| No. 18-1447 | |
| Title: | Republic of Hungary, et al., Petitioners v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
| Docketed: | May 20, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-7146) |
| Decision Date: | December 28, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | February 15, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 16 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2019) |
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| Jun 03 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 19, 2019 to July 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jun 07 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 23, 2019. |
| Jul 23 2019 | Brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Aug 06 2019 | Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019. |
| Sep 19 2019 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
| Jan 21 2020 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 26 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Jun 08 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 08 2020 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020. |
| Jun 29 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020. |
| Jul 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jul 28 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020. |
| Jul 30 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Simon, Rosalie, et al. |
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| Aug 04 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Republic of Hungary, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 04 2020 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Sep 04 2020 | Brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Proposal of petitioners to lodge non-record materials pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 32.3 filed. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Motion of Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart, and Edwin Williamson to Consider Brief of Amici Curiae Filed By Movants in Germany v. Phillip, No. 19-351 as an Amici Curiae Brief in This Case filed by Davis R. Robinson, et al. |
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| Sep 16 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020. |
| Oct 08 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Oct 19 2020 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, some of the record has been electronically filed. |
| Oct 22 2020 | Brief of respondents filed. |
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| Oct 27 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 27 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Former State Department Attorney Mark B. Feldman filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 28 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 19-351) VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other adovcates for Holocaust restitution filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Professor Irwin Cotler filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., et al. (also in 19-351) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Proposal of amici curiae the World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed. |
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| Nov 09 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 23 2020 | Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 07 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Gregory Silbert, New York, N. Y.; and Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Sarah E. Harrington, Bethesda, Md. |
| Feb 03 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ____ (2021). Opinion per curiam. |
| Mar 08 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Gregory Silbert Counsel of Record | Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 gregory.silbert@weil.com | (212) 310 8000 |
| Party name: Republic of Hungary, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Paul G. Gaston Counsel of Record | Suite 607 Law Office of Paul G. Gaston 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20006 paulgstn@gmail.com | 202-296-5856 |
| Party name: Simon, Rosalie, et al. | ||
| Sarah Elaine Harrington | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 sharrington@goldsteinrussell.com | 202-362-0636 |
| Party name: Simon, Rosalie, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| John Bellinger Bellinger III Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 john.bellinger@arnoldporter.com | 202-942-6599 |
| Party name: Societe Nationale SNCF SA | ||
| Samuel J. Dubbin Counsel of Record | Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP 1200 Anastasia Ave., #300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 sdubbin@dubbinkravetz.com | 305 815-8060 |
| Party name: Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., Renee Firestone, David Mermelstein, David Schaecter, Klaire Firestone, Thomas Weiss, M.D., And Naomi Vilko, M.D. | ||
| Mark B. Feldman Counsel of Record | Attorney At Law 2800 Mckinley Place NW Washington, DC 20015 markfeld4@gmail.com | (202) 321-2690 |
| Party name: Former State Department Attorney Mark B. Feldman | ||
| Beth Heifetz Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 bheifetz@jonesday.com | 202-879-3939 |
| Party name: Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Professor Irwin Cotler | ||
| James Harold Hulme Counsel of Record | Arent Fox LLP 1717 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-5342 james.hulme@arentfox.com | 2028576144 |
| Party name: Davis R. Robinson, et al. | ||
| Thomas Russell Kline Counsel of Record | Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC 2101 L Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20037 tom@culturalheritagepartners.com | (202) 567-7594 |
| Party name: The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder | ||
| Geoffrey Morris Klineberg Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 gklineberg@kellogghansen.com | 2023267928 |
| Party name: Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner | ||
| Robert J. Pavich Counsel of Record | Pavich Law Group, P.C. 30 West Monroe Street, Suite 1310 Chicago, IL 60603 rpavich@pavichlawgroup.com | 3126908400 |
| Party name: Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Amelia Lynn Borrego Sargent Counsel of Record | Willenken LLP 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 3850 Los Angeles, CA 90017 asargent@willenken.com | 2139559240 |
| Party name: Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee | ||
| Akiva Shapiro Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 ashapiro@gibsondunn.com | (212) 351-4000 |
| Party name: Members of the United States House of Representatives | ||
| Benjamin Gross Shatz Counsel of Record | Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP 2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 Los Angles, CA 90067-3119 bshatz@manatt.com | 3103124383 |
| Party name: The 1939 Society, Michael Bazyler, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide at LMU Loyola Law School, and The Holocaust Education Center in the Desert, Inc. d/b/a Tolerance Education Center | ||
| Arthur Richter Traldi Counsel of Record | Andreozzi & Foote 4503 N. Front Street Harrisburg, PA 18042 traldilaw2018@gmail.com | 6104287179 |
| Party name: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other adovcates for Holocaust restitution | ||