| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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| 1/18/2006 | | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2006) |
| 2/21/2006 | | Brief of respondents Jefferson County Board of Education, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 2/22/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| 3/8/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 24, 2006. |
| 4/5/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2006. |
| 4/24/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2006. |
| 5/8/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2006. |
| 5/15/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2006. |
| 5/22/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2006. |
| 5/30/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 1, 2006. |
| 6/5/2006 | | Petition GRANTED This case is to be argued in tandem with No. 05-908, Parents Involved in Comm. Schs. v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1. |
| 6/26/2006 | | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| 6/28/2006 | | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either/neither party received from counsel for the respondents. |
| 7/14/2006 | | Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 21, 2006. |
| 7/14/2006 | | Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including October 10, 2006. |
| 8/1/2006 | | Motion to proceed further herein in forma pauperis filed by petitioner Crystal D. Meredith, Custodial Parent and Next Friend of Joshua Ryan McDonald. |
| 8/3/2006 | | Joint appendix filed. |
| 8/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| 8/17/2006 | | Brief of petitioner Crystal D. Meredith, Custodial Parent and Next Friend of Joshua Ryan McDonald filed. |
| 8/17/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Project on Fair Representation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Asian American Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Various School Children from Lynn, Massachusetts, Who are Parties in Comfort v. Lynn School Committee filed. VIDED. |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of David J. Armor, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, and State Board of Education filed. VIDED. |
| 9/1/2006 | | Motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| 9/22/2006 | | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| 9/29/2006 | | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, December 4, 2006. |
| 10/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/9/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Hon. Clifford L. Alexander, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Caucus for Structural Equity filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Joseph E. Brann, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Swann Fellowship, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Religious Organizations and Affiliated Individuals filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Historians of the Civil Rights Era, William H.Chafe, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Parent Teacher Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Council of Great City Schools, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Asian American Justice Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Media& Telecommunication Companies filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Professors Amy Stuart Wells, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and the National Urban League filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Collaborative of Catholic Leaders and Organizations filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense& Educational Fund, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of 19 Former Chancellors of the University of California filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of NAACP filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Housing Scholars and Research& Advocacy Organizations filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Jim McDermott, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of 553 Social Scientists filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of American Educational Research Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Senators Edward M. Kennedy, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Interested Human Rights Clinics and Organizations filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Former United States Secretaries of Education, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/10/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Advocacy Groups and International Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
