(All documents in Adobe PDF format)
- Complaint in Jacob Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, District of Hawaii No. CV 08-00359 (filed Aug. 6, 2008). Mr. Grant’s clients are again challenging the racially exclusive admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools.
- Appellants’ Opening Brief and Appellants’ Reply Brief in Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles, California Second Appellate District No. B203097 (filed Mar. 28, 2008 and May 19, 2008). Mr. Grant’s clients are challenging a November 2006 ballot measure by which the Los Angeles City Council cyncially manipulated voters to weaken term limits for Council members. Mr. Grant will argue the case in the California Court of Appeal later this month.
- Petition for Certiorari and Reply Brief for the Petitioner in John Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 127 S. Ct. 2160 (2007) (dismissing petition pursuant to Rule 46.1). The petition sought review of the Ninth Circuit’s 8-to-7 en banc decision authorizing respondents to operate a system of racially segregated schools in Hawaii. The petition was dismissed by stipulation pursuant to a complete settlement of the case. (A version of the petition that includes the lengthy Appendix is available here.)
- Petition for Certiorari, Brief for the Petitioner, and Reply Brief for the Petitioner in Osborn v. Haley, 549 U.S. 225 (2007). Mr. Grant argued this case involving the Westfall Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2679 (a component of the Federal Tort Claims Act), before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 30, 2006. The decision against Mr. Grant’s client is available on the Supreme Court’s website.
- Petitioner’s Opening Brief and Petitioner’s Reply Brief in Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil, 39 Cal. 4th 205, 128 P.3d 220 (2006). Mr. Grant argued this election-related writ petition before the California Supreme Court on June 7, 2006. The court’s decision, largely in favor of Mr. Grant’s client, is available here.
- Appellants’ Motion to Certify State-Law Questions to the Florida Supreme Court in Neumont v. State of Florida, 451 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. 2006). Taking over as lead appellate counsel in this property-rights class action from the Florida Keys, Mr. Grant briefed and argued the case for the appellants. In a published opinion, the Eleventh Circuit granted the foregoing motion and certified the case to the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Grant argued before that court on April 19, 2007.
- Petition for Certiorari in United States ex rel. Garibaldi v. Orleans Parish School Board, 126 S. Ct. 335 (2005) (denying cert. to 397 F.3d 334 (5th Cir. 2005)). The unsuccessful petition in this qui tam action under the False Claims Act asked the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split regarding the application of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) to post-judgment changes in controlling decisional law.
- Brief Amici Curiae in San Remo Hotel, L.P. v. City & County of San Francisco, 545 U.S. 323 (2005). In this regulatory takings case, Mr. Grant urged the Supreme Court to overrule the “state procedures” requirement fabricated in Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank, 473 U.S. 172, 194-97 (1985). Chief Justice Rehnquist’s opinion concurring in the judgment cited Mr. Grant’s brief in “explain[ing] why I think part of our decision in Williamson County . . . may have been mistaken.” The opinions in San Remo Hotel are available on the Supreme Court’s website.
- Petition for Alternative Writ of Mandate in Recall Gray Davis Committee v. Shelley, California Third Appellate District No. C04487 (filed July 10, 2003). This is the lawsuit that compelled the California Secretary of State to expeditiously count and certify the petitions submitted in support of the recall of Governor Gray Davis. The Secretary capitulated when the Court of Appeal issued an opinion and alternative writ of mandate.
- Petition for Certiorari in Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (2001). The decision in favor of the petitioner is available here. (Thanks to Pacific Legal Foundation for permission to make this petition available.)