Supreme Court of the United States

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether the lower courts erred in suppressing evidence on the theory that a police officer of an Indian tribe lacked authority to temporarily detain and search the respondent, Joshua James Cooley, a non-Indian, on a public right-of-way within a reservation based on a potential violation of state or federal law.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jun 19 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)
Jul 10 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 24, 2020 to August 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 13 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 24, 2020.
Jul 24 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Crow Tribe of Indians, National Congress of American Indians and Other Tribal Organizations filed.
Jul 24 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed.
Aug 21 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent Joshua James Cooley to respond filed.
Aug 26 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Sep 15 2020 | Response Requested. (Due October 15, 2020)
Oct 15 2020 | Brief of respondent Joshua James Cooley in opposition filed.
Oct 15 2020 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Joshua James Cooley.
Oct 22 2020 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
Oct 28 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
Oct 28 2020 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 16 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
Nov 20 2020 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Nov 20 2020 | Petition GRANTED.
Dec 18 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Dec 31 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 8, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 12, 2021.
Jan 04 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner United States.
Jan 08 2021 | Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Jan 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, et al. filed.
Jan 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Indian Law Scholars and Professors filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians and Other Tribal Organizations filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Members of Congress filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Cayuga Nation, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Former United States Attorneys filed.
Jan 19 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Feb 01 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.
Feb 04 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Feb 04 2021 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 12 2021 | Brief of respondent Joshua James Cooley filed.
Feb 19 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Ninth Circuit Federal Public and Community Defenders filed. (Distributed)
Feb 19 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Feb 19 2021 | Amicus brief of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief submitted - March 22, 2021)
Feb 19 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2021 | CIRCULATED.
Mar 10 2021 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent Joshua James Cooley.
Mar 12 2021 |

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether the uncompensated appropriation of an easement that is limited in time effects a per se physical taking under the Fifth Amendment.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 29 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2020)
Aug 06 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Cedar Point Nursery, et al.
Aug 18 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 2, 2020 to October 2, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 19 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 2, 2020.
Aug 27 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of California Farm Bureau Federation filed.
Aug 31 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Pelican Institute for Public Policy filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of State of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Farm Bureau Federation filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Oct 02 2020 | Brief of respondents Victoria Hassid, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 15 2020 | Reply of petitioners Cedar Point Nursery, et al. filed.
Oct 21 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
Nov 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
Nov 13 2020 | Petition GRANTED.
Nov 24 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Cedar Point Nursery, et al.
Dec 02 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Cedar Point Nursery, et al.
Dec 07 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Dec 28 2020 | Motion for an extension of time filed.
Dec 28 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including December 31, 2020.
Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Pelican Institute for Public Policy filed.
Dec 31 2020 | Brief of petitioners Cedar Point Nursery, et al. filed.
Dec 31 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Jan 05 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Jan 06 2021 | Amicus brief of New England Legal Foundation not accepted for filing. (January 06, 2021)
Jan 06 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
Jan 06 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of California Farm Bureau Federation filed.
Jan 06 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Western Growers Association; California Fresh Fruit Association; Grower-Shipper Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties; and Ventura County Agricultural Association filed.
Jan 06 2021 | Amicus brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation not accepted for filing. (February 04, 2021 - Corrected brief filed.)
Jan 06 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Jan 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Jan 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Jan 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jan 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
Jan 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. in support of neither party filed.
Jan 07 2021 |

Consolidated with:

• Davis v. Saul
  
  

