| No. 15-962 | |
| Title: | Visa Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Mary Stoumbos, et al. |
| Docketed: | January 29, 2016 |
| Linked with 15A654 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-7005, 14-7006) |
| Decision Date: | August 4, 2015 |
| Rehearing Denied: | September 28, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 18 2015 | Application (15A654) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2015 to January 27, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Dec 22 2015 | Application (15A654) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 27, 2016. |
| Jan 27 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 29, 2016) |
| Feb 11 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 30, 2016. |
| Mar 30 2016 | Brief of respondents Mary Stoumbos, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 11 2016 | Reply of petitioners Visa Inc., et al. filed. |
| Apr 13 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 29, 2016. |
| May 02 2016 | Rescheduled. |
| May 31 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016. |
| Jun 20 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016. |
| Jun 27 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 27, 2016. |
| Jun 28 2016 | Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 15-961 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Aug 05 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 1, 2016. VIDED |
| Aug 05 2016 | The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 17, 2016. VIDED |
| Aug 31 2016 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Visa Inc., et al. VIDED. |
| Aug 31 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED |
| Sep 01 2016 | Brief of petitioners Visa Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 08 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 08 2016 | Brief amici curiae of American Society of Association Executives, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 08 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Law Professors filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 08 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Industry Associations filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. VIDED |
| Oct 17 2016 | Brief of Consumer Respondents filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 17 2016 | Brief of the Non-Consumer Respondents filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 20 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 20 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for respondents. |
| Oct 21 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. VIDED |
| Oct 24 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice, P.C. filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Antitrust- Law Professors and Economists filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Retail Federation, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of ATM Industry Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Oct 26 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
| Nov 01 2016 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Nov 04 2016 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. District of Columbia is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Nov 14 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Reply of petitioners Visa Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Nov 17 2016 | Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. These cases were granted to resolve "[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association's rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act." Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. I. After "[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari" on this issue, however, petitioners "chose to rely on a different argument" in their merits briefing. City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U. S. __, (2015) (slip op., at 7). The Court, therefore, orders that the writs in these cases be dismissed as improvidently granted. VIDED. |
| Dec 19 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | (202) 637-5600 |
| Party name: Visa Inc., et al. | ||
| Anthony J. Franze | Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 anthony.franze@aporter.com | (202) 942-5000 |
| Party name: Visa Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Steve W. Berman Counsel of Record | Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP 1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98101 steve@hbsslaw.com | (206) 623-7292 |
| Party name: Consumer Respondents | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tg@goldsteinrussell.com | (202) 362-0636 |
| Party name: The Non-Consumer Respondents | ||
| Jonathan L. Rubin Counsel of Record | Rubin PLLC 2101 L Street, NW, Ste. 800 Washington, DC 20037 jr@rubinpllc.com | (202) 776-7763 |
| Party name: The National ATM Council, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| F. Paul Bland Jr. | Public Justice, P.C. 1620 L Street, N.W., Suite 630 Washington, DC 20036 pbland@publicjustice.net | (202) 797-8600 |
| Party name: Public Justice, P.C. | ||
| Richard M. Brunell | Director of Legal Advocacy American Antitrust Institute 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 rbrunell@antitrustinstitute.org | (202) 600-9640 |
| Party name: American Antitrust Institute | ||
| Richard Henry Dolan | Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP 26 Broadway New York, NY 10004 rdolan@schlamstone.com | 212-344-5400 |
| Party name: ATM Industry Association | ||
| Ian Heath Gershengorn | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: the United States | ||
| Eamon Paul Joyce | Sidley Austin, LLP 787 7th Avenue New York, NY 10019 ejoyce@sidley.com | (212) 839-5300 |
| Party name: American Society of Association Executives, et al. | ||
| Michael Colin Landis | United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. 1543 Wazee Street ,Ste. 400 Denver, CO 80202 mlandis@pirg.org | (303) 573-5995 |
| Party name: United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. | ||
| Gary J. Malone | Constantine Cannon L.L.P. 335 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017 gmalone@constantinecannon.com | (212) 350-2700 |
| Party name: Antitrust -Law Professors and Economists | ||
| Elizabeth Petrela Papez | Winston & Strawn, LLP 1700 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 epapez@winston.com | (202) 282-5000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. | ||
| Richard S. Taffet | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 110 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178 richard.taffet@morganlewis.com | (212) 309-6001 |
| Party name: Financial Industry Associations | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | (202) 663-6000 |
| Party name: Antitrust Law Professors | ||
| James A. Wilson | Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP 52 East Gay Street Columbus, OH 43215 jwilson@vorys.comwilson | (614) 464-5606 |
| Party name: National Retail Federation, et al. | ||