STATE EX REL. THOMPSON v. JACKSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there were briefs by Edward S. Marion and Murphy & Desmond, S.C., Madison and Kenneth Starr, Jay P. Lefkowitz, Paul D. Clement and Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C. and oral argument by Kenneth Starr.

For the necessary parties the cause was submitted on the briefs by Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For necessary parties, Marquelle Miller, et al., there were briefs by Lauren Brown-Perry, Madison and Mark J. Bredemeier, Janice S. O'Brien and Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, MO and oral argument by Mark J. Bredemeier.

For necessary parties, Parents for School Choice, et al., there were briefs by Michael D. Dean, Milwaukee and William H. Mellor, III, Clint Bolick and Institute for Justice, Washington, D.C. and oral argument by Clint Bolick.

For the respondents there was a brief by Jeffrey J. Kassel, Melanie E. Cohen and LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison; Steven K. Green and Americans United For Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C.; Peter M. Koneazny and American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee; Steven R. Shapiro and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY and oral argument by Jeffrey J. Kassel.

For respondents, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, et al, there was a brief by Richard Perry, Richard Saks and Perry, Lerner & Quindell, Milwaukee; Robert H. Chanin, John M. West and Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington D.C.; Bruce Meredith, Chris Galinat and Wisconsin Education Association Council, Madison; Elliot M. Mincberg, Judith Schaeffer and People for the American Way Action Fund, Washington D.C. and Timothy Hawks and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumenfield, Milwaukee and oral argument by Robert H. Chanin.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Steven J. Schooler and Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison for the Board of Church and Society and Chancellor, Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Alex Flynn and Alex Flynn & Associates, S.C., Milwaukee and Mark E. Chopko, John A. Liekweg and U.S. Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C. for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and United States Catholic Conference.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Grant F. Langley, city attorney, Susan D. Bickert, Roxane L. Crawford, assistant city attorneys, Milwaukee for the Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael L. Williams and Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for the Center for New Black Leadership.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by William H. Lynch and Law Offices of William H. Lynch and James Hall and Hall, Patterson & Charne, all of Milwaukee for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Gordon E. McQuillen and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison and David B. Isbell, Johnathan E. Mansfield and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. for the National Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Steven P. Means and Michael, Best & Friedrich, Madison and Keith A. Fournier, Jay Alan Sekulow, John P. Tuskey, James M. Henderson and The American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, D.C. for the Family Life Project of the American Center for Law.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael P. May, Mark J. Steichen, M. Tess O'Brien-Heinzen and Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison for the Wisconsin Interfaith Impact of the Wisconsin Conference of Churches.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by H. Yvonne Vinkemulder, Madison and Steven T. McFarland, Gregory S. Baylor, Annandale, VA and, of counsel, Thomas C. Berg, Birmingham, AL for the Christian Legal Society, Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and National Association of Evangelicals.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Bradden C. Backer and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. , and Robert L. Gordon and Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue, all of Milwaukee, for the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations and the Wisconsin Jewish Conference.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael J. Julka, Franck C. Sutherland and Lathrop & Clark, Madison for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Inc.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael J. Bachhuber, Milwaukee for Progressive Milwaukee.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick, Madison for the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc.