First Monday in October 2007

OAD's fourteenth First Monday in October program at the New York University School of Law was hugely successful. Our mock Supreme Court tackled District of Columbia v. Shelly Parker, et al., a case that examines whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is limited to membership in a State militia or whether it extends to individuals. The case was argued by Jeh C. Johnson, of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Barry Kamins, of Flamhaft Levy Kamins Hirsch & Rendeiro. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kamins were also recipients of OAD's Gould Awards for Outstanding Oral Advocacy.

Henry G. Miller, as Commentator, introduced our advocates and esteemed jurists: The Honorable George Bundy Smith of Chadbourne & Parke, as Chief Justice, and Marianne Bretton-Granatoor of Merrill Lynch, John M. Callagy of Kelley Drye & Warren, Meir Feder of Jones Day, Elizabeth L. Grayer of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Peter L. Simmons of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Marsha E. Simms of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, and Joseph F. Wayland of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, as Associate Justices. Myrna Felder, Event Co-Chair (along with Roy Reardon) acted as Court Crier.

 

Jeh C. Johnson argues for the Defendants.

Barry Kamins as Counsel for the Respondents.

Chief Justice George Bundy Smith fires a question to the advocates.
Also pictured are Associate Justices Marianne Bretton-Granatoor and Peter L. Simmons.

 

First Monday in October Programs

Year Case Title Issue Advocates
2007 District of Columbia v. Shelly Parker, et al. The Second Amendment: Who Has the Right to Own Guns? Bettina B. Plevan & Evan R. Chesler
2006 MacWade v. Kelly NYPD Subway Searches: Are They Constitutional? Bettina B. Plevan & Evan R. Chesler
2005 House v. Bell Executing the Innocent: Does the Constitution Permit It? Theodore V. Wells, Jr. & Alan Vinegrad
2004 West v. New York May the state prevent and criminalize marriage involving same sex couples? Myron Beldock & Daniel F. Kolb
2003 Court TV v. The State of New York Does New York State's prohibition on cameras in the courtroom violate the First Amendment? Burt Neuborne & Mary Jo White
2002 Al Zawahiri v. Ashcroft Attorney-Client Communications after 9/11: May the Government listen in? Gerald B. Lefcourt & Loretta E. Lynch
2001 McCarver v. North Carolina Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the execution of a person with mental retardation? Paul J. Curran & Bryan A. Stevenson
2001 McCarver v. North Carolina Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the execution of a person with mental retardation? Paul J. Curran & Bryan A. Stevenson
1999 Dickerson v. United States Police power in a free society: Can a person run from the police? Are Miranda warnings still required? Elkan Abramowitz & Charles A. Stillman
1998 Capital Cities/ABC v. Food Lion Investigative reporting: How far can the media go? Martin London & Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
1997 Thomas v. United States Jury nullification: May a jury ignore the law? May a court prevent it? Conrad K. Harper & Otto G. Obermaier
1996 Vacco v. Quill Is there a right to assisted suicide? David Boies & Evan A. Davis
1995 Troy v. New York Is New York's death penalty law constitutional? Floyd Abrams & Bernard W. Nussbaum
1994 X-Citement Video, Inc. v. Gottesman Is the federal child pornography statute constitutional? Sheila L. Birnbaum & Jay Topkis

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