Issue: Whether a claimant seeking disability benefits under the Social Security Act forfeits an appointments-clause challenge to the appointment of an administrative law judge by failing to present that challenge during administrative proceedings.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jun 29 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)
Jun 29 2020 | Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.
Jul 29 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 31, 2020 to August 31, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 31, 2020.
Aug 24 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 31, 2020 to September 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 25 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 30, 2020.
Sep 29 2020 | Brief of respondent Saul, Andrew M. filed.
Oct 14 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
Oct 14 2020 | Reply of petitioners Willie Earl Carr, et al. filed.
Nov 02 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
Nov 09 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 20-105 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Nov 09 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1442. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1442. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Nov 09 2020 | As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.
Dec 09 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, John J. Davis, Thomas Hilliard, Kimberly L. Iwan, Destiny M. Thurman
Dec 09 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners in No. 20-105.
Dec 11 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners in No. 19-1442.
Dec 18 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Conference of Social Security Administrative Law Judges in support of neither party filed.
Dec 28 2020 | Brief of petitioners John J. Davis, Thomas Hilliard, Kimberly L. Iwan, Destiny M. Thurman (in 20-105) filed.
Dec 28 2020 | Brief of petitioners Willie Earl Carr, et al. filed.
Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED.
Dec 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. VIDED.
Dec 31 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Social Security, Government Benefit Program and Administrative Law Professors and Scholars filed. VIDED.
Dec 31 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jan 04 2021 | Amicus brief of The New Civil Liberties Alliance & Cato Institute not accepted for filing. (January 05, 2021 - Corrected version to be submitted).
Jan 04 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Disability Representatives filed.VIDED
Jan 04 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Jan 11 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners in No. 19-1442 GRANTED.
Jan 11 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners in No. 20-105 GRANTED.

Consolidated with:

• Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic National Committee
  
  

Issues: (1) Whether Arizona’s out-of-precinct policy, which does not count provisional ballots cast in person on Election Day outside of the voter’s designated precinct, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; and (2) whether Arizona’s ballot-collection law, which permits only certain persons (i.e., family and household members, caregivers, mail carriers and elections officials) to handle another person’s completed early ballot, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or the 15th Amendment.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Apr 27 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2020)
Apr 30 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mark Brnovich, et al.
May 20 2020 | Motion of respondent Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State to extend the time to file a response from June 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
May 20 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 1, 2020, for all respondents.
May 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
May 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Ohio, et al. filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Election Integrity Project California and Arizona filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Helen Purcell filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, Center for Equal Opportunity, and Project 21 filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Constitutional Union filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, et al. filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Elijah Haahr, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Honest Elections Project filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Maricopa County filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation et al. filed.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Governor Douglas A. Ducey, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of United States Senators Ted Cruz, Marsha Blackburn, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, James M. Inhofe, James Lankford, And Mike Lee filed. VIDED.
Jul 01 2020 | Brief of respondent Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State in opposition filed. VIDED.
Jul 01 2020 | Brief of respondents Democratic National Committee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Jul 02 2020 | Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from July 15, 2020 to July 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 02 2020 | Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until July 29, 2020, granted.
Jul 28 2020 | Reply of petitioner Mark Brnovich, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 29 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Oct 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-1258 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Oct 02 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1257. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1257. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Oct 26 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mark Brnovich, et al.
Oct 28 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Arizona Republican Party, et al.
Nov 11 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State. VIDED.
Nov 13 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Democratic National Committee, et al. VIDED.
Nov 13 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
Nov 13 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including November 30, 2020. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 13, 2021. VIDED.
Nov 30 2020 |

Consolidated with:

• Smith & Nephew Inc. v. Arthrex Inc.
  
  
• Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew Inc.
  
  

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is counsel on an amicus brief in support of the respondents in this case.

