Plaza LLC, et al. filed. |
| 5/8/2008 | | Proposal to lodge copies of a facsimile from counsel for the petitioners. |
| 5/9/2008 | | The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2008. |
| 5/12/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
| 5/12/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| 6/27/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed. |
| 7/3/2008 | | The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 14, 2008. |
| 7/3/2008 | | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondents. |
| 7/10/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ filed. |
| 7/14/2008 | | Brief of respondents Steven Pyett, et al. filed. |
| 7/15/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed. |
| 7/18/2008 | | Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, et al. filed. |
| 7/21/2008 | | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| 7/21/2008 | | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. |
| 7/21/2008 | | Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed. |
| 7/21/2008 | | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| 8/13/2008 | | Reply of petitioners 14 Penn Plaza LLC, and Temco Service Industries, Inc. filed. |
| 9/5/2008 | | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| 9/8/2008 | | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, December 1, 2008. |
| 9/12/2008 | | CIRCULATED. |
| 10/9/2008 | | Record from the U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of New York is electronically filed. |
| 10/10/2008 | | Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Second Circuit. (1 box) |
| 12/1/2008 | | Argued. For petitioners: Paul Salvatore, New York, N.Y. For respondents: David C. Frederick, Washington, D.C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| 4/1/2009 | | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. |
| 5/4/2009 | | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
