2021-2023
2023 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al. (OSHA) v. Federici Contracting, LLC will be argued on November 15, 2023. The presiding judges are Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; Goodwin Liu, Supreme Court of California; and Rachel Kovner, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
2022 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Energon, U.S.A. v. Ames County Board of Commissioners was argued on November 10, 2022. The presiding judges are Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Britt Grant, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and Rowan Wilson, New York Court of Appeals.
2021 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Charles Artiss v. Westlake Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was argued on November 16, 2021. The presiding judges were Elena Kagan ’86, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; Kimberly S. Budd ’91, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; and Consuelo Maria Callahan, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
2011-2020
2020 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Tanner v. State of Ames was argued virtually on March 10, 2021, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The judges were Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Hon. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Supreme Court of California, and Hon. Judith W. Rogers ’64, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
2019 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case United States Department of the Interior v. Caldwell was argued on November 12, 2019 at the Ames Moot Court competition. The judges were Hon. Merrick Garland ’77, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Michelle Friedland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Hon. Amul Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
2018 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Groves v. Gallant was argued on November 13, 2018, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The judges were Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Susan Carney, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit.
2017 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Dylan Bloom v. United States of America was argued on November 14, 2017, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The judges were Hon. John G. Roberts Jr. ’79, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Debra Ann Livingston ’84, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Carl E. Stewart, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit.
2016 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case United States v. Papaya Cellular was argued on November 1, 2016, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The presiding judges were Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice (Ret.), U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. David J. Barron ’94, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit; Hon. Alison J. Nathan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
2015 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Abrams v. Vita, Inc. was argued on November 16, 2016, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Elena Kagan ’86, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Debra Ann Livingston ’84, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Robert L. Wilkins ’89, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit.
2014 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Duke v. United States was argued on November 18, 2014, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Antonin Scalia ’60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Adalberto Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit; Hon. Patricia Millett ’88, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit.
2013 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Jimenez v. Holder was argued on October 23, 2013, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Merrick B. Garland ’77, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit.
2012 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Go Glow, Inc., v. Sheila Simpson was argued on November 15, 2012, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. David Souter ’61, ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Mark Wolf ’71, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts; Hon. Reena Raggi ’76, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
2011 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case United States v. Garfield was argued on November 17, 2011, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The judges were Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Frank Easterbrook, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit; Hon. Peter Rubin ’88, Massachusetts Court of Appeals.
2001-2010
2010 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case McBride v. United States was argued on November 16, 2010, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. John G. Roberts Jr. ’79, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit; Hon. Diana E. Murphy, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eighth Circuit.
2009 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Springfield v. Humans Against the Consumption of Animals (HACA) was argued on November 16, 2009, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Richard A. Posner ’62, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit; Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit; Hon. Barrington D. Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit.
2008 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Hubbard, Lopez, and Betancourt v. Andrews was argued on November 18, 2008, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Marsha Siegal Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Frank Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit.
2007 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Worldwide People’s Temple v. Rasmussen was argued on November 14, 2007, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Antonin Scalia LL.B ’60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Carlos Lucero, U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit; Hon. Debra Livingston ’84, U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
2006 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Adam’s Apple Markets v. Aphrodite Cosmetics was argued on November 14, 2006, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Anthony Kennedy ’61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Diana Gribbon Motz, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit; Hon. Merrick B. Garland ’74, U.S. Court of Appeals District for The Columbia Circuit.
2005 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case McNeil v. Lu was argued on November 17, 2005, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. David Souter ’61, ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Emilio M. Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit.
2004 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Amy Annis, et al., v. The State of Ames was argued on November 18, 2004, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Richard Paez, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Reena Raggi ’76, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit.
2003 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Jones v. Oakes and Brooks was argued on November 12, 2003, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Douglas Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Karen Nelson Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit; Hon. Fortunato Benevides, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit.
2002 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Morales v. Gallows was argued on November 19, 2002, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Diarmuid O’Scannlain ’69, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Ann Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit.
2001 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Jane Smith, et al. v. BargainHunter.com was argued on November 15, 2001, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit Court of Appeals; Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour ’65, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit.
1991-2000
2000 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Mary Cameron and David Rae v. States of Ames was argued on November 16, 2000, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. David Souter ’61, ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Frank Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit; Hon. Judith W. Rogers LL.B ’64, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit.