Issues: (1) Whether, for purposes of the Constitution’s appointments clause, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are principal officers who must be appointed by the president with the Senate’s advice and consent, or “inferior Officers” whose appointment Congress has permissibly vested in a department head; and (2) whether, if administrative patent judges are principal officers, the court of appeals properly cured any appointments clause defect in the current statutory scheme prospectively by severing the application of 5 U.S.C. § 7513(a) to those judges.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jun 25 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2020)
Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al.VIDED
Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arthrex, Inc.VIDED
Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States VIDED
Jul 22 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Polaris Innovations Limited VIDED
Jul 23 2020 | Brief of respondents Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED
Jul 24 2020 | Response to petition from respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Jul 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden L.L.C. filed.
Jul 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. VIDED.
Aug 12 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Oct 05 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Oct 13 2020 | Petition GRANTED as to Federal Circuit case No. 2018-2140, and the petitions for writs of certiorari in Nos. 19-1452 and 19-1458 are granted, all limited to Questions 1 and 2 as set forth in the July 22, 2020 Memorandum for the United States. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Oct 13 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1434. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1434. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Oct 21 2020 | Petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 and 19-1452 shall each file an opening brief, limited to 13,000 words, on or before Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 or 19-1452, or in support of no party, shall be filed on or before Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and the briefs shall bear a light green cover. Petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall file a consolidated opening and response brief, limited to 17,000 words, on or before Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall be filed on or before Wednesday, December 30, 2020, and the briefs shall bear a dark green cover. Petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 and 19-1452 shall each file a consolidated response and reply brief, limited to 14,500 words, on or before Friday, January 22, 2021. Petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall file a reply brief, limited to 6,000 words, pursuant to Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court. VIDED.
Oct 23 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the United States. VIDED.
Oct 28 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al.
Oct 29 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arthrex, Inc.
Nov 03 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States
Nov 09 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the United States GRANTED. VIDED.
Nov 25 2020 | Opening brief of United States filed. VIDED.
Nov 25 2020 | Opening brief of Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor John Harrison in support of neither partyfiled. VIDED.
Dec 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Acushnet Company and Roger Cleveland Golf Inc. filed. VIDED.
Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Andrew Michaels in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Coalition Against Patent Abuse in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed. VIDED.
Dec 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Cross-Industry Groups filed. VIDED.
Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Unified Patents, LLC in support of neither party and of reversal filed. VIDED.
Dec 02 2020 |

Issue: Whether the pursuit of a person whom a police officer has probable cause to believe has committed a misdemeanor categorically qualifies as an exigent circumstance sufficient to allow the officer to enter a home without a warrant.

• February argument calendar includes immigration, voting-rights cases (Amy Howe)

• Justices take up Fourth Amendment case (Amy Howe)

• Relist Watch (John Elwood)

• Petitions of the week: Title VII for the military, Medicaid work requirements and more (Andrew Hamm)

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jul 10 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)
Jul 28 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 13, 2020 to September 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 29 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 14, 2020.
Aug 13 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice filed.
Sep 14 2020 | Brief of respondent State of California in opposition filed.
Sep 22 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
Sep 23 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Sep 23 2020 | Reply of petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange filed. (Distributed)
Oct 13 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
Oct 19 2020 | Petition GRANTED.
Oct 26 2020 | Amanda K. Rice, Esquire, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is invited to brief and argue, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
Nov 05 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Nov 05 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange.
Nov 12 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioner's brief on the merits, and respondent's brief on the merits in support is extended to and including December 4, 2020. The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including January 8, 2021.
Nov 23 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Dec 04 2020 | Brief of petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange filed.
Dec 04 2020 | Brief of respondent State of California in support of vacatur filed.
Dec 10 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, DownsizeDC.org, Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Illinois et al. filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability and Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
Dec 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National College for DUI Defense filed.
Dec 17 2020 | Motion for divided argument filed by petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange.
Dec 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
Jan 08 2021 | Amicus brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below submitted.

Issues: (1) Whether a court of appeals may conclusively presume that an asylum applicant’s testimony is credible and true whenever an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals adjudicates an application without making an explicit adverse credibility determination; and (2) whether the court of appeals violated the remand rule as set forth in INS v. Ventura when it determined in the first instance that the respondent, Ming Dai, was eligible for asylum and entitled to withholding of removal.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jan 10 2020 | Application (19A781) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 20, 2020 to February 19, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Jan 10 2020 | Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.
Jan 10 2020 | Application (19A781) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 19, 2020.
Feb 07 2020 | Application (19A781) to extend further the time from February 19, 2020 to March 20, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Feb 07 2020 | Application (19A781) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 20, 2020.
Mar 20 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2020)
Apr 13 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2020 to June 19, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 16 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 19, 2020.
Apr 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed.
Jun 19 2020 | Brief of respondent Ming Dai in opposition filed.
Jul 08 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 17 2020 | Reply of petitioner William P. Barr, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Oct 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-1156 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Oct 02 2020 | As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.
Oct 02 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1155. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1155. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Nov 16 2020 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED.
Nov 16 2020 | Brief of petitioner William P. Barr, Attorney General filed. VIDED.
Dec 01 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file respondents' briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
Dec 03 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file respondents' briefs on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including January 4, 2021. VIDED.
Dec 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. VIDED.
Jan 04 2021 | Brief of respondent Cesar Alcaraz-Enriquez (No. 19-1156) filed.
Jan 04 2021 | Brief of respondent Ming Dai filed.
Jan 04 2021 | Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents. VIDED.
Jan 11 2021 | Amicus brief of American Immigration Lawyers Association and National Immigrant Justice Center submitted.
Jan 11 2021 | Amicus brief of Refugee Advocacy Organizations submitted.
Jan 11 2021 | Amicus brief of Thirty-Five Former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals submitted.

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether Florida is entitled to equitable apportionment of the waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and appropriate injunctive relief against Georgia to sustain an adequate flow of fresh water into the Apalachicola Region.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Sep 30 2013 | Documents filed with the Special Master may be found on the Special Master's website at https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/special-master-142
Oct 01 2013 | Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint filed. (Response due December 2, 2013)
Oct 31 2013 | Order extending time to file response to the bill of complaint to and including January 31, 2014.
Jan 31 2014 | Opposition to motion for leave to file a complaint of respondent Georgia filed.
Feb 10 2014 | Reply in support of its motion for leave to file a complaint of Florida, Plaintiff filed.
Feb 12 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 28, 2014.
Mar 03 2014 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Sep 18 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Oct 08 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014.
Oct 08 2014 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Florida, Plaintiff filed. (Distributed)
Oct 09 2014 | Supplemental brief of respondent Georgia filed. (Distributed)
Oct 10 2014 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Florida, Plaintiff filed. (Distributed)
Nov 03 2014 | Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint GRANTED. Defendant is allowed 30 days within which to file an answer.
Nov 19 2014 | It is ordered that Ralph I. Lancaster, Esquire, of Portland, Maine, is appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for the filing of additional pleadings, to direct subsequent proceedings, to summon witnesses, to issue subpoenas, and to take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Special Master is directed to submit Reports as he may deem appropriate. The compensation of the Special Master, the allowances to him, the compensation paid to his legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his Reports, and all other proper expenses, including travel expenses, shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court may hereafter direct.
Nov 24 2014 | Oath of Special Master filed.
Nov 25 2014 | Order extending time to file an answer granted to and including February 2, 2015.
Feb 12 2015 | Answer of Georgia filed with Special Master January 8, 2015, received by the Court February 12, 2015.
Apr 14 2015 | First Interim Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Apr 28 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 14, 2015.
May 18 2015 | Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements GRANTED The motion of the Special Master for allowance of fees and disbursements is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $47,635.01 for the period November 19, 2014, through March 31, 2015, to be paid equally by the parties.
Sep 10 2015 | Second Interim Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Sep 23 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015.
Oct 13 2015 | Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements GRANTED The motion of the Special Master for allowance of fees and disbursements is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $70, 245.52 for the period April 1, 2015, through August 31, 2015, to be paid equally by the parties.
Feb 10 2016 | Third Interim Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Feb 24 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016.
Mar 21 2016 | The motion of the Special Master for allowance of fees and disbursements is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $41,564.31 for the period September 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016, to be paid equally by the parties.
Sep 13 2016 | Fourth Interim Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Oct 17 2016 | The motion of the Special Master for allowance of fees and disbursements is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $57,333, for the period February 1, 2016, through August 31, 2016, to be paid equally by the parties.
Jan 11 2017 | Fifth Interim Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Jan 25 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2017.
Feb 16 2017 | Report of the Special Master received.
Feb 21 2017 | The motion of the Special Master for allowance of fees and disbursements is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $213,547.35 for the period September 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, to be paid equally by the parties.
Mar 01 2017 | Special Master Report DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 17, 2017.
Mar 01 2017 | Final Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master.
Mar 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 31, 2017.
Mar 20 2017 | The Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. Exceptions to the Report, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 45 days. Replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 30 days. Sur-replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 30 days.
Apr 03 2017 | Motion of the Special Master for Allowance of Fees and Disbursements filed by Special Master. GRANTED, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $50,933.89, for the period January 1, 2017, through February 28, 2017, to be paid equally by the parties.
Apr 07 2017 | Florida's April 6, 2017, request for an extension of time has been granted as follows: Exceptions to the Special Masters Report are due on or before May 31, 2017; Replies are due on or before July 31, 2017; Sur-replies are due on or before August 30, 2017.
May 31 2017 | Exceptions to Report of the Special Master and Brief in Support of Exceptions filed by Florida<...

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court’s order remanding a removed case to state court when the removing defendant premised removal in part on the federal-officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1443.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 31 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2020)
Apr 13 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al.
Apr 17 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2020 to June 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 21 2020 | Response to motion from petitioner BP p.l.c., et al. filed.
Apr 23 2020 | Reply in support of motion from respondent filed.
Apr 24 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 29, 2020.
Apr 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Apr 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers filed.
Apr 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed.
May 13 2020 | Letter of May 13, 2020 from the Solicitor General of Louisiana respecting the brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. received.
Jun 29 2020 | Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in opposition filed.
Jul 15 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 15 2020 | Reply of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 23 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed)
Oct 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Oct 07 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al.
Oct 22 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Nov 16 2020 | Joint appendix filed.
Nov 16 2020 | Brief of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed.
Nov 18 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Nov 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Richard B. Myers and Michael G. Mullen filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed.
Nov 25 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 19, 2021.
Dec 03 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit erred in vacating as arbitrary and capricious the Federal Communications Commission orders under review, which, among other things, relaxed the agency’s cross-ownership restrictions to accommodate changed market conditions.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Feb 07 2020 | Application (19A879) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 18, 2020 to March 19, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.
Feb 12 2020 | Application (19A879) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 19, 2020.
Mar 09 2020 | Application (19A879) to extend further the time from March 19, 2020 to April 18, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.
Mar 11 2020 | Application (19A879) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 18, 2020.
Apr 17 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2020)
May 05 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2020 to July 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
May 06 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 21, 2020.
May 12 2020 | Motion of Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, et al. to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2020 to July 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
May 13 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 21, 2020, for all respondents.
May 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Gray Television, Inc. filed. VIDED
Jul 20 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent Independent Television Group to respond filed.
Jul 21 2020 | Brief of respondents Prometheus Radio Project; et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Jul 22 2020 | Waiver of right of Lane, Dennis Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Inc. to respond filed.
Aug 05 2020 | Reply of petitioners FCC, et al. filed.
Aug 19 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Oct 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-1241 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Oct 02 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1231. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1231. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Nov 16 2020 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED.
Nov 16 2020 | Brief of petitioners FCC, et al. filed.
Nov 16 2020 | Brief of Industry Petitioners filed. VIDED.
Nov 17 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, National Association of Broadcasters
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Publc Policy Studies filed. VIDED
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed. VIDED
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The ABC Television Affiliates Association, The CBS Television Network Affiliates Association, The FBC Television Affiliates Association, and The NBC Television Affiliates filed. VIDED.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Gray Television, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed. VIDED.
Nov 25 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. VIDED.
Dec 03 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit.