Supreme Court Briefs

Before presenting their oral arguments, counsel for both sides will submit a legal brief summarizing the facts of the case as well as the legal reasoning behind their arguments. Cases set for hearing during the current Supreme Court term, for which FindLaw has online versions of briefs, are listed below in alphabetical order by case name. Have a Supreme Court merit or amicus brief you'd like to post on FindLaw? Submit it here!

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October 2003 Term [including September 2003]

Find 2003-2004 cases by clicking on letter corresponding to petitioner's name:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ACLU v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1734)
Adams v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1740)
Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila (No. 02-1845)
AFL-CIO v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1755)
Al Odah v. United States (No. 03-343)
Alaska Dep't of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency (No. 02-658)
Arizona v. Gant (No. 02-1019)
Ashcroft v. ACLU (No. 03-218)
Austria v. Altmann (No. 03-13)

Baldwin v. Reese (No. 02-964)
Banks v. Dretke (No. 02-8286)
Barnhart v. Thomas (No. 02-763)
Beard v. Banks (No. 02-1603)
BedRoc Limited, LLC, et al. v. United States, et al. (No. 02-1593)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("BCRA") Cases
Blakely v. Washington (No. 02-1632)

California Democratic Party v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1753)
Castro v. United States (No. 02-6683)
Central Laborers' Pension v. Heinz (No. 02-891)
Chamber of Commerce of U.S. v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1756)
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 03-475)
CIGNA HealthCare of Texas v. Calad (No. 03-83)
Crawford v. Washington (No. 02-9410)

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen (No. 03-358)
Doe v. Chao (No. 02-1377)
Dretke v. Haley (No. 02-1824)

Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (No. 02-1624)
Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist. (No. 02-1343)

Federal Communications Commission v. Missouri Municipal League (No. 02-1386)
Federal Election Commission v. McConnell (No. 02-1676)
Fellers v. United States (No. 02-6320)
F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v. Empagran S.A. (No. 03-724)
Frew v. Hawkins (No. 02-628)

General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline (No. 02-1080)
Groh v. Ramirez (No. 02-811)
Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group (No. 02-1689)

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (No. 03-6696)
Hibbs v. Winn (No. 02-1809)
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada (No. 03-5554)
Household Credit Services, Inc. v. Pfennig (No. 02-857)

Illinois v. Lidster (No. 02-1060)
Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices (No. 02-572)
Iowa v. Tovar (No. 02-1541)

Johnson v. California (No. 03-6539)
Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (No. 02-1205)

Kontrick v. Ryan (No. 02-819)

Lamie v. United States Trustee (No. 02-693)
City of Littleton, Colorado v. Z.J. Gifts D-4 (No. 02-1609)
Locke v. Davey (No. 02-1315)

Maryland v. Pringle (No. 02-809)
McCain v. McConnell (No. 02-1702)
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1674)
Missouri v. Seibert (No. 02-1371)
Muhammad v. Close (No. 02-9065)

National Rifle Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1675)
National Right To Life Committee v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1733)
Nelson v. Campbell (No. 03-6821)
Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League (No. 02-1238)
Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (No. 03-101)

Office of Independent Counsel v. Favish (No. 02-954)
Olympic Airways v. Husain (No. 02-1348)

Paul v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1747)
Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders (No. 03-95)
Pliler v. Ford (No. 03-221)

Rasul v. Bush (No. 03-334)
Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez (No. 02-749)
Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1727)
Rumsfeld v. Padilla (No. 03-1027)

Sabri v. United States (No. 03-44)
Scarborough v. Principi (No. 02-1657)
Schriro v. Summerlin (No. 03-526)
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Edwards (No. 02-1196)
Smith v. Dretke (No. 02-11309)
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (No. 03-339)
South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist. v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians (No. 02-626)
Southwestern Bell Telephone v. Missouri Municipal League (No. 02-1405)

Tennard v. Dretke (No. 02-10038)
Tennessee v. Lane (No. 02-1667)
Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood (No. 02-1606)
Thornton v. United States (No. 03-5165)
Till v. SCS Credit Corp. (No. 02-1016)

United States v. Alvarez-Machain (No. 03-485)
United States v. Banks (No. 02-473)
United States v. Benitez (No. 03-167)
United States v. Flores-Montano (No. 02-1794)
United States v. Galletti (No. 02-1389)
United States v. Lara (No. 03-107)
United States v. Patane (No. 02-1183)
United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Indus. (No. 02-1290)

Verizon Communications v. Trinko (No. 02-682)
Vieth v. Jubelirer (No. 02-1580)
Virginia v. Maryland (No. 22O129)

Yarborough v. Alvarado (No. 02-1684)
Yates v. Henton (No. 02-458)