1999 Ames Moot Court Competition (Spring)
The case Ride-A-Long Productions, Inc. and Ames Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Suzanne Rogers and Michelle Roger was argued in the Spring of 1999. The presiding judges were Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Laurence H. Silberman ’61, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
1999 Ames Moot Court Competition (Fall)
The case Kim Tan v. Susan Applegale, District Director, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, City of Ames, Ames was argued on November 18, 1999, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. William A. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
1998 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Willard Beach Golf Resort INC. v. Champions Greens, INC. was argued on March 18, 1998 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The judges were Hon. David Souter ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Phylllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Hon. Bruce M. Selya ’58, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
1997 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case League of Women Voters v. Murphy was argued on March 10, 1997, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Anthony Kennedy ’61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit.
1995 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Richard Smith v. United States of America was argued in November 1995, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Stephen Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Stephen F. Williams ’61, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; and Hon. Rosemary Barkett, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit.
1994 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Bottomless Beer Company v. Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court, Rosebud Sioux Court of Appeals, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Estate of Tasunke Witko a.k.a. Crazy Horse was argued in November 1994, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Sam J. Ervin, III LL.B ’51, Chief Judge, The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit; Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit.
1993 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Adam J. Timbo v. United States was argued on November 18, 1993, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. David Souter ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit; Hon. Kimba M. Wood ’69, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York.
1992 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Susan Linfield, et al., v Ames Public Utilities et al. was argued in November 1992, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Antonin Scalia ’60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Michael Boudin ’64, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit.
1991 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Reed Corporation v. Norport Industries, INC. was argued in November 1991 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. David Souter ’66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Patrick Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit.
1981-1990
1990 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Wilson v. Barnes was argued in November 1990 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Frank Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit; Hon. Kenneth Starr, Solicitor General of The United States.
1989 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case United States EX Rel. Douglas Dale v. Tech Corporation was argued on November 14, 1989 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Anthony Kennedy ’61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr. ’54, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York.
1988 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Rathburn v. United States of America was argued on November 17, 1988, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Lewis F. Powell LL.M ’32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit.
1987 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Alvin Fletcher v. Andrei Hermann was argued on November 23, 1987 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The judges were Hon. Antonin Scalia ’60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Dorothy Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit; Hon. Sam Ervin III ’51, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit.
1986 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Phillips v. Higginson Corporation, Inc. was argued on November 17, 1986 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Harry Blackmun ’32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Richard A. Posner ’62, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit.
1985 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Yardley v. Deuteronomy Chemical was argued on November 21, 1985 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. William H. Rehnquist, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. R. Lanier Anderson III ’61, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit; Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit.
1984 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Louise Mitchell v. Henry Stimson was argued on November 19, 1984 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. William J. Brennan ’31, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64 U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit; Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit.
1983 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Hawaii Housing Authority vs. John Makalena was argued in November 1983 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Harry Blackmun ’32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Stephanie Seymour ’65, Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit; Hon. Harry T. Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit.
1982 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Peter Rogers, William French Smith v. James Mendez was argued on November 22, 1982 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. John J. Gibbons ’50, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit.
1981 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case McGuire vs. the State of Ames was argued on November 19, 1981, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The judges were Hon. Henry J. Friendly ’27, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Nathaniel Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit.
1974-1980
1980 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Imperial Products Company and Edward Wade, Vice President and General Counsel, v. Securities and Exchange Commission was argued on November 20, 1980 at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Harry Blackmun ’32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Robert Keeton, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1979 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Fenton Oil Company INC. v. Amar Petroleum Company was argued in November 1979, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Phyllis Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Louis Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1978 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Jane Maloney v. Municpality of Lincoln Fire Department and Rescue Squad, and Kenneth Greer, et. al. was argued on November 16, 1978, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Irving L. Goldberg ’29, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Vincent L. McKusick ’50, Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
1977 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case West Bay Point New Freedom Church Inc., Reverend William P. Connell, Susan Barns v. Jonathan Barns, Shaleen Barns was argued on November 17, 1977, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Edward F. Hennessey, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
1976 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Roanoke School Board, et al. v. Harriet B. Kiley was argued on December 1, 1976, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The presiding judges were Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Carl E. McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Gerhard Alden Gesell, U. S. District Court for The District of Columbia.
1975 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Dr. Victor Marshall v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was argued on November 20, 1975, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr., L.L.M. ’32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Irving Kaufman, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit; Hon. Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York.
1974 Ames Moot Court Competition
The case Dillon v. Ford was argued on November 24, 1974, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Henry J. Friendly ’27, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit; Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit.