| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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| 8/8/2005 | | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 7, 2005) |
| 9/7/2005 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005. |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief of respondents Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al in opposition filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Institute of Military Justice filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amici curiae of Office of Chief Defense Counsel, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amicus curiae of Retired Generals and Admirals filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights First filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amicus curiae of Louis Fisher filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amici curiae of 304 United Kingdom and European Parliamentarians filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amici curiae of Louise Doswald-Beck, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars and Historians filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/7/2005 | | Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. (Distributed) |
| 9/13/2005 | | Reply of petitioner Salim Ahmed Hamdan filed. (Distributed) |
| 10/3/2005 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2005. |
| 10/11/2005 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 14, 2005. |
| 10/24/2005 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2005. |
| 10/31/2005 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 4, 2005. |
| 11/7/2005 | | Petition GRANTED. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| 11/14/2005 | | Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including January 6, 2006. |
| 1/3/2006 | | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| 1/4/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Historians Jack N. Rakove, et al. in support of petitioner filed. |
| 1/5/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of International Law Professors in support of petitioner (Commissions - Geographic Requirement) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights in support of petitioner ( the Charming Betsy canon) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Norman Dorsen, et al. in support of petitioner (Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice, and William N. Eskridge Jr. in support of petitioner (Presidential Authority Lacking-UCMJ) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Joint appendix filed. (Joint appendix in two volumes). |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief of petitioner Salim Ahmed Hamdan filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Richard A. Epstein, et al. (Military Commission Authorized By or Inconsistent With UCMJ) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of General David Brahms and General James Cullen (Congressional Authorization Lacking) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Retired Generals and Admirals and Milt Bearden (Geneva Conventions - Judicial Deference) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Yemeni National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Binyam Mohamed (Torture) filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | 422 Current and Former Members of United Kingdom and European Union Parliaments filed. (International Law - Need for Adherence) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Richard I. Aaron, et al. filed. (Presidential Authority Lacking) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Office of Chief Defense Counsel, Office of Military Commissions filed. (Abstention Inappropriate) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars and Historians filed. (Effect of Quirin) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Specialists in Conspiracy and International Law filed. (Conspiracy - Not a Triable Offense) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Requirement of Civilian Jury Trial) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National Institute of Military Justice and Bar Association of the District of Columbia filed. (Barbary Wars Precedent) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Lawrence M. Friedman, Jonathan Lurie, and Alfred P. Rubin filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Center for National Security Studies, et al. filed. (Effect of Detainee Treatment Act of 2005) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Louis Fisher filed. (Commissions - History) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Louise Doswald-Beck, et al. filed. (Commissions - Fair Trial Standards) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Louis Henkin, et al. filed. (Geneva - Enforceability) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Bar Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England and Wales, et al. filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed. (Commissions: Rights of Presence and Confrontation) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Professors Ryan Goodman, et al. filed. (Geneva - Applicability) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of More than 300 Detainees Incarcerated at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, et al. filed. (Whether Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 Divests Court of Jurisdiction) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York, et al. filed. (Geneva - Common Art. 3) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi filed. (Enforceability on Habeas/Mandamus) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Madeleine K. Albright and 21 Former Senior U.S. Diplomats filed. (Military Commissions - Independence of Judiciary) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Military Historians, Scholars and Practitioners filed. (Military Commissions and Articles of War) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Human Rights First, et al. filed. (Military Commissions - Torture) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Certain Former Federal Judges filed. (Separation of Powers: Enforceable at Guantanamo) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of International Human Rights Organizations for Copnstitutional Rights, et al. filed. |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Professor Richard D. Rosen, Associate Dean and Director of Center for Military Law and Policy, et al. filed. (Issue of Abstention) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief of amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Military Commissions - Structure and Procedures) |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Arthur R. Miller filed. (Abstention and Mandamus). |
| 1/6/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of David Hicks filed. |
| 1/11/2006 | | Motion of petitioner for an order directing the parties to submit supplemental briefing filed. |
| 1/12/2006 | | Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by respondents Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. |
| 1/17/2006 | | Order extending time to file response to motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction to and including January 31, 2006. |
| 1/17/2006 | | Motion of petitioner for supplemental briefing DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 20, 2006. |
| 1/17/2006 | | Opposition to petitioner's motion for supplemental briefing filed by respondents. |
